Neogothic restauration of Franciscan Monasteries in Zadar

Abstract

In the second half of the 19th century there can be traced great architectural activity in Zadar, it can be seen at the peninsula w ith the outgrow th of the new city, and on the m ainland. It is the period of neostylistic architecture as seen in the rest of Europe. In this city we encounter primarily academic neo-classicism and neo-Renaissance much more rarely neo Gothic and neo-Romanesque tendencies. Therefore specially valuable are neo-Gothic restaurations of the St. Frances monastery and the church of St. Michael which represent the beginning of neostylistic arhitecture in Zadar (1859. and 1869.).