Oldest Town On The Croatian Adriatic Coast

Situated on the isle of Hvar, is Stari Grad, the oldest town on the Croation Adriatic coast. It was founded past times Greek colonists from the Aegean isle of Paros 385 BC together with named Pharos. Later Romans who took over those territories called it Pharia together with Croats who came afterward them – Hvar. It has been known every minute Stari Grad since the 14th century, which agency the “Old Town” inwards Croatian.

Hvar isle has close 2,800 hours of sunshine per year. There is nevertheless plenty pelting to proceed the isle light-green together with to keep the beautiful fields of lavender, rosemary, sage, marjoram together with thyme together with the carefully cultivated vineyards.

Hvar is the 4th largest of Croatia’s islands at 182 foursquare miles (300 foursquare km) inwards size

Hvar Island was a major merchandise middle together with naval base of operations during the times of the Venetian Republic, when it had its ain fleet of merchant sheet boats. That was a fourth dimension of peachy prosperity together with glory when many soundless real palaces, fortifications, together with communal buildings were built (one of the offset populace theatres inwards Europe was built inwards Hvar town inwards 1612).

Beautiful bay inwards Zavala alongside cristal clear water

Nerrow streets of Stari Grad, Hvar

photo Tatjana Dimitrijevic OC

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