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Combinations of Romanesque and Gothic Forms in the Architecture of Zadar

Several buildings in Zadar and around show a combination of Romanesque and Gothic elements in architecture. In some cases this was because buildings were constructed when Romanesque traditions were still strong enough to dictate the overall appearance and method of construction, and yet there was an awareness of a new style, structurally more favourable or aesthetically more acceptable, which led to the incorporation of Gothic elements (Zadar Cathedral, Churches of St Peter in Diklo, St Nicholas in Crno, St Vitus and St Christopher on Pag). In other cases the combination resulted from the Gothic reconstruction of what had originally been Romanesque buildings (Churches of SS Cosmas and Damian on Pašman, St Ambrose in Nin, St Michael in Rogovo, St Michael in Zadar). There are also two special cases of Romanesque/Gothic combination. A Romanesque house was incorporated into the Gothic church of St Plato in Zadar and the bell tower of St Mary's in Zadar was pulled down in the fifteenth century and rebuilt in its original Romanesque form.

romanesque ; gothic ; architecture

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