Experts' Choice Award The Forum
What the experts agree on
Zadar's 2,000-year-old Roman Forum is a sparse but atmospheric plaza anchored by the iconic St Donatus' Church, where ancient paving stones and scattered ruins evoke its role as the city's civic heart since Augustus' reign.
“Established in the 1st century BC by the first emperor Augustus, the Roman Forum is, more than 2,000 years later, pretty much a wide empty space with some scattered ruins.”
– Fodor's
Frommer's "The site of the Forum as you see it today, with ancient paving stones and some crumbling ruins, was only discovered in the 1930s. " Full review
Lonely Planet "As in Roman times it's still the centre of civic and religious life, with St Donatus' Church dominating one side of it." Full review
