Zadar: MRA-HRV-Zad002
Type Sample Item
Sample ID
- MRA-HRV-Zad002
Sample Material Type
- Mural painting
Sample Sub-type
- fragment
thin section
Dimensions (cm)
- Length
- 1
- Width
- 0.7
- Height
- 0.3
- Notes
- largest fragment
- Length
- 1.8
- Width
- 1
- Height
- 0.3
- Notes
- fragment on the cross section
Weight
- weight value (g)
- 1.18
Geographic Location
- Country
- Croatia
- Place
- Zadar
Site/monument
- Croatia (HRV)
Zadar
Cathedral of Santa Anastasia (or Zadar Cathedral)
Historical note about the site/monument
- The Cathedral of St. Anastasia (formerly of St. Peter) is a Roman Catholic church dating to the 4th and 5th centuries CE. Among the oldest extant architectural elements of the church are the chapel of St. Barbara and a floor mosaic of deer. Recently-discovered mosaics in the sanctuary lend credence to an account by Byzantine Emperor Constantine describing the church’s lavish decoration. Its significance is also demonstrated by repeated additions and rebuilding, notably in the 11th-12th centuries (with a reconsecration by Pope Alexander VII in 1177) and following the siege of Zadar in 1202. The cathedral as it stands today has a predominantly Romanesque character and consists of a nave and two aisles. Its bell tower was begun in 1452 but completed only in the 19th century. The church’s treasures include frescoes and fresco fragments possibly dating to the 13th century, altar paintings from the hand of the early Baroque artist Palma the Younger, and woodcarving in the Venetian Gothic style by Mateo Moronzoni.
Chronological period (sample)
- 4th-5th century