Celebrating the 200 years of existence of the City Cemetery of Zadar

This year, the Zadar City Cemetery celebrates 200 years of existence, and unfortunately due to the current epidemiological situation, the European Cemeteries Toure and a free tour as part of the Week of Discovering European Cemeteries, whose anniversary should have been marked, have been cancelled.

The City Cemetery of Zadar was established in 1820. The first burial dates back to 1821 and the oldest preserved grave stone comes from the year of 1822. Basic data The City Cemetery of Zadar is owned by the City of Zadar and managed by T.D. Nasadi d.o.o. City Cemetery is a valuable part of the cultural and historical heritage of Zadar because the oldest part of the cemetery marked as "NGA", and among citizens better known as the "Italian cemetery", is placed under the State Administration for Cultural Heritage, as well as a dozen 200-year-old cypress trees. that part of the cemetery.

In addition to the historical, the horticultural arrangement of the cemetery is of great importance, which has been especially taken care of in recent years.

Today, the City Cemetery of Zadar is one of the most beautiful cemeteries in Croatia and as a member of the ASCE since 2015. represents a wealth of cultural and historical heritage of this part of Europe.

European Cemeteries Tour 2020: SignUp

Only 20 seats left and 2 months for signup.

Cemeteries are increasingly opening up as new spaces for tourist visits and cultural manifestations. In this context it is very important to emphasise them as part of cultural tourism. In order to promote it, European Cemeteries Route began with the project European Cemeteries Tour in 2018.

KD Kozala Rijeka, together with its partners from Zagreb and Zadar, is the first organiser of the project European Cemeteries Tour 2020, during which stories from Croatia will be presented.

Only 20 seats left

Interest for the tour is amazing, as the tour program is promising really splendid cultural adventure. Beyond cemeteries, tour will include many cultural events, including European Capital of Culture 2020 in Rijeka.

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SignUp is available at this link in the European Cemeteries Tour website with 2 packages available. Make sure to sign up on time as the tour has limited number of seats available (only 20 left at the moment).

European Cemeteries Tour 2020

From 13 to 15 May 2020 the first European Cemeteries Tour will take place featuring stories from Croatia.

Stories from Croatia

Cemeteries are increasingly opening up as new spaces for tourist visits and cultural manifestations. In this context, it is very important to emphasize them as part of cultural tourism. In order to promote it, European Cemeteries Route began with the project European Cemeteries Tour in 2018.

KD Kozala Rijeka, together with its partners Gradska groblja Zagreb and Nasadi Zadar, in collaboration with ASCE and European Cemeteries Route, is the first to organize an European Cemeteries Tour in 2020. During the tour, stories from cemeteries and cities in Croatia will be presented.

Project description 

The project is a combination of foreign hosting and foreign traveling. Each next tour has to be connected to the one before. So the next hosts of European Cemeteries Tour will have to include a part of Croatian culture and cemeteries in its program.

Tourists, locals and other visitors of Croatia will also be able to take the tour independently. The content will be entirely included in the mobile application and platform ARtour. This will ensure that the project is interesting to young people and available later to all interested (families, schools,...) for individual or organized excursions.

Planned program

13.5.2020

• Gathering in Zagreb
• Guided tour at Mirogoj Cemetery
• Lunch in Zagreb
• Departure to Zadar
• Accommodation in a hotel in Zadar and free time
• Cultural evening program

14.5.2020

• Guided tour at City Cemetery of Zadar
• Lunch in Zadar
• Departure to Rijeka
• Accommodation in a hotel in Rijeka and free time
• Cultural evening program

15.5.2020

• Guided tour at one of the Rijeka Cemeteries
• Workshop on cultural tourism in cemeteries
• Conclusion of the tour and lunch in Rijeka
  

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