THE
CHURCH OF ST. LUCY IN JURANDVOR
The church was built on the remains of
an early Christian church at the turn of the 12th to 13th century. It
is the most significant church, not only in the area and on the
island, but in Croatia, as the famous and invaluable Baška Tablet
from the year 1100 was found there. The church houses a copy of the
original tablet.
The main altar is decorated with a wooden
polyptych, the work of masters Luke and John, sons of Paolo
Veneziano, from the 14th century. The original polyptych is kept in
the bishop’s residence in Krk.
Info: “AZ” AGENCY FOR CULTURE AND
TOURISM
www.azjurandvor.com
azjurandvor@yahoo.com
THE BAŠKA TABLE
The BaškaTablet is a national
monument, significant for the Croatian nation. It is a glagolitic
inscription, a document consisting of 13 lines carved in stone. The
text documents a donation of the Croatian king Zvonimir (1075-1089)
to the church of St.Lucy in Jurandvor, where the Baška Tablet was
found inserted in the church floor.
It was found by Petar Dorčić,
the local priest, in 1851.
Following is Vjekoslav Štefanić’s
interpretation of the text:
White limestone,
199 x 99,5 x 9 cm
1100. In the name of the Father,
the Son and the Holy Ghost. I, abbot Držiha, write about the land
given to St.Lucy by Zvonimir, the Croatian king, in his days.
Witnesses are Desimir, the prefect of Krbava, Martin in Lika,
Pribineža, delegate in Vinodol, and Jacob fom the island. If this is
denied by anyone, may he be cursed by God and the 12 apostles and 4
evangelists and St.Lucy. Amen. May those who live here, pray to God
for them. I, abbot Dobrovit built this church with my nine brethren
in the time of Prince Kuzma who ruled his county. In those days,
Mikula in Otočac was together with St.Lucy (=the churches /
monasteries of St.Nicholas in Otočac and of St.Lucy were under the
same authority).
THE BAŠKA GLAGOLITIC PATH – BGS
s dedicated to glagolitics and all
glagolitic writers throughout history. It is a Croatian historical
primer from a to ?.
The aim behind the project is to construct a
long-lasting memorial, which will teach visitors about the
cultural-historical significance and values of the area, and also the
history of Croatian statehood. This will be carried out in the Baška
valley, the area where the Baška table was discovered – the
document about Croatian statehood from 1100 A.D.
In this project a
path made out of stone sculptures is being created, that in the end
will stretch from the Treskavac pass all the way to the old pier in
Baška harbour. This path won’t be in a straight line, since all
the sculptures will be located beside important cultural, and
historical landmarks or significant natural areas. There will be 34
stone sculptures with sculpted glagolitic letters; four of larger
dimensions, and the work of the academic sculptor Ljubo De Karine,
and thirty taking smaller dimensions, which will be created during
the Baška sculptors workshop.
The mentor and artistic director of
the project is Ljubo De Karina. The project will take between 4 to 5
years to complete. Within this series of sculptures, there will be a
35th one, which will be a sculpture dedicated to glagolitics and
glagolitic writers. All the sculptures will be adorned with a brass
plaque. This will be placed on the sculpture’s plinth and will show
the traditional letter of the sculpture, the name of the sculptor,
the Latin translation of the letter, an inscription in Braille, and
the name of the person whose donation funded the sculpture. The BGS
project was started by the Sinjali Association from Baška, and
finished in 2009.
Info: DRUSTVO SINJALI,
e-mail: info@sinjali.hr
MRGARI
are dry wall buildings that take the
shape of stone flowers, and are intended for the temporary collection
and classification of sheep that are owned by different people.
During the year, the sheep get mixed up since they graze freely on
the heights that encircle the valley of Baška. Mrgari are around
more than ten metres, and the largest one can hold up to 1500 sheep.
A few times a year shepherds carry out the joint activity of
classifying the sheep. This is when they look at and separate their
own flock into small mrgarice that look like petals, and encircle the
central mrgara or “pen”.
These beautiful examples of local
architecture can only be found on the southern most point of the
Island of Krk, and the uninhabited neighbouring island of Prvić.
There are around 15 in total and most of them are still in use. There
are only two other places in Europe where similar constructions can
be found – Great Britain (Wales) and Iceland.
National parks and nature parks
Brijuni
Kornati
Krka
Mljet
Paklenica
Plitvice
Risnjak
Velebit