 Island Brac 
Not far from the internationally known destination of Bol and Zlatni
rat, the beach preferred by surfers, is Blaca cove, while 2 km inward
an unusual settlement is located. What we are dealing with is a
solitary settlement (ermitorium) that was hewn out of solid rock in the
15th century, the complex is still accessible today but only by way of
a walking path.
Persecuted by the Turks, Glagolitic priests chose an inaccessible, dry,
deserted and almost lifeless region in the inland part of the island as
their sanctuary and turned its rocky savagery with numerous caves into
an impressive stone structure. Upon arrival in the Ljubitovici cave
they built a church and a convent and after being restored in 1757 both
have been preserved until today. Namely, life in Blaca went on a daily
basis right up until 1963 when the entire complex was proclaimed a
museum-scientific institution, while its architectural whole consists
of authentic ethnographic rooms: a kitchen with a baker's oven, stone
halls with luxury-style furniture as well as an exceptionally rich
pastoral library in which holds a one of a kind atlas by H. Hondus and
J. Iasonius from the year 1623.
The complex is enriched by an archive, a small printing shop and an
observatory with a giant telescope that was once owned by a prominent
and world renowned astronomer and the last priest in Blaca - Don Niko
Milicevic whose studies had been published for decades in a respectable
Austrian publication Astronomische Nachrichten. Among the valuable
exhibits are the works of a Venetian school from the 17th century.
Accommodation: Bol, Pucisca, Praznica, Postira, Nerezisca, Milna, Splitska, Sumartin, Sutivan, Supetar
|
Croatia Holiday Tips 
.jpg)
