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Vodice - Cultural monuments

Dalmatia - Split

Vodice is a Dalmatian tourist destination known for its vibrancy, diversity, tourism and hospitality.

Looking from the sea, dominates the panorama Guidance Okit hill with the church of Our Lady of Mount Caramel. The first church on this hill was raised in the 17th century, probably on the foundations of an even older chapel. Later, in the early 20th century from the base to the top of the hill made the Way of the Cross with fourteen chapels, each of which means one station of the Cross. The church was rebuilt several times, was twice destroyed in the Second World War and the war. The current layout of the church of Our Lady of Mount Caramel is the work of architect Nikola Basic.

Coric tower built by the wealthy family of Sibenik Fondra 1646th year.
High quality stone from which it was built, arrived on the island of Brac. Since it was built in the rough times, and residential and commercial buildings are set out high boundary wall. Today you can not get into the tower because I was poor, ruined, but because in the yard during the summer months can be enjoyed in the cinema shows.

Church St. Cross, a Gothic church built in the 1402nd year. It was dedicated to St. Cross 1421st year he also served as the parish church, and its surroundings was the cemetery. Worth detail is a copy of the old Romanesque-Gothic bowls at stake, such a unique example in this part of Dalmatia. In summer, it is the exhibition open through the day.

The parish church of St. Cross with a bell tower, the Baroque style, the work of the masters of Sibenik Ivan Skoko. It builds on the foundations of an older chapel from the 1746th to 1749. year.
Above the portal is a beautiful baroque rose, a collateral zidivi adorned the windows of the same period. Inside the church is a Baroque altar dedicated to St. Cross.

Floor Greater Mrdakovica, a path that leads to a Roman enclosure, you will arrive at another sacred monuments, witnesses of past settlements and the liveliness of today emigrated fields - St. Elijah the prophet. Locals raise Pisca church 1298th year, which will be later, 1493, paid St.. Elijah the prophet. The church is surrounded by a wall and was probably next to it was a cemetery. Today, here serves Mass only once a year, 20 August.

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