In the oldest part of the house of the Renaissance writer Hanibal Lucić, which today houses the Benedictine Monastery in Hvar, selected church works of art, liturgical objects and a particularly interesting and a valuable collection of agave lace made by Benedictine nuns. Hvar lace is cherished only in the monastery, according to the tradition from 100 to 130 years ago.
The work of preparing agave threads is painstaking, as the threads are extracted from the fresh agave leaf and processed in a specific way. If there is any place where the motto "Pray and work" could be better felt, it is precisely in Monastery of Saint Benedict, whose valuable hands are either folded in prayer or intertwined with lace.
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By work technique There are three different types of lace.: tenerife, tenerife with ripples in a circle and tying with a thin needle to the net. Each lace is conceived in the imagination of an individual sister and as such is an artistic creation because each individual motif is shaped in the imagination and woven on a prepared base with great precision.
The Benedictine nuns undertook by their sacred vows to remain forever within the walls of the convent, but the fruit of the work of their hands is coming out into the world.
There are truly many reasons why tourists visit Hvar in large numbers every year, and when they leave, they all look for something authentic that can remind them of Hvar in their homes, and that is Hvar lace. As part of Croatian lacemaking, Hvar lace is included on the UNESCO list of intangible world heritage. 2009. years.
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Source and photo: Hvar Tourist Board
