Island of Brac - Croatia
the largest island of the central Dalmatian group of islands
Island Brac belongs to middle dalmatian
archipelag. It is elliptical shape, 36 km long, 3-12 km wide.
With area 395 km2 it is the largest dalmatian island (Vidova
gora - 778 m above sea level). From that peak there
is wonderfull view at Bol, island Hvar,
island Vis, and for clear days you can see Italian coast. |
Island coast is very
well indented, and 175 km long. Many bays line one after other.
At Brac there is one of the most beautiful pebbly beaches on croatian
Jadran - Zlatni rat at Bol. Thaat is the only beach in the world,
as it has been sad, that formed so that it goes vertically to
the coast.
Island is mostly made of chalken
lime stones, sedimentational origin, that is settled in many sediments
from where you get big block, sutiable for economical modification.
Extraction of stone on the island date from ancient times. Stone
from Brac was used in many famous buildings in the world:
- White house in Washington
- Building of Parlament in Budapest
- New palace and Parlament in Bec
- Diokkletian palace in Split
- Sibenik cathedral
In his stone heart Brac hides pearls of its cultural and architectal
heritage as desert Blaca, oasis of priests Glagolitic, place Skrip,
the oldest Ilirium place on the island ...
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Clime is tipical mediterian
and at number of sun hours in year (2700) counts into most sunny
Adriatic areas. Aproximatly temperature at summer is 23,8 C. At
winter temperature is 8,6 C.
At island there are 22 settlements
with 14000 inhabitants. The biggest cites on island are Supetar
and Pucisca. Brac is well conected with land. Ferryboat Split -
Supetar goes few times a day and in tourist seasone almoust every
hour. On Brac you can also come from Makarska with ferryboat conection
Makarska - Sumartin also few times a day. Except that, some other
settlements on the coast are conected with Split with fast shhips
(specialy at summer). Brac has over 100 km asphalted wide roads,
which makes all settlements conected with bus lines with Supetar,
and that means also with Split. Not long ago international airport
is builded (for airplains to 50 seats) that conected this island
with land even more. |
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