Sukosan apartments

SUKOSAN, a town and small harbour in a vast bay (Luka Sukosan), 11 km southeast of Zadar; population 2,275. Chief occupations include farming, viniculture, olive growing, fruit growing and tourism. Sukosan lies on the main road (M2, E65).

The parish church of St. Kasijan, erected probably in the 11th century (fragments with of "pleter" motifs - interlacery ornamentation), assumed its present aspect in the 17th century. A small church from the 17th century rises on the graveyard. Fragments with "pleter" (interlacery ornaments) are incorporated in its door-posts and on the front. - The ruins of the 15th-century summer villa of the archbishops of Zadar can be seen on an islet in the bay. The ruins of the mediaeval fortress erected by the counts of Bribir rise on Cape Bribircina. - A mediaeval chapel is situated around 3.5 km on the road to the north-east of the village.