We also call Hvar the happy island, which is the flagship of Croatian tourism. Everyone knows about Hvar's beaches, the Hell's Islands and the excellent Hvar wines and food. The world's jet set elite discovered this tourist pearl of Lijepa naše, so pictures of Hvar's bays, clubs and restaurants went around the world and ignited social networks.
Everyone wants to go to Hvar, which we also call the happy island, but few know how our Hvar is even six inscriptions on the UNESCO list. It shares three entries with the rest of Dalmatia: Mediterranean diet, construction of dry stone walls – fence and pile without binding material in the natural environment and clap singing - spontaneous three- or four-part singing, mostly by men.
Starogradsko polje
Starogradsko polje was, due to the best preserved cadastral division in the Mediterranean, included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2008 with the old city core of Stari Grad. Since the time of the Illyrians, there has been a fertile field next to today's Stari Grad on Hvar. In the 4th century BC, the Greeks from the island of Paros in the Aegean Sea founded the city of Pharos on this site and named the field Chora Pharou.
The Greeks divided the field into regular plots about a hundred meters long and wide. And precisely the parceling of Starogradski polje the best-preserved Greek division on the Mediterranean and the Black Sea thanks to the dry walls that people have continuously restored over the course of 2400 years, so that the original Greek land division can still be seen today.
Procession to the cross
Holy Thursday has been held on Hvar for 500 years procession For the cross which is also inscribed on the UNESCO list. It is a fascinating fact that the procession has never stopped taking place in half a millennium, not even during II. world war even during the coronavirus pandemic.
Rit is about a procession that starts from as many as six places on the night of Maundy Thursday to Good Friday and goes in a circle of about 20 kilometers. At the head is a cross-bearer who carries a cross weighing about 20 kilograms for the entire 15 kilometers and walks barefoot, and the fact that the last cross-bearer was registered for the procession in 2051 is the best indication of how much interest there is in the procession on the island and how much of an honor it is to be a cross-bearer. Since 2009, the procession itself has been on UNESCO's list of intangible world heritage.
Hvar lace
Uz the city of Hvar a special type is also attached lace made from threads from the leaves of the agave cactusThis special lace is made by the Benedictine nuns of Hvar, nuns who have subordinated their spiritual calling to work and prayer. Hvar lace It is made from thin but strong threads that are pulled from fresh leaves of the agave cactus, which must not be younger than three years old.
Hvar lace is cultivated only in the Benedictine monastery in the town of Hvar, following a tradition dating back 100 to 130 years. You can also buy lace at the monastery as the most original souvenir from the happy island.
Hvar tells many stories, and it's up to you to explore them and allow yourself to wander off the beaten path of our sunniest island. Discover what the walls say in Fortresses above the town of Hvar, where the city walls are hidden, can it still be entered the first public theater in Europe for a bucket of salted fish and whether there is a sea under the island's largest square.
