ST. JURAJ’S FEAST
BLAGDAN SV.ANTE
Traditional popular festivity
Exhibition “Mirila - rested soul”
The ethno house McNally is an exhibition called “Miriam - rested soul.”
Mirila stone marks a unique funeral rituals practiced at a time when people lived on the Velebit mountain and the Velebit (17.-20.st.), located along the slopes of Velebit. Today mirila protected intangible cultural heritage of the Croatian. Mirila Through this exhibition tells about the customs, way of life, creation and death around one time, in the modern interpretation of scientists and artists (Siniša Reberski, Krešimir Rončević, Radivoj Simonović, Tomo Vinščak, Mirjana Trošelj, Petar i Josip Strmečki, Josip Zanki).
The exhibition is organized by the Tourist Board Starigrad and NP Paklenica in cooperation with Gallery Klović Palace in Zagreb.
Admission to the exhibition is free and can be visited daily from 13.00-21.00h.
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15TH INTERNATIONAL CLIMBERS MEETING PAKLENICA 2014.
At the beginning of May each year National Park Paklenica becomes the place of traditional climbers and hikers meeting.
Beside Big Wall Speed Climbing - world unique climbing competiton as the central event, there will be climbing competitons for kids, trekking race, outdoor film festival, lectures, concerts, etc…
PROGRAMM:
01.05.2014. VII Kid`s Speed climbing contest for kids;
02.05.2014. Paklenica climbing marathon -From dawn to dusk-
03.05.2014. II Paklenica Trail, trekking race, XV Big Wall Speed Climbing Paklenica 2014., party/concert
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www.paklenica-avanturist.com
Celebrating the Feast of the Assumption, 15 August
And this year will be Podgorci and their guests at the feast of the Assumption on 15 August instruct the Veliko Rujno, the largest Velebit plateau situated at 900m above sea level. It is a centuries-old tradition of pilgrimage to the church of the Assumption of Mary, votive shrine Podgoraca and mountain climbers.
The custom dates back to the time when the mountain’s population lived on the Velebit mountain of Velebit and herders. In the summer months it is grazing stayed in the higher mountain, in the so-called. “Flats” which is why the church was built so high up in the mountains. Over time, the church became too small for the population of the Old Town area and the 1930 efforts known starigradskog priest Don Ante Adžije people built a new church near the previous one, and that using the old stone church that is fully built.
Although it is a way of life in this region has changed the construction of the Adriatic Highway 60-ies of the last century when the population moved to the coast and turning to tourism, retained the custom of pilgrimage to the church of the Assumption of the feast of the Assumption 15 August, and on this holiday is celebrated and Day of Starigrad.
Eucharistic celebration at the Velikom Rujnu starts at 11.00am led by the Archbishop of Zadar mons.Želimir Puljić after which it will be on the Velikom Rujnu to develop a magnificent procession.
In the evening on the waterfront starigradskoj maintains a large festival with local catering services, midnight fireworks and performance Tomislav Bralić and Intrade.
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Minister Lorencin visit Stari Grad Paklenica
Tourism Minister Darko Lorencin visited Paklenica National Park, where he presented the activities in the development of tourism in the municipality Starigrad and Zadar County, with an emphasis on sport and recreation facilities and activities of the National Park Paklenica. Adventure and sports tourism are among the ten key products listed in Croatian Tourism Development Strategy until 2020. years and they represent the arrival of new motifs in pre-season.
“This is a good example of how to develop a specific, extra bid to extend the tourist season Croatian. Sports and adventure tourism in the world and in our record of increasing interest, and additional offers related to this segment is certainly more reason to come to our country,” the minister said during his visit Paklenica. He also pointed out that the Ministry of Tourism and attention to security segment, including a year for CMRS stands million, and announced that it will improve safety be made additional changes in the regulations.
During his stay in Starigrad Paklenica, the minister briefly visited and 4 Starigrad Paklenica Film Festival, an international festival of music documentary. On that occasion, praised the event and once again stressed the importance of creating more deals in, among which are certainly events that combine history and tradition of our country.
read more...Notification of work travel clinics in the Municipality Starigrad
Working time;
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 14:00 - 22:00
Tuesday, Thursday: 07:00 to 14:00
Saturday: 08:00 - 13:00
Emergency telephone: 194
read more...New bus line from Zagreb Starigrad-Zagreb
From 01 July and 31 August this year, a new bus line runs from Zagreb Starigrad Zagreb. Bus Slavonija Busa-a d.o.o departs daily from Zagreb at 08.30pm, the highway runs and arrives in Seline at 12.00h and Stari Grad Paklenica at 12.05h. Back to Zagreb is also daily 19:55 from Stari Grad and at 20.0 h from Selina, with the arrival in Zagreb at 23.30h. The line comprises of Posedarje, Maslenica i Rovanjska.
Ticket price from Stari Grad to Zagreb is 130.00 kn, round-trip ticket costs 195.00 kn. Students and pensioners a discount of 10%. Reservations and tickets are sold at travel agencies Slavonija Bus (+385 35475300) and travel agency Koma-Maras in Stari Grad (+385 23359206).
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In Klović Palace Gallery exhibition dedicated Velebit Miril
Theme of the exhibition is a funeral customs related Velebit Mirili protected intangible heritage of Croatia, in the interpretation of scholars and artists.
The exhibition covers the symbolism and meaning mirila presented through works prof.Mirjane Trošelj that many years researching this phenomenon, graphics painter Josip Zanki, photos Radivoja Simonovic and Joseph Strmečki, documentaries and animated films and performance Josip Zanki and Bojana Gagić. But as they came to terms preserved in its material form, the exhibition can be seen and 10 original plate with an interesting iconography.
Over the past 10-odd years since the TZO Starigrad supported by the Ministry of Culture deals with rehabilitation and interpretation mirila in their area documented 26 sites and the most interesting sites can be visited by visiting educational paths arranged in the hamlet above the village Ljubotić Tribanj Kruščica and in the hinterland of Stari Grad Paklenica.
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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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