Croatia, the town of Nin

One of our few disoveries in Croatia was the small town on of Nin. It's situated a 20-minutes drive from Zadar (presumebly if not getting lost out of Zadar that is...). This small town was once an important Roman city and later it became the ecclesiastical (I love that word!) capital of Croatia.

We drove there one Sunday afternoon in March and found one empty, but beautiful town (once again, the photos can be enlargened by clicking on them).

The old town is situated on a small island and is only accesible by one of two bridges. This being the Donji Most (which is translated into something like lower bridge).

Just inside the old town, one can see ruins of some old, old town structure and buildings.

However, the main highligt for me (my dearest might disagree and go for the ice-cream...), is the Church of the Holy Cross. This small, cruciformed church is also known as the smallest cathedral in the world. It is thruly old, it's built in the 800 century.

This photos is a part of the entrance. The church itself is really simple and have almost no decorations.

The front part viewed from the ground. The windows are done in Romanesque style and inside it's almost completely empty. Since it was opened (and there was no one around) I felt for a look inside...
After looking around the church, being quite pleased with finding one of the oldest churces in Croatia of our first day of exploring, we found a small cafe in the old town where we could take a small breake before driving on the island of Pag.

An excellent outing from Zadar!