Croatian partner school

1. HVAR
The poem of the
Mediterranean

3. Marko Marulić,
poet and humanist
Faust Vrančić,
polymath and
bishop
St. Jeronim,
theologian and
historian
Ruđer Bošković,
polymath and
scientist

5. Vis Hvar
Šolta
Korčula
Brač

6. Grapčeva cave

7. Starigrad’s ager

8. Local fishing

10. KA
VRBOSKA
VRBOSKA
JELSA
HVAR
STARI GRAD
SUĆURAJ
OTHER BEAUTIFUL PLACES

11. STARI GRAD

12. Ancient Pharos
Stari Grad
(literally Old
Town) is
located on the
northern side
of the island, at
the end of a
long bay. It is
one of the
oldest towns in
Europe,
originally
named Pharos
by the Greek
settlers in 384
BC.

13. Remains of ancient town Pharos - the oldest town on the island and
one of the first in Europe, was founded by the ancient Greeks in
385/384 BC as an independent polis of Pharos.
Ancient Pharos

14. Stari Grad of Pharos colony.

15. Stari Grad
streets

16. Tourism

17. Vrboska
Vrboska was
founded as a
fishing harbour
in 15th century.

18. Vrboska

19. Renaissance St. Mary’s Church Fortress
was built in 1575, when old church of St.
Mary was fortified. It is one of the most
prominent sights on the island of Hvar
and a rarity in Dalmatia, situated on a
slight rise in the centre of the town.
Vrboska

20. Bridges in Vrboska - Vrboska is
situated on the sides of a long and
shallow inlet of the sea, which are
connected by little bridges joining
the two banks, thus giving the place
a special charm.
Fishing Museum

22. Tourism

23. JELSA

24. Jelsa was founded
in the 14th
century, as a
port of nearby
village Pitve.
From a fishing
and agricultural
small town,
Jelsa has
developed into a
ship building
and maritime
center,
especially during
the 19th
century.

25. Square of St.
John is one of
the most
beautiful
squares from
the
Renaissance-
Baroque era,
with a small
octagonal St.
John
church from
the end of the
15th century.

26. On the hill above
Jelsa there
is Tor, a
massive
fortification
built of huge
regular
shaped blocks
of stone
joined
without
mortar. It was
a Greek
observation
point, which
stands on an
older Illyrian
fort.

27. Perivoj (public garden)
-one of the largest
and most beautiful
parks in Dalmatia,
created in 1870 on
alluvial terrain. The
large poplars, pine and
palm trees, acacias
and oleanders, bay
laurel and other
Mediterranean plants
add to the beauty of
the park.
The park contains a
sculpture of Captain
Nikola Duboković, the
founder of modern
Jelsa.

28. Sućuraj is a
picturesque
small town on
the east cape
of the island,
5 km from the
Dalmatian
coast.

29. The oldest building in Sućuraj
is the Augustan
(today Franciscan)
monastery
Lighthouse

30. Bays
Česminica
Perna
Mlaska
Mrtinovik

31. VILLAGES

32. BRUSJE

33. VELO GRABLJE

34. MILNA

35. DOL

36. PITVE

37. SV. NEDJELJA

38. HUMAC

39. CAVES

40. BEACHES

41. Gastronomy

43. Pjaca, the Town
Square

44. Spanjola, the
Fortress

45. Loggia, the
Governor’s Palace

46. The Arsenal, and
the Theatre inside

47. “TOTUS MUNDUS AGIT
HISTRIONEM”

48. St Stephan’s
cathedral

49. Franciscan
monastery

50. Marin Benetović:
Hvarkinja
Mikša Peregrinović:
Jeđupka
Petar Hektorović,
Ribanje i ribarsko
prigovaranje Jerolim Atik
Bartučević:
(creations lost)
Marin
Gazarović:
Gusar Murat
Hanibal Lucić:
Robinja
Vinko Pribojević:
O podrijetlu i
zgodama Slavena

51. Ivan Vučetić, the
fingerprinting pioneer

53. Presentation: pupils
(2nd grade Grammar School, High School Hvar)
Text: Ida Zaninović, Nika Barbarić, Ivan Belaić
(2nd grade Grammar School, High School Hvar)
Mentor: Antonio Vidović, prof.