Vrboska - Hvar

Sightseeing near Nova Poštica

Last edited 20.07.2022 at 23:51 by NV Charts Team

Latitude

43° 10’ 44.6” N

Longitude

16° 40’ 3.1” E

Description

The town of Vrboska is located on the north coast of the island of Hvar in a deep, narrow bay, surrounded by pine forests, vineyards and olive groves.
The oldest buildings are from the Middle Ages and the church of St. Peter is built before the 14th century. In the immediate vicinity of the town are the ruins of a Roman estate "Villa Rustica" (8th century BC to 7th century AD).

Matija Ivanić , the populist leader of the Hvar rebellion of 1510-1514, had a house in Vrboska. The Venetian troops attacked the town in 1510 and in 1571 the Turks under Uluz Ali. Then in 1575 St. Mary's Church was developed into a church fortress, the only one in the archipelago.
The town developed into a fishing community and by the beginning of the 20th century Vrboska had a sardine factory, a wooden boat building industry, a hotel, a fishing association and regular boat connections with Split and Brač.

It is worth visiting the fishing museum with the traditional fishing equipment, nets, tools and machines from the closed sardine factory. There is also a reconstructed fisherman's house, which gives insight into the life of the former inhabitants of Vrboska, the fishermen and field workers.