Biograd na Moru
Biograd na Moru (pronounced [bîoɡraːd na môːru]), shortened to simply Biograd ([biǒɡrad]) (Italian: Zaravecchia, German: Weißenburg, Hungarian: Tengerfehérvár) is a town in northern Dalmatia, Croatia and is significant for being another capital of the medieval Kingdom of Croatia. Biograd is administratively part of the Zadar County. It is located on the Adriatic Sea coast, overlooking the island of Pašman, on the road from Zadar and Sukošan towards Vodice and Šibenik.
"Biograd" redirects here. For other uses, see Biograd (disambiguation).
Etymology[edit]
The town's native croatian name fully translates as "the white town on the sea" in the local Ikavian dialect. The name Biograd is a compound literally meaning "white city" and etymologically corresponds to several other toponyms spread throughout the Slavic-speaking world: Beograd (Belgrade), Belgorod, Białogard, Belogradchik etc. The name was mentioned in the mid-10th century as a town founded in Kingdom of Croatia. It was rendered in Latin as Alba Maritima, meaning "the white maritime (one)".
Geography[edit]
Biograd na Moru is located 28 km south from the county capital, Zadar. It is located on small peninsula between two small bays: Soline to the south and Bošana to the north. To the west are the islands Planac and Sveta Katarina. Average temperature in January is 7.3 °C and 23.9 °C in July.[3] The only settlement in the Town is Biograd na Moru itself.[4]
Biograd na Moru waterfront
Biograd na Moru is twinned with: