{"id":36682,"date":"2019-03-26T13:52:44","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T12:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hotspots.net.hr\/2019\/03\/sakralna-bastina-otoka-braca-poslastice-za-ljubitelje-kulture\/"},"modified":"2019-03-29T14:43:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T13:43:32","slug":"sakralna-bastina-otoka-braca-poslastice-za-ljubitelje-kulture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/croatia-hotspots.com\/en\/2019\/03\/sakralna-bastina-otoka-braca-poslastice-za-ljubitelje-kulture\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacral heritage of the island of Bra\u010d – not to miss treats for culture enthusiasts!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF OUR BIGGEST ISLAND? As a \u201ccapital\u201d of the tastiest lamb, a place where you can have great cycling experience in idyllic Mediterranean ambience, an oasis of Robinson vacation or a perfect getaway for bathing, sunbathing and water sports? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Perhaps you did not know that together with many various and attractive aspects, Bra\u010d has even 116 sacral buildings, thus being a true heaven for culturists! In order to preserve them and make them marketable, four years ago an attractive guide was published in which sights have been catalogued in 5 cultural itineraries. We have singled out some that are truly worth visiting!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
VISIT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BELL TOWER ON DALMATIAN ISLANDS. Whoever watched \u201cLittle place\u201d by Miljenko Smoje, must remember emblematic opening scene where the \u201cmain role\u201d is played by picturesque place on the west side of the island \u2013 Lo\u017ei\u0161\u0107a! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Image of an idyllic place of steep and narrow streets with houses spread out like someone tossed out some pearls is dominated by the most beautiful bell tower of all \u2013 not only on Bra\u010d, but on all Dalmatian islands in general! Enjoy in sightseeing this magnificent, tall and decorated bell tower from 19th<\/sup> century, a work of the great Ivan Rendi\u0107. Do not forget to take a few photos, which will be a real treat for aesthetes and cultural enthusiasts on social networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
DISCOVER THE SPRINGS OF SACRAL TREASURES \u2013 BAROQUE AND MEDIEVAL CHURCHES. For those in love with sacral art we warmly recommend sightseeing parish churches all over the island (like the one in Selca!). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Enjoy in their mostly baroque features and worthy altarpieces, whose authors are Ridolfi, Bassano, Balestra, Diziani and even famous Tintoretto, whose great altarpiece is kept in Dominican Pinacoteca in Bol! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
If you want to visit medievalchurches, of characteristic hanging arches and bell towers which were several centuries later upgraded to the distaff, visit church of St. Peter in Dol with the oldest bell of that kind. The interior of these edifices usually keeps worthy altar reliefs, whose authors are famous artist slike JurajDalmatianac, Nikola Firentinac or Nikola Lazani\u0107, a sculptor form Bra\u010d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
VISIT A CRADLE OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY \u2013 AND A CAVE WITH DRAGONS! For those in love with cultural heritage, early \u2013 Christian churches and churches on places of pre-Christian cults are a true curiosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s also worth visiting remains of basilica in Povlja and its baptistery preserved up to the roof, and a basilica in Lovre\u010dina with preserved murals and renewed baptistery vessel; while a series of fragments of stone furniture from these churches can be seen in Museum of the island Bra\u010d in \u0160krip. Among the localities that date back to even earlier periods (like St. Vid on Vidova gora or St. Duh near Gornji Humac) Dragon’s Cave is especially interesting. It was named after a relief of a dragon, which presents a mixture of Slavic mythology and Christian iconography, thus fantastically depicting spirituality of the contemporary human \u2013 paganism reconciled with Christianity! Sightseeing of Dragon’s Cave is actually a great excursion, on which even the makers of \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d would envy you, since Bra\u010dhad its dragons for a while now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
VISIT BLACA DESERT – A STONE JEWEL IN ROCKY WASTELAND! We\u2019ve left one of the most striking locations for the end \u2013 for centuries upgraded monastery in Blacadesert! Once it was a world-famous astronomical observatory, it had its own printing office, while due to extensive book collection, unique furniture, old weapons and clockscollection, it is attractive even today. Staying in an authentic ambience of former monks\u2019 and Glagolitic priests\u2019 residence \u2013 who wrote pages of rich monastery\u2019s library in one of the three variants of Croatian Cyrillic – polji\u010dica<\/em>, for all those who truly enjoy in culture is a – real treat! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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