Mbiri yosangalatsa, chikhalidwe choyambirira ndi miyambo, malo okongoletsera amakopera alendo ku Croatia. Zadar ndi umodzi mwa mizinda yoyenera kwambiri m'dzikoli, ndi zitukuko zomwe zakhazikika komanso zinthu zabwino zosangalatsa. Pano aliyense adzapeza chochita ndi iye mwini, adzatha kudziwa zolemba za zomangamanga zomwe zakhazikitsidwa kale. Mzinda wamphepete mwa nyanja ndi chikhalidwe, chitukuko ndi mafakitale m'dera lonse la Zadar-Knin.
Anthu a mtundu wanji sanawone Croatia pamtunda wawo. Zadar inakhazikitsidwa mu 1 I BC. E. Aroma, mzinda panthawiyo unkatchedwa Yadera. Ngakhale kuti zinaphatikizapo chidziwitso ndi chidziwitso cha mitundu yambiri, koma zambiri zinangokhalapo kuchokera mu Ufumu wa Roma. Mwamwayi, tsogolo la mzinda silingatchedwe wokondwa: chifukwa cha malo ake abwino, nthawi zonse ankangopulumuka ndi kuonongeka, ambiri amafuna kuti akhale nawo. M'zaka za zana la chisanu ndi chiŵiri Zadar kuchokera ku Aroma adapita ku Byzantines, amene adamupanga likulu la chigawo cha Dalmatia. M'zaka za zana la 11, mphamvu pa iye idaperekedwa m'manja mwa Croats. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyi, panali nkhondo zoopsa pakati pa Venice ndi Hungary ku mzinda wa Zadar.
Croatia masiku amenewo anadula pakati pa maiko awiriwa. Mikangano yosalephereka siinalepheretse Zadar kukhala malo akuluakulu amalonda ku gombe la Adriatic, kumanga yunivesite m'zaka za zana la 14, ndipo m'zaka za zana la 16, kumanga zomangamanga ndi madzi. Kwa zaka mazana anai mzindawu unkalamulidwa ndi Veneeneans. Mkhalidwewu unakonzedwa mu 1797 ndi Napoleon - ndiye Zadar adalowa mu ufumu wa Habsburg. Croatia (zithunzi za zokopa zapafupi zomwe zimapangitsa chidwi choyendera malo onse a dziko lino) zinagawidwa mobwerezabwereza, zidutsa kuchokera m'manja kupita kwa olamulira osiyanasiyana.
Zadar anali mbali ya mayiko osiyanasiyana, gawoli linagawanika pa Nkhondo Yoyamba Yadziko Lonse. Pambuyo pa Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yadziko lonse, mzindawo unayenera kukhala wokhazikika kuchokera ku mabwinja, komabe omanga adasungira gawo lakale. Mu 1991 Croatia anaganiza zopatukana ku Yugoslavia. Zadar zakhala zikupitirirabe kuphulika kwa mabomba ndi kuopseza kwa zaka ziwiri. Ngakhale zinali zovuta mbiri, mzindawu unatha kusunga zachilendo, chikhalidwe ndi miyambo yake. Amagwirizanitsa mwamphamvu mzimu wa Byzantium, Ufumu wa Roma, Greece Yakale, Venice ndipo akudabwa ndi zochitika zambiri zokopa zosiyana ndi anthu osiyanasiyana.
Kukhalapo kwa umodzi wa akuluakulu a Roma Forums kungadabwe ndi Croatia. Zadar ndi yotchuka chifukwa cha mbiri yake - Narodni Trg dera, kumene nyumba za Renaissance zimamangidwa. Mpingo wa St. Donatus, womwe unamangidwa m'zaka za zana la khumi, umakondweretsa chidwi ndi alendo, ndizo nthawi ya Carolingian ndi Byzantine. Zipinda za mawonekedwe ake zimakhala zovuta, koma izi ndizopadera. Kuwonjezera pamenepo, tchalitchi chimakhala ndi maulendo apadera, kotero zimakhala ndi zikondwerero za nyimbo zamakono ndi za Renaissance.
Ku Zadar kuli chiwalo cha m'nyanja, pali zida ziwiri zofanana pa dziko lapansi. Zapangidwa kuchokera ku miyala yomwe ili pamphepete mwa nyanja, nyimbo zimamveka malinga ndi kuyenda kwa mphepo ndi mafunde. Zimatanthawuza kuti chinthu chachilengedwe chimasewera, osabwereza nyimbo. Pafupi ndi limba ndi luso lojambula "Hello to the Sun". Magulu ang'onoang'ono amaimira mapulaneti, ndipo lalikulu kwambiri mwa iwo - Dzuŵa, usiku umatulutsa, kusintha mphamvu molingana ndi masewera a chiwalo.