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Gradec is medieval Frankopan Castle, nowdays abandonedd but located in the beautiful nature. For more information check online Krk cultural heritage tourist guide at http://www.visitkrk.hr/home/
Kaštel Gradec
Gradec is medieval Frankopan Castle, nowdays abandonedd but located in the beautiful nature. For more information check online Krk cultural heritage tourist guide at http://www.visitkrk.hr/home/
Krk is a medieval city with an ancient history. Some of the great sites to see are early christian Cathedral, medieval Castle and Glagolitic Square with several churches. Krk harbour is a nice place to have good glass of vine or eat some fresh fish.
If you are interested in Krk cultural heritage visit web site http://history.grad-krk.hr/
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Krk
Krk is a medieval city with an ancient history. Some of the great sites to see are early christian Cathedral, medieval Castle and Glagolitic Square with several churches. Krk harbour is a nice place to have good glass of vine or eat some fresh fish.
If you are interested in Krk cultural heritage visit web site http://history.grad-krk.hr/
The church of St Lucia is located in Jurandvor, a small village to the north of Baška. The church emerged in the High Middle Ages, during the Romanesque period, as a single-nave structure with a prominent semicircular apse and a bell tower on the façade. The walls around the church are the remains of a Benedictine monastery which contained this sacral structure. Archaeological research established that the monastery and the church emerged on an earlier antique farm building. The finding which made the church of St Lucia widely famous is located within the building.
On the tablet of the altar wall there is the inscription known as the Baška tablet. This stone tablet is one of the oldest monuments of Croatian history. It contains thirteen lines in old Croatian language, mentioning the word “Croatian” and the name of the king Zvonimir. It dates back to 1100. The script, with which it was written, called the Glagolitic script, is completely different from the Latin script. Besides the Latin script, the Glagolitic script was used until the 19th century. The original tablet was moved to Zagreb in 1934 and is located in the hall of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Today the Glagolitic script has become a trademark of Baška, which is witnessed by large sculptures shaped like Glagolitic letters placed along the road leading to Baška.
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Church of St. Lucy
148/A JurandvorThe church of St Lucia is located in Jurandvor, a small village to the north of Baška. The church emerged in the High Middle Ages, during the Romanesque period, as a single-nave structure with a prominent semicircular apse and a bell tower on the façade. The walls around the church are the remains of a Benedictine monastery which contained this sacral structure. Archaeological research established that the monastery and the church emerged on an earlier antique farm building. The finding which made the church of St Lucia widely famous is located within the building.
On the tablet of the altar wall there is the inscription known as the Baška tablet. This stone tablet is one of the oldest monuments of Croatian history. It contains thirteen lines in old Croatian language, mentioning the word “Croatian” and the name of the king Zvonimir. It dates back to 1100. The script, with which it was written, called the Glagolitic script, is completely different from the Latin script. Besides the Latin script, the Glagolitic script was used until the 19th century. The original tablet was moved to Zagreb in 1934 and is located in the hall of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Today the Glagolitic script has become a trademark of Baška, which is witnessed by large sculptures shaped like Glagolitic letters placed along the road leading to Baška.
Soline bay is an exquisite place to take a bath in the healing mud and spend a carefree afternoon on the sea. It is very unique place on the island. Later on I suggest you to take a trip to the church of st. Peter, beautiful archaeological site on the north side of the island.
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Solinebaai
Soline bay is an exquisite place to take a bath in the healing mud and spend a carefree afternoon on the sea. It is very unique place on the island. Later on I suggest you to take a trip to the church of st. Peter, beautiful archaeological site on the north side of the island.
The island of Košljun is a real gem situated in the bay in front of Punat. It was picturesquely described by the friar Mavro Velnić: “Being on Krk without seeing Košljun is like being in Rome without seeing the Pope.”
In the central part of the island, with a circumference of merely 1075 meters, elevated only six meters above the sea, there is the Franciscan monastery with a representative Renaissance church and a cloister. The church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary was completed in 1523 at the site of an older Romanesque church. It is richly adorned with two artistic breath-taking works of art. The triumphal arch of the church is decorated by 9.7-meter artistic composition by the Venetian master Francesco Ughetto showing the Last Judgement (Heaven, Purgatory and Hell) with a total of 123 figures. The other work that should be mentioned is the altar polyptych from 1535 by Girolamo da Santacroce, a Venetian master who left a large part of his artistic opus on the eastern Adriatic coast. Within the complex there is the museum display, a rich ethnographic, archaeological and sacral collection, as well as a library. The museum contains the famous geographical map by Claudius Ptolemy, a Greek astronomer and geographer from the 2nd century, printed in Venice in 1511.
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Košljun
The island of Košljun is a real gem situated in the bay in front of Punat. It was picturesquely described by the friar Mavro Velnić: “Being on Krk without seeing Košljun is like being in Rome without seeing the Pope.”
In the central part of the island, with a circumference of merely 1075 meters, elevated only six meters above the sea, there is the Franciscan monastery with a representative Renaissance church and a cloister. The church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary was completed in 1523 at the site of an older Romanesque church. It is richly adorned with two artistic breath-taking works of art. The triumphal arch of the church is decorated by 9.7-meter artistic composition by the Venetian master Francesco Ughetto showing the Last Judgement (Heaven, Purgatory and Hell) with a total of 123 figures. The other work that should be mentioned is the altar polyptych from 1535 by Girolamo da Santacroce, a Venetian master who left a large part of his artistic opus on the eastern Adriatic coast. Within the complex there is the museum display, a rich ethnographic, archaeological and sacral collection, as well as a library. The museum contains the famous geographical map by Claudius Ptolemy, a Greek astronomer and geographer from the 2nd century, printed in Venice in 1511.
The remains of the still magnificent old Christian basilica, called Mira, built in the 5th century, rise on a flat plateau of the cove Sepen. It stands there as a reminder of the first indications of Christianity on the island of Krk. The layout of the church has the shape of the Latin cross, the symbol of Christianity. The remains of the cross confession (a symbolic tomb where saint relics used to be kept) are located within an inscribed apse, above which there was an altar. The narthex (vestibule), situated in the west, contained tombs, among which there was a sarcophagus. Along the basilica, towards the sea, there is a cloister enclosed by a thick wall with two high towers, only partially preserved. The original appearance of the church was entirely preserved so this structure is a valuable and rare “living” witness of its time.
A hundred meters to the west of the large old Christian basilica, there are the remains of a smaller church and a modest monastery complex. They emerged in the 9th century by reconstruction of the Roman thermae from the 1st – 2nd century. The hypocaust of the thermae can still be seen today under the wooden bridge on the promenade along the sea.
The church with its dimensions is a modest edifice of a unique volume, with three apses enclosed within its flat back wall. On the southern side there is a memorial cella, with an apse also inscribed into the flat back wall. The remains of the monastery rooms were found to the west of the church.
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Fulfinum Mirine
The remains of the still magnificent old Christian basilica, called Mira, built in the 5th century, rise on a flat plateau of the cove Sepen. It stands there as a reminder of the first indications of Christianity on the island of Krk. The layout of the church has the shape of the Latin cross, the symbol of Christianity. The remains of the cross confession (a symbolic tomb where saint relics used to be kept) are located within an inscribed apse, above which there was an altar. The narthex (vestibule), situated in the west, contained tombs, among which there was a sarcophagus. Along the basilica, towards the sea, there is a cloister enclosed by a thick wall with two high towers, only partially preserved. The original appearance of the church was entirely preserved so this structure is a valuable and rare “living” witness of its time.
A hundred meters to the west of the large old Christian basilica, there are the remains of a smaller church and a modest monastery complex. They emerged in the 9th century by reconstruction of the Roman thermae from the 1st – 2nd century. The hypocaust of the thermae can still be seen today under the wooden bridge on the promenade along the sea.
The church with its dimensions is a modest edifice of a unique volume, with three apses enclosed within its flat back wall. On the southern side there is a memorial cella, with an apse also inscribed into the flat back wall. The remains of the monastery rooms were found to the west of the church.
The monastery of Third Order Franciscans, the so called Glagolitic priests, was located in the village Glavotok, isolated by the sea. In the 15th century, the Krk princes had their estate there, along with a small chapel that was located at the site of today’s sacristy in the church. After a series of intrigues and turmoil between the Krk princes and the Venetian administration, the area was finally handed over to the Franciscans in the final decades of the 15th century. That is when the monastery was founded, and the construction of a beautiful church started at the beginning of the 16th century. This is a single-nave church of Renaissance and late Baroque stylistic features. The main altar allegedly originates from the Benedictine abbey of St Nicholas in Omišalj. It is assumed that the author of the three paintings from the altar was Girolamo da Santacroce. The Virgin Mary with the child is shown centrally, while the two side paintings show St Francis and St Bonaventura. Even today the Franciscan order preserves its tradition with care and operates in the monastery on Glavotok.
Monastery of St.. Mary Glavotok
The monastery of Third Order Franciscans, the so called Glagolitic priests, was located in the village Glavotok, isolated by the sea. In the 15th century, the Krk princes had their estate there, along with a small chapel that was located at the site of today’s sacristy in the church. After a series of intrigues and turmoil between the Krk princes and the Venetian administration, the area was finally handed over to the Franciscans in the final decades of the 15th century. That is when the monastery was founded, and the construction of a beautiful church started at the beginning of the 16th century. This is a single-nave church of Renaissance and late Baroque stylistic features. The main altar allegedly originates from the Benedictine abbey of St Nicholas in Omišalj. It is assumed that the author of the three paintings from the altar was Girolamo da Santacroce. The Virgin Mary with the child is shown centrally, while the two side paintings show St Francis and St Bonaventura. Even today the Franciscan order preserves its tradition with care and operates in the monastery on Glavotok.
Gastronomska scena
Vrbnik is situated on the top of a steep hill, as much as fifty meters above the sea. Archaeological research found the beginnings of settling in the wider Vrbnik area dating from the prehistoric times. The first written mention of Vrbnik dates back to the far 1100. Vrbnik was the nursery of the Glagolitic script with an important Glagolitic school. Even today we can see carved traces of the Glagolitic script on the walls of Vrbnik houses.
The preservation of tradition is another distinctive feature of the place. This certainly includes the cultivation of the famous grape sort – žlahtina, used to make the wine of the same name. Throughout history, including today, Vrbnik inhabitants worked in agriculture and cattle breeding owing to an abundance of fertile land and natural source of underground water enabling the irrigation of farm land, as well as the rocky landscape around the village as an extremely favorable area for cattle breeding.
Vrbnik
Place with the view, recommended to have tasty glass of vine and enjoy domestic food.
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Agroturizam Dvori Svetog Jurja
Place with the view, recommended to have tasty glass of vine and enjoy domestic food.
If you want enjoy local food and vine in small village Poljica this is a great place. It is definitely not a usual restaurant, it is a place to meditate under tree big trees.
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Konoba Tri maruna
If you want enjoy local food and vine in small village Poljica this is a great place. It is definitely not a usual restaurant, it is a place to meditate under tree big trees.