The Condura boats
Among the oldest Croatian vessels found.
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The Church of the Holy Cross in Nin, a small white ninth-century building only about seven metres long. It is called a cathedral because the bishop of Nin actually used it, not for its size. What is striking is that its openings and angles work as a rough sundial marking the solstices and equinoxes — which has led some researchers to see a deliberate astronomical design in it.
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Nin is a small town on a sandy island north of Zadar reached by two stone bridges, and it is the oldest Croatian royal town: the seat of the first Croatian rulers in the ninth and tenth centuries, and the place where the first Croatian bishopric was founded. The Museum of Nin Antiquities shows what came out of those layers: Liburnian pieces from before the Romans, remains of the Roman settlement of Aenona, and sculpture and inscriptions from the early Croatian churches. Its best-known exhibits, though, are two ships: the Condura and the Serilia liburnica — eleventh-century boats raised from the harbour floor, among the oldest Croatian vessels ever found. The town itself is half the reason for the trip: the small ninth-century Church of the Holy Cross is sometimes called the smallest cathedral in the world, the traditional saltworks still produce salt by the old method, and the nearby mud beach is known locally for its therapeutic properties. Access from Zadar takes about half an hour.
Among the oldest Croatian vessels found.
A sandy island with two bridges and a 9th-century church.
Trg kneževa 8, 23232 Nin