Regional Museum (Zavicajni muzej) description and photos - Croatia: Biograd (Topic)

Local history museum (Zavicajni muzej) description and photos - Croatia: Biograd. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Zavicajni muzej.

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The city of Biograd na Moru is a fairly large resort located a few dozen kilometers from Zadar. One of its main attractions is the City Museum, whose exhibits tell about the rich past of Biograd, which until the 12th century was the place of coronation of Croatian rulers, and its environs. The Museum of Local Lore is located in the central part of Biograd, on the seashore, in a two-storey building, which is an architectural and historical monument. It was erected on the ruins of the medieval wall that once surrounded the city at the end of the 18th century. The Qatari District Court, founded by the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I in 1876, worked there for many years.

The exposition of the Biograd Regional Museum can be divided into several parts: archaeological, ethnographic, historical, artistic. Another section of the museum is dedicated to finds raised from a sunken ship of the 16th century. It is he who arouses the greatest interest among museum visitors. Here is a collection of more than 10 thousand items recovered from the holds of a sunken Venetian merchant ship. The vessel was discovered by local fishermen in 1967.

The archaeological collection of the museum includes artifacts found during excavations of prehistoric settlements and objects of religious worship of the 11th-12th centuries. Noteworthy is the lapidarium - a collection of stone tombstones and statues.

The gallery on the first floor of the building often hosts temporary exhibitions dedicated to the history of Biograd. Here you can see examples that are not part of the permanent exhibition of the museum.

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Topic: Regional Museum (Zavicajni muzej) description and photos - Croatia: Biograd.