CATHEDRALS Zadar Near to the crossing of the decumanus and carda (now Široka Street) is the Cathedral of St. Stošija (Anastasia), a three-nave Romanesque basilica from the 12-13th century, and which is in fact an adapted early Christian basilica. The façade boasts a series of blind vaults, with a rosette, restored in the 20th century, in the center. Beneath the presbytery is the triple-nave Church of St. Barbara. In the side apses are the preserved remains of wall paintings from the 13th century. Preserved Romanesque choir seats from the 12-13th century and the Gothic choir seats from (1418-50) are located in the presbytery. The main altar is ornamented with altar sections from the 9th century; above the altar is the Gothic ciborium-baldachin from 1332. The first and second floor of the bell tower were built in the 15th century, while the upper stories were built until 1892, according to the bell tower of the Rab Cathedral, T.G. Jackson.