{"id":5802,"date":"2020-03-19T12:54:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T11:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visit-stari-grad.com\/bitno-je-znati\/history-of-stari-grad\/"},"modified":"2020-03-20T11:45:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T10:45:35","slug":"history-of-stari-grad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.visit-stari-grad.com\/en\/bitno-je-znati\/history-of-stari-grad\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Stari Grad"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5802\" class=\"elementor elementor-5802 elementor-262\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e1ab680 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e1ab680\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74ef76f1 elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"74ef76f1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:&quot;300&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59417a8f elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"59417a8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:&quot;700&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History of Stari Grad<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ebf72e7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ebf72e7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6cb8023\" data-id=\"6cb8023\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8ff97d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f8ff97d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>384 BC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two thousand and four hundred years ago, the Greeks from the island of Paros in the Aegean Sea founded a town they named Pharos \u00a0(\u03a6\u03ac\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2). The origins of this name aren\u2019t yet fully known, however it\u2019s possible that it came to be as a consequence of consonant vocal change of their home island\u2019s name<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b633ff elementor-alert-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"7b633ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"alert.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-alert\" role=\"alert\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-title\">Fun fact!<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-description\"><p>Stari Grad (Pharos) and Aristotle, a famous scientist and one of the creators of the western thought are peers!<\/p>\n<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bc58ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bc58ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Antiquity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although the people from Paros arrived to find a strong Illyrian\u00a0community on the island, after a brief battle they established their authority. Pharos became an independent state (<em>polis<\/em>) which forged its own money, had its own ceramic workshops and abounded in food from the fertile plain \u2013 the Hora of Pharos (X\u03bf\u03c1\u03b1 \u03a6\u03b1\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5), today the most preserved Greek plot division system on the Mediterranean. After the Roman conquest in 3<sup>rd<\/sup> century BC, Pharos became Pharia, the plain was renamed Ager Pharensis, and a long period of Roman Peace (Pax Romana) followed.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0292a68 elementor-alert-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"0292a68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"alert.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-alert\" role=\"alert\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-title\">Did you know?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-description\"><p>The pavement in the Middle Street hides remains from a Roman urban villa with geometrical mosaics.<\/p>\n<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-313a7a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"313a7a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Early Christianity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After Constantine\u2019s edict on tolerance in 313, early Christian art flourished in a natural symbiosis with ancient culture. In the 6<sup>th<\/sup> century, in the rule of Byzantine emperor Justinian, the Christian community of Pharia erected a twin basilica with a baptistery, dedicated to St. Mary and St. John, located in the south-eastern part of the ancient city. The churches were decorated with floor mosaics and the walls with frescoes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f31c097 elementor-alert-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"f31c097\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"alert.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-alert\" role=\"alert\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-title\">Did you know?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-description\"><p>In early Christian art, ancient symbols took on a Christian connotation, so the Greek beam scale (<em>kantaros)<\/em> represented the source of living water (Christ), the doves drinking from it symbolized the Holy Spirit, the ivy symbolized affection, while the peacock symbolized immortality.<\/p>\n<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a90fc47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a90fc47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Middle Ages<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the 8<sup>th<\/sup> century the island was penetrated by the Slavs, who took the ancient name for the town and island &#8211; Hvar. In the early Middle Ages, the villages of Dol, Vrbanj and Pitve were established on the outskirts of the Plain. During the <sup>12th<\/sup> century the first island noble families was formed, and the Hvar Diocese of St. Stephen founded in 1147. The Plain was then named after the diocese &#8211; the St. Stephen\u2019s Plain (<em>Campus Sancti Stephani<\/em>). After the island fell under the rule of the Venetian Republic, the diocese&#8217;s headquarters moved to the newly founded town of Hvar.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d64ec8d elementor-alert-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"d64ec8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"alert.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-alert\" role=\"alert\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-title\">Did you know?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-description\"><p>The name of Hvar Island comes from the ancient names for today's Stari Grad - Pharos and Pharia. In the Middle Ages, the name was slavicized to Huarra. With the relocation of the diocese, the name also moved and the old seat became Stari Hvar, and then Stari Grad.<\/p>\n<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f52a5fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f52a5fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Renaissance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This period was marked by the people\u2019s uprising under the leadership of Matija Ivanic in 1510, and the invasions of the Turks from the mainland in 1539 and 1571. In the mid-15<sup>th<\/sup> century, the Renaissance nobleman and poet Petar Hektorovi\u0107 began the construction of his holiday house, in which he realized the idea of \u200b\u200ba microcosm; a small, enclosed world in which all living creatures &#8211; fish, birds, plants and humans &#8211; have a place to live. Because of the Turkish invasions, the house took on the characteristics of a fort and became the Tvrdalj. The altar of the Hektorovi\u0107 family was located in St. Peter\u2019s church, for which Petar Hektorovi\u0107 commissioned a painting from the greatest Venetian master, Tintoretto.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2279a9d elementor-alert-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"2279a9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"alert.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-alert\" role=\"alert\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-title\">Did you know?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-description\"><p>The first edition of Hektorovi\u0107\u2019s <em>Fishing and Fisherman\u2019s Talk <\/em>was published in Venice in 1568.<\/p>\n<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5ea13b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5ea13b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Baroque<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the 17<sup>th<\/sup> and 18<sup>th<\/sup> century, Stari Grad turned more and more to the sea, and its many captains, shipowners and shipbuilders became an influential social class. The old waterfront is widened and shipyards were built. In 1605, work began on the new parish church of St. Stephen which is, along with its bell tower, the most successful architectural endeavour of Dalmatian baroque. On the second inscription above the entrance, the bell tower builders noted that its ground floor was built from stone blocks from the walls of Pharos, and today\u2019s shrine was once the entrance to the Greek city.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-deee8d5 elementor-alert-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"deee8d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"alert.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-alert\" role=\"alert\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-title\">Did you know?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-description\"><p>During the construction of the church and the bell tower, fragments from two Roman tombstones from the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> century were found. The first, the winged Erot, can be found in the southern part of the square, while the relief of a Roman merchant galley is embedded in the first loggia of the bell tower.<\/p>\n<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0645b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0645b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>19<sup>th<\/sup> century<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 1813, Hvar Island became part of the Kingdom of Dalmatia within the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. A peaceful century brought true prosperity to Stari Grad. In mid-century, the Stari Grad fleet consisted of over 50 sailing ships, which sailed and traded all over the Mediterranean. Many representative houses were built along the old waterfront, as well as a school, Croatian House, the Biankini palace, and the Don \u0160ime Ljubi\u0107 palace. Stari Grad continued its expansion, and became a lively port town of crafts and trades, with the Middle street as its lifeblood.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-807399d elementor-alert-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"807399d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"alert.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-alert\" role=\"alert\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-title\">Did you know?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-description\"><p>On the island of Lampedusa, in the western Mediterranean, seafarers and fishermen from Stari Grad had a permanent summer colony for 50 years. They taught the islanders of Lampedusa how to fishand conserve pilchard.<\/p>\n<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d70f50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d70f50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The beginning of the <sup>20th<\/sup> century was marked by numerous emigrations due to the decline of grapevines and wars. Nevertheless, in 1927, a public beach was built on the north side of the bay. In the second half of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century a winery was built, along with summer and winter cinemas, as well as new roads and museums.<\/p>\n<p>The Stari Grad of the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century is a small tourist town whose main characteristic is its layered history which is, with its many ingredients, embedded into a universal, especially Mediterranean, space.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50d2776 elementor-alert-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"50d2776\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"alert.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-alert\" role=\"alert\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-title\">Did you know?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-description\"><p>In the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century, Edward VIII, Wallis Simpson, John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy visited Stari Grad.<\/p>\n<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ba1b11 elementor-alert-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"5ba1b11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"alert.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-alert\" role=\"alert\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-title\">Did you know?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-description\"><p>The historic town centre of Stari Grad and the cultural landscape of the Stari Grad Plain were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2008.<\/p>\n<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section 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