Trogir: Trogir is a remarkable example of urban continuity.
The orthogonal street plan of this island settlement dates
back to the Hellenistic period and it was embellished by
successive rulers with many fine public and domestic
buildings and fortifications. Its beautiful Romanesque
churches are complemented by the outstanding Renaissance
and Baroque buildings from the Venetian period. Trogir is
an excellent example of a medieval town built on and
conforming with the layout of a Hellenistic and Roman city
that has conserved its urban fabric to an exceptional degree
and with the minimum of modern interventions, in which the
trajectory of social and cultural development is clearly
visible in every aspect of the townscape.
Trogir was founded by Greek colonists from the Island of Vis
in the 3rd century BC. On this Antique matrix lies the
historical core of Trogir, which is the best-preserved
Romanesque-Gothic complex not only in the Adriatic but in
all of Central Europe. Trogir's medieval core, surrounded by
walls, comprises a preserved castle and tower and a series of
dwellings and palaces from the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance
and Baroque periods. Trogir's grandest building is the church
of St. Lawrence, whose main west portal is a masterpiece by
Radovan, and the most significant work of the Romanesque-Gothic
style in the country.