Show ZARA FAMOUS FOR ITS maraschino MARASCH IIO AND ITS CHURCHES zara where gabriele gabrilele Gabr lele dannunzio landed troops to lo strengthen then lils his position at flume Is ceded to italy under the terms of the Vali hupaylo alln agreement betA between icen italy and jugo slavia this city fly noted note for its churches and its maras dilno Is described in a cation to to hit national gpo ra lible society biety hy by kenneth mckenzie as follows starting from froin plume flume one OIK soils donn tile hie ch channel linnel called leaving istria and tile hie gulf of nero to the right tle the island of arbe about half way to lo zara lias has fiji an old ca with it twelfth century tower coming from trieste one skirts the gestern Ne stern hore of irli t top pans per leaps it at mid and at pola ioli the stay of an hour hraur ell bits one to get si 11 hurried pl impe of ill alip great ampha theater and other roman itoman remains of 1101 iola at under austrian rule an important naval station and strongly naly foitl red fied the language here her Is cli chiefly lefly italian istria would well repay tile the time ahne devoted to a trip of several days hut but we ne pass on oil stopping slopping tit lit one or two of the islands island to zara tile the most northerly town ton of importance in dal matia zara Is noted all over the world for its maraschino aside from this hoi however ever the town has many attractions eions to offer on oil landing from the steamer in the landlocked land locked harbor we ale find ourse hes in front of a gate atte in the town wall over the gate t tile the winged lion of 0 st mark off often met aith here and elsewhere in dalmatin ril litia and a symbol of the former d dominion of the republic of venice passing through the gate we enter the narrow paved streets of a typical italian city such as we may imagine it to hale hae beer been two or three centuries 1 ago 42 except that the hotels are more comfortable there are arc many medieval churches in the town tomi interesting architecturally and containing works of art the cathedral in particular a majestic romanesque Konian esque church cli Is richly adorned ado ned outside with runny many arcades of little columns and inside with marbles and paintings it Is in the best italian stale ille of the middle ages its campli campanile nile Is a landmark wandering among the narrow streets we ave come upon several open squares find and market places where in the morning scores of peasants may be seen in their brilliant colored costumes there are roman remains too columns and statues leaving zara the steamer comes out of the h harbor a abor encircles the point of load land on which the city stands and skirts shirts low lying shores passing among innumerable isla islands 1 I all tit at once a narrow opening appears we ale go through it and find in the spacious harbor of Selie nico with the town rising front from tile water to a fort crowning the hill bill |