ST. JURAJ’S FEAST
Hotel Vicki on 1.HRVATSKA Festival Pasta
Under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development and the Croatian Chamber of Commerce in Vodice be held November 17 1.HRVATSKA festival pasta.
The festival has been in Central Dalmatia and the islands organized by newspaper publisher and editorial Robinson doo show “World of Food” at the IX Symposium of Gastronomy, Tourism and Food. Participants of the event were hoteliers, chefs, representatives of retail chains, manufacturers of pasta, equipment manufacturers, raw materials and raw pasta and others, and its products and equipment and presented to the Croatian company from Slovenia, Austria and Italy.
The Festival is presented fifty kinds of original pasta dishes with an emphasis on authentic recipes and held a dozen lectures.
With the area of the municipality Starigrad the festival participated Vicki commerce company Ltd. with a lecture on their experiences in introducing the Croatian pastry menu in the hotel and present the original pasta dishes. As the intention of the organizers in order to branding Croatian pasta make this traditional festival, following release was announced in March 2011 in Opatija.
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Tourist won awards in 2010
This year, in Starigrad-Paklenica arrived three travel awards. Tourist Information Centre Starigrad for the second consecutive year was awarded recognition for the best kept TIC in Zadar County.
Decision was made by the Commission for “Blue Flower” in assessing the tidiness of tourist sites and the individual elements that Zadar County Tourist Office in cooperation with Zadar list in the action in accordance with the criteria of the Croatian National Tourist Board.
In TIC as a single element assessed the appearance (facade, window displays, signs, signals), location, quality and variety of promotional material and services that TIC provides.
Furthermore, Hotel Alan d.d. won the award for best Croatian camp in category “Simpatia e Ecologia” as voted by readers of the magazine “Il Campeggio Italiano” Italian Association of campers. This association was founded in 1950, now has 21 000 members and the magazine has a circulation of 25,000 copies. The contest for the best camp conducted over the past 6 years in a way that the magazine’s readers rated the camps in Italy and Croatia in two categories: “Simpatia e Qualità“and “Simpatia e Ecologia”.
In neighboring Bosnia and Herzegovina was held in turn for the selection of the best manager for the Southeast and Central Europe. Recognition for 40 business people, companies and organizations that, among 2326 nominees, chosen by a jury of the Directorate of the Agency for Selecting the Best Manager of BiH, the South Eastern and Central Europe, were presented with the participation of representatives of institutions and enterprises from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Croatian, Germany, Switzerland, Slovenia, Turkey, Austria and Bulgaria. In the category of small and medium enterprises in the sector of tourism is one of the prize was given to Zoran Katic, director and co-owner Vicki hotel for a long tradition of hospitality and tourism, and continuous successful operation.
Constituent Assembly meeting held TZO Starigrad
On the basis of the new tourist communities and the promotion of Croatian tourism (NN 152/08) in Stari Grad Paklenica-held inaugural sessions TZO Starigrad.
Under the new Statute for the Community which has received approval from the Ministry of Tourism Assembly of the Union was composed of 21 members and a representative group of members of the Community pursuant to participation in community income. So Alan d.d. Hotel has 8 representatives (Jolene Petricevic, Jure Tomić, Parić Nikola Tomic Simon, Sikic Neven, Neven Marasović, Anthony Jovic, Smokrović Tatjana), owners have 10 representatives (Tomi Ramirez, Zoran Katic, Milovac Ante, Marasović Marin, Anthony Ramirez, Milovac Mary, dumbbell C., Dadić Joseph, Mary Roncevic, Trošelj Adam), other tourism-related activities directly have 2 representatives (Bušljeta Milka, Tomislav Marasović) and NP Paklenica has 1 Representative (Joseph Marasović). President of the Community pursuant to the new mayor of Starigrad Krste Ramirez. The session was verified by members of the Assembly’s mandate, adopted the Statute and Rules of Procedure of the Assembly and the elected members of the Tourism Council (Dragan Jovic, Tomislav Ramirez, dumbbell C., Tatjana Smokrović, Jolene Petricevic, Ante Milovac, Marasović Marin and Neven Sikic) and members of the Supervisory Board (Marina Vukicevic and Smiljana Marasović). For Representative in the Assembly TZO Starigrad Zadar County Tourist Board was elected Zoran Katic.
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Presentation of the book Miriam - a cultural phenomenon
On Friday, 22 October in Zadar and Starigradu-Paklenica will be featured book, Miriam - a cultural phenomenon, “published by the Slovenian Institute of Archaeology. The authors of these books are valuable Pleterski Andrew et al (Katja Hrobat, Radomir Juric, Mario Katic, Mario SLaus Štular Benjamin, M. and Thomas Trošelj Vinšćak).
Presentation of the book in Zadar will be held at the Ethnological department of the National Museum of Zadar, starting at 11.00am, while in Stari Grad Paklenica-books present in the small hall of the hotel Alan, starting at 18.00h.
The book is considered a representative sample mirila in southern Velebit, a unique stone monument was created in the former funeral rites Velebit population that was in use until the second half of the 20th century. Thereafter, lifestyle changes when the population moves along the coast and expanding tourism, the custom in these areas dying off but remain mirila and transmitted to us the customs, lifestyle and creating a whole of time.
Professor Andrew Pleterski currently teaches at the Department of Archaeology from the University of Ljubljana and the area of his early medieval archeology, ancient Slavic archeology, early medieval history, historical geography, mythology and computerization of archaeological resources.
This book is another proof of the value mirila as a heritage site and a further step towards the preservation and tourist valorisation mirila, a project which was launched in the Velebit area Tourist Board Starigrad.
Presentation of the book will be organized by the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology of the University, the National Park and TB Starigrad.
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Lecture on preservation of traditional building skills in Starigrad
“Stone by stone - dry stone” title of the presentation will take place in Stari Grad Paklenica-13.listopada starting at 18.00h hotel Alan. The lecturer dr.sc.Aleksandra Faber, an archaeologist and ing.arhitekture, initiator initiatives for the conservation and protection of the law drywall construction and head of the national program “Stone, drywall construction and landscape of the Adriatic”.
Building stone walls is a tradition older than the millennium and recognizable element of the landscape along the Adriatic coast and islands. In addition to drywall, drywall characteristic elements of indigenous folk Adriatic Construction include traditional houses, mills, ruins, bridges, folds for treasure, and others, contain a special value Miriam-late memorial on Mt.
In order that this valuable part of Croatian cultural heritage, preserving and protecting the above-mentioned initiatives have joined the association “Suhozid” from Kolan, island Pag, Novalja, Kolan, Mali Losinj and support coming from other cities and municipalities.
Organizers of the lecture in Starigrad dr.Faber which will hold a workshop with students O.Š.Starigrad the PI National Park and Tourist Board Starigrad, who are in Municipality Starigrad already implemented a number of cultural and tourist projects, such as the renovation of tanks and wells , Planning ethno-house McNally, rehabilitation and valorization mirila, the inventory of cultural and historic buildings, restoration works and Paklarić Paklenica mill, etc.
Besides the importance of preserving their cultural identity, this project will have a positive impact on improving conditions for the development of tourism where the cultural offer occupies an important place in selecting routes.
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Researchers Night 2010 in Stari Grad Paklenica
On Friday, 24.rujna in Stari Grad-Paklenica in Croatia in general and for the first time in a traditional international event “Night of the researchers. ” The event will be simultaneously held in 4 more cities in Croatia (Zagreb, Lepoglava, Korenica and Rab) and the program begins in Starigrad opening of the exhibition “Flavors of Science” in Bluesun Alan at 12.00h.
It follows an exhibition of student work (13.00-14.00h), workshops in the EU corner (14.00-17.00h), projections of educational-scientific articles (17.00-18.00h) and lectures “from the mountain trip to a science” Damir Lackovic, “Research in blue» Anđelka Novosel and “Why walking around the stone” Dražen Perica (18.00-20.00h).
Night of the researchers at the European Union is organizing the 2005 Programme FP 7 Marie Curie and special activities - People program, and this year involved 35 countries and over 200 European cities. The European Union has entrusted the organization in Croatia, the Croatian Association for the Promotion and Protection of Geological Heritage Pro-GEO Croatia. The aim of the event is to popularize science, especially among young people and encourage them to engage in science and research.
To participate were invited children and young people, teachers and parents and all those curious spirit and eager to learn.
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TZO Starigrad appeared on the tourist trade fair in Düsseldorf Tour Natur
For the second year in a row TZO Starigrad was performed at a tourism fair, which specializes in active holidays TOUR NATUR. The fair was held for eight years in Düsseldorf, the capital of the German federal state North Rhine-Westphalia, where it comes from about 20% of the total number of German tourists who spend their holidays in Croatia.
Natur Tour Fair will be held at the Caravan Salon, 9-day tourism fair intended for camping where it is occurring again this year and the Croatian National Tourist Board and who has even visited 170 200 visitors.
Riviera Paklenica is presented primarily as a “baden und Wandern” destination due to its positioning along the coast and near simultaneous Paklenica National Park with over 150 km of hiking trails. In addition, he presented the wide range of other activities such as climbing, rafting, canoeing and mountain biking as well as the richness and diversity of protected natural attractions in the immediate vicinity - the national parks and nature. As for the accommodation of visitors expected, most interest has been expressed for the camps.
This year’s performance TZO Starigrad organized in cooperation with the Tourist Board Zadar County and with the financial support of the Croatian National Tourist Board. TZO Starigrad booth was visited by the vice consul of the Consulate General of Croatia in Dusseldorf, with whom he agreed on further cooperation on promoting tourism in this part of Germany.
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Velika Gospa celebration on August 15th
Traditionally, the pilgrimage to the highest plateau of Velebit great September and this year marked the Feast of the Assumption in the Municipality of Starigrad.
Extremely large number of pilgrims visited the mountain votive church of Our Lady located at 900m above sea level.
Holy Mass with a majestic procession was held at 11h00 on the presence of a very large number of pilgrims, of whom many of the large Rujno sent a day before and spent the night in tzv.stanovima. Formerly they were shepherds living quarters in which the Velebit nomadic pastoralists stayed in the summer in search of pasture and water for their herds. In recent years, more and more dwellings are being reconstructed and which increasingly resides, which returns a little life into long neglected Velebit hamlets.
This day is traditionally organized sports, so starting at 09.00h started racing mountain 11.međunarodna Starigrad-Large Rujno with over one hundred participants, while in the afternoon finals played soccer tournament “Paklenica Cup 2010. “.
In the evening on the waterfront starigradskoj held a big party with the advent of Giuliana, Dalmatian cuisine and midnight fireworks.
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One of the many legends about the bora , written in Zoranic " Mountains", the story of a young and beautiful but arrogant girl of noble birth named Bora...
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