Year of inscription on the UNESCO list: 1997
The historic center of Trogir is located on a small between the coast and the bigger island of Čiovo, in middle Dalmatia. It is na excellent example of a medieval urban architecture constructed upon a regular orthogonal structure of the roman city, with minimal contemporary modifications. The historic center was enrolled on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1997.
A fortified medieval town of Trogir developed from the XIIIth to the XVth century. The city walls were reconstructed in the XVth century by Venice by additional two towers preserved today: the castel of Kamerlengo and the tower of St. Mark. The rest of the walls was demolished in the early 1800s.
The city of Trogir is renowns for its romanical churches and numerous examples of rennaisance and baroque architecture from the period of Venecian goverment. Visitors enter the town from the north through the city gates dating to late rennaisance period of the XVIIth century. Narrow and pictoresque streets lead among beautiful palaces to the People's square, the social center of the town. A beautufin tri-naval cathedral of St. Lawrence is located to the north of the square, constructed between the XIIIth and XVth century. The main portal of the cathedral - the portal of Radovan - is the most significant romanical piece of art in Dalmatia. The bell tower of the cathedral is an excellent architectural monument, built in several stages from 1422 to 1610.
The south side of the square is enclosed by a town logde dating to XVth century with an adjacent clock tower, formerly a rennaissance church of St. Sebastian. A small church of St. Barbara, the oldest preserved church in Trogir, is located just behind the town lodge. The wester side of the square is enclosed by the Cipiko palace, while the city hall from the XVth century is located on the opposite side.
A narrow street passes the city hall leading to the waterfront and a romanical XIIIth century church of St. John the Baptist. Continuing our tour to the west, passing through a rennaisance city gates, we come to the female Benedictine monastery founded in 1064 and the church of St. Nicholas with an adjacent rennaisance bell towner build in 1598.
Following the waterfront to the west, we pass a beautiful rennaisance palace of the Lučić family from 1604 and the monastery and church of St. Dominic, a one-naval gothical edifice from the XIVth century. In the north-west of the monastery a secluded tower of the church of St. Mihovil rises, build in 1595.
