Original scientific paper

Between the island and the mountain: a note on the orientation of Roman Iader

Nikola Cesarik orcid.org/0000-0002-0128-0687 ; Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti, Zavod za povijesne i društvene znanosti u Rijeci, Rijeka, Hrvatska

Abstract

Featuring prominently in the abundant Roman heritage of the present-day Zadar is the still recognizable orthogonal grid of its streets. The symmetrical grid indicates not only thorough urban planning of Roman Iader, but also complex religious procedures based on observation of nature and its aspects – or divine actions – as perceived through the spectrum of the natural phenomena visible to man. Discussing the orientation of Roman Iader, this paper concludes that the direction of Zadar’s main streets was primarily determined by – among other things – the dominant elements of the landscape surrounding Zadar Peninsula.

Keywords

Iader; urban planning; orientation; Sveto brdo (Sa­cred Peak); Velebit; Sveti Mihovil (St. Michael’s Peak); Island of Ugljan; Kalelarga

Hrčak ID:

237154

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/237154

Publication date:

21.4.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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