Zadar - People's Square

(Local Name: Narodni Trg) The People's Square (Narodni Trg) has been the center of public life in Zadar since the 16th Century. The City Guardhouse (Gradska Straza), built in the mid 1500s, is hard to miss on the west side of the square due to the large 18th century clock tower. It now houses a small ethnographic museum. Across from the tower stands the Renaissance City Loggia (Gradska Loza), built in 1565. It was traditionally used as a place to make public announcements but today it functions as a gallery for exhibitions. Also on Narodni Trg is the City Hall, from the 1930s.