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Jelsa Attractions
A selection of attractions in and around Jelsa:
 
Jelsa’s Lapidary, Jelsa  (< 1 Mile)
The Lapidary was arranged in 1970 by the Hvar Cultural Heritage Center and Mr Niko Dubokovic, Ph.D. The Lapidary is situated inside the church’s fortress...
 
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Perivoj Park, Jelsa  (< 1 Mile)
Perivoj is a public garden in the village of Jelsa on Hvar Island. This was created in 1870 and it is one of the largest...
 
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St Ivan’s Square, Jelsa  (< 1 Mile)
St Ivan’s Square in Jelsa contains buildings that are mainly decorated in the Renaissance/Baroque style. They were mainly erected between the fifteenth and seventeenth century....
 
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Tor Tower, Jelsa  (< 1 Mile)
The Tor Tower near Jelsa dates from the 4th and 3rd century BC and is a Greek reconnaissance tower constructed out of megalithic blocks. It...
 
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Galesnik, Jelsa  (< 1 Mile)
Galesnik is a medieval town fortress that is situated 210 metres above sea level. It was the stronghold of the Slavogosti family who became allied...
 
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Vrboska Fisherman’s Museum, Vrboska  (3 Miles)
Vrboska fisherman’s museum was founded in 1972 to preserve the tradition of fishing as tourism and other trades slowly took over the village’s culture. The...
 
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Fort Church of St Marija and Milosrda, Vrboska  (3 Miles)
This church is dedicated to St Mary is very unusual in that it is fortified like a castle. This occurred in 1575 in order to...
 
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Church of St Lovre, Vrboska  (3 Miles)
St Lawrence of Vrboska is a baroque church that dates back to the fourteenth century. The building has been set alight twice during its lifetime....
 
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Grapceva Cave, Jelsa  (5 Miles)
The Grapceva Cave is one of the oldest archaeological sites in the Adriatic and the Mediterranean. The cave dates from the Neolithic period and contains...
 
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Bianchini Palace, Stari Grad  (6 Miles)
Bianchini Palace, built in the Renaissance style, contains the hydro-archaeological collection on the ground which includes a large display of Roman amphorae from a locally...
 
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Stari Grad’s Dominican Monastery, Stari Grad  (7 Miles)
Stari Grad’s Dominican monastery dates from the fifteenth century and is partially fortified with a turret after an attack on the monastery in 1571 by...
 
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Moria Gallery, Stari Grad  (7 Miles)
The Moria Gallery is located on the foundations of a former Roman building where a Greek pavement and a Roman mosaic were found. These can...
 
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Hektorovic’s Tvradalj, Stari Grad  (7 Miles)
The Tvrdalj is a famous important fortified building in the centre of Stari Grad. It dates from the sixteenth century but was renovated in the...
 
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St Stephen’s Church, Stari Grad  (7 Miles)
St Stephen’s Church in Stari Grad was constructed in the late Baroque style. It was built with three aisles and is the result of the...
 
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Stari Grad Museum, Stari Grad  (7 Miles)
The Museum of Stari Grad is located adjacent to Tvrdalj, Hektorovic’s summer residence. The museum’s building was built in the nineteenth century by shipbuilder...
 
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Tvrdalj, Hvar Island  (7 Miles)
This is Stari Grad’s most famous sight, a summer house once owned by the sixteenth century poet Petar Hektorovic. There used to be extensive gardens...
 
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Zlatni Rat, Bol  (10 Miles)
On the island of Brac near the village of Bol is a large golden shingle sandbar named Zlatni Rat or the Golden Horn. It closely...
 
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Branislav Deskovic Gallery, Bol  (12 Miles)
The Branislav Deskovic Fine Arts Gallery can be found in an old Renaissance-Baroque town house. The majority of the collection is twentieth century Croatian art...
 
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St Peter’s Church, Supetar  (13 Miles)
On the roof of St Peter’s Church in the tiny village of Nerezisca on the island of Brac is a black pine tree (Pinus Nigra)...
 
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Dragon’s Cave, Bol  (14 Miles)
Zmajeva spilja (the Dragon’s Cave) is named as such because of a relief of the dragon inside. These are related to the Glagolitic friars who...
 
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