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Church of St. Mihovil (Trogir)

By the monasteries of St. Nicholas and St. Peter there was the female Benedictine monastery of St. Michael. It was...
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Sailing Croatia 8 Lake Polace (Island of Mljet)

Heading north from Dubrovnik our first anchorage is the wonderfully safe and protected village of Polace on the north east of Mljet. Yes you pay a National Park fee to enter but then free anchorage, great restaurants, a small supermarket and walk over the hill to the Benedictine monastery of Saint Mary.

Church&Monastery of St. Nicholas (Trogir)

The Benedictine Monastery of St. Duje was built in 1064 next to the Church of St. Duje by the efforts of St. John of...
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Island of Lokrum, Croatia // + Game of Thrones Locations

With a little extra time in Dubrovnik, I would recommend taking a 10 min boat ride from old town to the island of Lokrum. Not only is this island a peaceful escape dotted with peacocks and places to swim but it is also a location where they filmed Game of Thrones.

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Milky Way And Star Trails Timelapse 4k - Croatia, island Brač

Never before seen milky way and star trails timelapse compilation of island Brač near Split, Croatia.
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My first timelapse video. Part of my astrophotography exhibition 2017: Brač Odyssey.
The landscapes shown are following:

1. Zlatni Rat beach (Golden Cape), Bol
2. Petrinovic mausoleum, Supetar
3. Stone quarry, Donji Humac
4. Stonemasonry by Frane Antonijevic, Novo Selo
5. Saint Nicholas chapel, Selca/Sumartin
6. Benedictine monastery ruins Mrije, Postira
7. Blaca monastery near Vidova Gora
8. Monument of nature Koloc, Nerezisce

Equpment used: Nikon D3300, Tokina 11-16, Manfrotto tripod, intervalometer. Retouched in Lightroom, star trails compiled using StarStax and video compiled using Wondershare Filmora.

Video/Edit: Božan Štambuk
Muisc: Kevin MacLeod - Magic Forest (isrc=USUAN1600044)
Assistent: Kristina Petričević
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Best Things To Do In Zadar, Croatia Travel Guide

This video is Zadar travel guide which is part of Croatia travel guide. It will show you best things to do in Zadar. Visit Zadar, Croatia and enjoy its rich history of the city located along Dalmatian coast overlooking the Adriatic Sea.

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Best things to do in Zadar includes:

St. Donatus’ Church: Over time St. Donatus’ tall, rounded outline has become a symbol and a source of pride for Zadar, the first building you’ll see on postcards.

Roman Forum: Zadar’s is the largest Roman forum east of the Adriatic. It was established by Emperor Augustus at the turn of the first century.

St. Mary’s Church: On the eastern edge of Zadar’ forum is St Mary’s, belonging to a Benedictine Monastery founded in the 11th century.

Museum of Ancient Glass: #Croatia is flush with Roman heritage and many of the glass items recovered from digs have ended up at this contemporary museum in the stately confines of the Cosmacendi Palace

St. Anastasia’s Cathedral: Zadar’s cathedral is on the site of a very early Christian basilica that was founded back in the year 300.

National Museum: This is a regional museum that gives a deeper look into the natural history, ethnology and artistic heritage of the wider Zadar region.

St. Simeon’s Church: This church is most famous for what lies inside. The exterior is attractive, but relatively nondescript compared to others in the city.

Sea Organ: At the tip of the old town’s peninsula is this imaginative and award-winning art installation.

Greeting to the Sun: The Sea Organ’s sister, this was also designed by Nikola Bašić and is found at the end of the peninsula looking out over the Adriatic and offshore islands

Archaeological Museum: Also set on the Forum, this attraction displays the impressive Prehistoric, Illyrian Roman, Byzantine and medieval artefacts recovered in and around Zadar.

Five Wells Square: You’ve heard about the city walls that the Venetians built to keep the Ottomans at bay, but none of that would have been much use without a clean water supply.

Paklenica National Park: This park protects a variety of karst formations neighbouring the coast among them caves, cliffs and high peaks.

Plitvice Lakes National Park: Although the Plitvice Lakes are about 90 minutes north of Zadar you simply have to make the journey

City Walls and Gates: #Zadar has the distinction of never falling to the Ottomans and this is down to the formidable defence system that the Venetians constructed in the 1500s.

Today, Zadar is a historical center of Dalmatia, Zadar County's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, educational, and transportation centre. Zadar is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zadar. Because of its rich heritage, Zadar is today one of the most popular Croatian tourist destinations, named entertainment center of the Adriatic.

( Zadar - Croatia ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Zadar. Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Zadar - Croatia

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St. Chrysogonus Church Old town (Zadar)

The church of St. Grisogono and its bell tower are the only surviving parts of the once vast Benedictine abbey, founded...
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Church of Saint John the Baptist (Trogir)

In the 13th century, near the main city square, the Benedictines had a single-nave church built, which is presumed to be...
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Church of St. Jacob (Opatija)

The Church of St. Jacob was built around 1420 as a colony of the refugee Benedictines from the monastery of St. Peter...
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St Mary Island - Mljet National Park

Visiting St. Mary Island in Mljet National Park, getting there by local ferry boat. Views over Benedictine monastery. Lovely journey. Also, one of the best sport to snorkel in Croatia
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Lokrum Island - Dubrovnik, Croatia [4K]

The island of Lokrum is a small piece of uninhabited paradise in the Adriatic sea just 600 metres from Dubrovnik Old Town. It features a wide variety of wildlife such as rabbits and peacocks as well as a 1000 year old Benedictine monastery. It was frequently featured as a location in HBO's Game of Thrones with part of the monastery housing a small museum and replica Iron Throne.

Other notable landmarks on the island include Charlottes Well - an oval retaining well, The Dead Sea - a large salt water lake filled with caves and caverns popular with scuba divers, Fort Royal Castle - Built by the French during Napoleons occupation of Croatia on the highest point of the island 300 meters above sea level and the botanical gardens containing many species of plant native to the island.

Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the ... (UNESCO/NHK)

The group of religious monuments in Porec, where Christianity was established as early as the 4th century, constitutes the most complete surviving complex of its type. The basilica, atrium, baptistery and episcopal palace are outstanding examples of religious architecture, while the basilica itself combines classical and Byzantine elements in an exceptional manner.

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The tapered strip that runs south along the Croatian coast of the Adriatic Mediterranean, is named Dalmatia, the sunny balcony of Europe, with ancient cities, atmospheric ruins and a wonderful maze of romantic islands. A ferry travels from the small coastal town of Biograd to Pašman Island, a popular weekend destination for those living on the mainland. The garden island of Pašman is not yet on the tourist trail and thus is a tranquil location where monks still inhabit the ideally situated Benedictine monastery of Sveti Kozma I Damjan. Dugi Otok Island is well known for two natural phenomena: its mile-long and up to a hundred and sixty metre high white coastal cliffs and the Mir Jezero, a salt water lake which is always around six degrees warmer than the sea. The picturesque old city of Trogir is situated on a small island which is connected to the mainland by a bridge and protected by sturdy walls and a fortress. In 380 B.C., Greeks from Issa settled there and founded the fortified city of Tragyrion. Under the Romans it became a thriving commercial port. Today, Split is the Croatian Republic’s second largest city, the financial and cultural centre of Dalmatia, its origin and importance dating back to Roman emperor, Diocletian. Dubrovnik, the historic Pearl Of The Adriatic, is one of the world’s most fascinating harbour cities, a city of stone whose heyday was the Middle Ages when it was one of the most important economic and cultural centres in the Mediterranean. Dalmatia,... a veritable paradise of dreamy islands and historic cities!

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Ferry to Lokrum Island Dubrovnik Croatia

Take the short ferry trip from the Old Harbour in Dubrovnik to Lokrum Island for a day or half day trip. This Unesco National Park has ideal swimming spots and the ruins of a medieval Benedictine Monastery. The cafe, which nestles in the pines and olives, has live music. Background music is Monks by Topher Mohr and Alex Elena.

69. Igre | Michelangelo

Prvi premijerni dramski naslov 69. Dubrovačkih ljetnih igara Michelangelo Sebastijana Horvata i Milana Markovića Matthisa po drami Michelangelo Buonarroti Miroslava Krleže, u režiji Sebastijana Horvata, koji Igre pripremaju u koprodukciji s Hrvatskim narodnim kazalištem Ivana pl. Zajca Rijeka, premijerno će pod pokroviteljstvom Hrvatske elektroprivrede biti izveden 27. srpnja na ruševinama benediktinskog samostana na otoku Lokrumu.

The first drama premiere at the 69th Dubrovnik Summer Festival, Michelangelo by Sebastijan Horvat and Milan Matthis Marković, based on Miroslav Krleža's play Michelangelo Buonarroti, directed by Sebastijan Horvat and co-produced by the Festival and the Croatian National Theatre Ivan von Zajc of Rijeka, will be premiered under the sponsorship of HEP on 27 July in the Benedictine monastery ruins on the Island of Lokrum.

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Daily trips to Lokrum, our favourite place to enjoy beautiful nature and special swimming spot.

Lokrum is an island in the Adriatic Sea 600 metres from the city of Dubrovnik, Croatia. It receives regular ferry service from the city. The first written mention of Lokrum was in 1023 when the Benedictine abbey and monastery were founded. Austrian archduke Maximilian once had a holiday home on the island. A monastery and a botanical garden survive from his era.

PULA - Croatia Travel Guide | Around The World

Pula or Pola is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia and the eighth largest city in the country, situated at the southern tip of the Istria peninsula, with a population of 57,460 in 2011. It is known for its multitude of ancient Roman buildings, the most famous of which is the Pula Arena, one of the best preserved Roman amphitheaters, and its beautiful sea. The city has a long tradition of wine making, fishing, shipbuilding, and tourism. It has also been Istria's administrative centre since ancient Roman times.

The natural beauty of Pula/Pola's surrounding countryside and turquoise water of the Adriatic have made the city an internationally popular summer vacation destination. The pearl nearby is Brioni island or Brijuni national park visited by numerous world leaders since it was the summer residence of Josip Broz Tito. Roman villas and temples still lie buried among farm fields and along the shoreline of the dozens of surrounding fishing and farming villages. The coastal waters offer beaches, fishing, wreck dives to ancient Roman galleys and World War I warships, cliff diving, and sailing to unspoiled coves and islands large and small.

Pula – Pola is the end point of the EuroVelo 9 cycle route that runs from Gdańsk on the Baltic Sea through Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovenia and Croatia. It is possible to track dinosaur footprints on the nearby sea shores; certain more important finds have been made at an undisclosed location near Bale.

The city is best known for its many surviving ancient Roman buildings, the most famous of which is its 1st-century amphitheatre, which is among the six largest surviving Roman arenas in the world. and locally known as the Arena. This is one of the best preserved amphitheatres from antiquity and is still in use today during summer film festivals. During the World War II Italian fascist administration, there were attempts to dismantle the arena and move it to mainland Italy, which were quickly abandoned due to the costs involved.

Two other notable and well-preserved ancient Roman structures are the 1st-century AD triumphal arch, the Arch of the Sergii and the co-eval temple of Rome and Augustus, built in the 1st century AD built on the forum during the reign of the Roman emperor Augustus.

The Twin Gates (Porta Gemina) is one of the few remaining gates after the city walls were pulled down at the beginning of the 19th century. It dates from the mid-2nd century, replacing an earlier gate. It consists of two arches, columns, a plain architrave and a decorated frieze. Close by are a few remains of the old city wall.

The Gate of Hercules dates from the 1st century. At the top of the single arch one can see the bearded head of Hercules, carved in high-relief, and his club on the adjoining voussoir. A damaged inscription, close to the club, contains the names of Lucius Calpurnius Piso and Gaius Cassius Longinus who were entrusted by the Roman senate to found a colony at the site of Pula. Thus it can be deduced that Pula was founded between 47 and 44 BC.

The Augustan Forum was constructed in the 1st century BC, close to the sea. In Roman times it was surrounded by temples of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva. This Roman commercial and administrative centre of the city remained the main square of classical and medieval Pula – Pola. It still is the main administrative and legislative centre of the city. The temple of Roma and Augustus is still preserved today. A part of the back wall of the temple of Juno was integrated into the Communal Palace in the 13th century.

Two Roman theatres have withstood the ravages of time: the smaller one (diameter c. 50 m; 2nd century AD) near the centre, the larger one (diameter c. 100 m; 1st century AD) on the southern edge of the city.

The city's old quarter of narrow streets, lined with Medieval and Renaissance buildings, are still surfaced with ancient Roman paving stones.

The Byzantine chapel of St. Mary Formosa was built in the 6th century (before 546) in the form of a Greek cross, resembling the churches in Ravenna. It was built by deacon Maximilian, who became later Archbishop of Ravenna. It was, together with another chapel, part of a Benedictine abbey that was demolished in the 16th century. The floors and the walls are decorated with 6th-century mosaics. The decoration bears some resemblance to the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia at Ravenna. The wall over the door contains a Byzantine carved stone panel. The 15th-century wall paintings may be restorations of Early Christian paintings. When the Venetians raided Pula in 1605, they removed many treasures from this chapel to Venice, including the four columns of oriental alabaster that stand behind the high altar of St Mark's Basilica.

Beautiful Croatian Islands You Never See

Beautiful Croatian Islands You Never See

Cres
Cres is the same size as Krk, which makes it one of the two largest Croatian islands. It is located in the northern part of the Adriatic Sea and is accessible by drawbridge. Most of the island is still fairly undeveloped, which makes it perfect for an adventurous vacation. Its largest town, also called Cres, is a must-see for all lovers of Venetian architecture. Another sight worth visiting is the strikingly beautiful ancient mountain village of Lubenice, which offers a great view of the sea and neighboring islands. Cres is also well known for Lake Vrana, its only fresh water source, which is also one of the deepest fresh water lakes in Eastern Europe, reaching 50 meters below the sea level.

Lastovo
The island of Lastovo is part of the island municipality Lastovo, consisting of 46 islands, which have in total the population of 792 people. Needless to say, this makes Lastovo an ideal place for a truly peaceful getaway. In addition to its picturesque shores, deep, clear sea and unspoiled nature, Lastovo is also known for its delicious local specialties, high quality wine and great sailing.

Rab
The island of Rab is one of the islands in the Kvarner archipelago in the northern part of the Croatian Adriatic Sea. It is mostly known for its seemingly endless sandy beaches and the medieval town of Rab, with its four distinct white bell towers. It is perfect for a low-key getaway, long walks on the beach and swimming in the ocean.

Mljet
Mljet is the southernmost Croatian island, known for its National Park, with its two beautiful inland salt-water lakes and lush Mediterranean vegetation. There is even a 12th century Benedictine monastery on a tiny island within the larger one of the two lakes. The island is perfect for exploring the many hidden paths through the forest, swimming and sunbathing on its secluded beaches, biking and canoeing. It is also the home of the legendary Cave of Ulysses.

Vis
Vis is the farthest inhabited island off the Croatian mainland, but totally worth the long ferry ride from Split. Despite its beautiful pebbled beaches, crystal blue sea and mouth-watering local delicacies, the island is still surprisingly peaceful and void of tourists. Definitely worth visiting while it still has most of its old-Mediterranean charm. Among foodies, this island is mostly known for its tiny fishing villages and an abundance of sea foods, along with its local white wine and many wineries.

Hvar
Hvar is located amidst the islands of Brac, Vis and Korcula. It differs from most of the other Dalmatian islands in the fact that is has an abundance of fresh water springs, pine forests, vineyards and fields. Due to its gorgeous Venetian-style architecture, beautiful beaches, pleasant weather and the hottest nightlife on the Croatian coast, Hvar has turned into one of the most popular tourist spots on the Mediterranean coast for celebrities, backpackers and families alike.

Korcula
Korcula is the sixth largest Adriatic island and belongs to the central Dalmatian archipelago. Due to its rich history, most notably the 15th century, when the island was part of the prosperous Republic of Venice, Korcula’s Old Town can best be described as Venice in the heart of Dalmatia. Saint Mark’s Cathedral in the town center, narrow cobbled streets and ancient stone buildings make the island’s historic connections more than obvious to any traveler. The island of Korcula is best known for the sapphire-blue waters, picturesque rocky beaches and the legend of Marco Polo, who, according to one of many theories, was born in a building in the very center of the Old Town.

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