Stari Grad [1] (or Starigrad [2] , Croat. Stari Grad , Italian. Cittàvecchia ) is a city on the northern coast of the island of Hvar in Dalmatia , Croatia . [3] One of the oldest cities in Europe, located in the northern part of the island, in the depths of the 6-kilometer bay.
| City | |||
| Starigrad | |||
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| Stari grad | |||
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| A country |  Croatia | ||
| County | Split-Dalmatian | ||
| History and Geography | |||
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| Timezone | UTC + 1 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 2 817 people ( 2008 ) | ||
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| Telephone code | +385 021 | ||
| Postcode | 21460 | ||
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Initially, Starigrad was called Faros ( Greek Φάρος ) by Greek settlers from the island of Paros , who arrived here in 384 BC. e. In the Roman period, the city was known as Faria, the name Hvar appeared with the advent of the Slavs. When the administrative center of the island was moved south to the current city of Hvar on the south coast, the old city was simply called Starigrad.
One of the main attractions of the city is the Tvrdal residence ( Horv. Tvrdalj ), built as a miniature fortress by the famous humanist poet Petar Hektorovich in the 16th century.
Famous residents
- Petar Hektorovich (1487-1572)
- Marine Sabich (1860-1922) - journalist, poet, translator
Notes
- ↑ Maps of the General Staff of the USSR (coordinate system of 1940, BSV ). - Published from the original GUGK USSR, 1979-1990.
- ↑ Yugoslavia. Reference map (scale 1: 1 250 000). The fourth edition is the GUGK of the USSR, 1988.
- ↑ Zann, Lenore . Croatia: Journey to my ancestral home (English) , The Chronicle-Herald (January 30, 2015). Date of treatment February 1, 2015.