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Cultural and historical heritage

We could say that the island of Krk is more than rich with historical monuments. And their content is known from prehistoric times to the present. However, there are a large number of monuments which cannot all be named, so we’ll mention just a few: Read more

Omišalj


The parish church of Our Lady of the Assumption dating back to 1213. with a bell tower from 16th century.


The remains of the early catholic basilica which dates back to the 5th century and the remains of the Roman municipality Fulfinum in the Sepen bay in the Mirina area (2 km from Omišalj)

Malinska


St. Apolinar parish church in Bogovići which dates back to 1857.
The third order Franciscan Monastery, with the church of St. Mary Magdalene dating back to 1480 in Porto (3 km from Malinska).
The monastery has an adjacent museum collection with the library, an ethnographic collection with an authentic machine for olive pressing and a Glagolitic collection of stone fragments.

Krk


The sacral complex of the cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption which dates back to the 5th century, The church of St. Quirinus, the town protector, (11th/12th century) in which the sacral collection is exhibited, and the bell-tower which dates back to the 18th century.

Kamplin square with the Frankopan castle and Quadartic tower (12th century)

The small church of St. Krševan (5th or 6th century) which is close to the village of Milohnić (12 km in a north-westerly direction from Krk)
The small church of St. Donatus (12th century) which is close to the village of Kornić (5 km from Krk)


Punat


The small island of Košljun (6.5 ha) situated in the small bay of Punat is a forest nature reserve and cultural monument.
In the Franciscan Monastery together with the church of Our Lady of the Assumption dating back to 1480 is a valuable library, an ethnographic museum and permanent exhibition of sacral art.


Construction of the parish church of St. Trinity began in 1767, and the first dedication took place in 1777. The church was enlarged twice and the main altar is thought to be one of the most beautiful baroque altars.

Vrbnik


The parish church of Our Lady of the Assumption dating back to 1325, with its renaissance bell-tower which dates back to the16th century where the Museum of the city of Vrbnik's art identity can be found.
The Vitezić family library, founded in 1898. The library has numerous valuable Glagolitic missals, breviaries and books amongst which is the famous scolasticus et itinerarius Atlas. Only two examples in the world have been conserved, one of which is in Vrbik and the other in Cambridge, in England.

Baška


The early Roman church of St. Lucy in Jurandvor (2 km from Baška), a holy place for Croatian national history and culture. The Baška tablet can be found in the church and is the most important monument of the Croatian language and literature, written using the Croatian alphabet – the Glagolitic alphabet (around 1100.). An exhibition area has been set up close to church.


The Parish church of St. Trinity dating back to the 13th century together with the homeland museum close to it.

Dobrinj


Infeld gallery
The parish church of St. Stephen which was mentioned back in 1100 as a leading church of the Dobrinj chapter
Etnografska zbirka Dobrinjštine i otoka Krka, zbirka okamina otoka Krka
The Dobrinj area ethnographic collection and the island of Krk, a collection of the fossils from the island of Krk.		 Ranoromanička crkvica, zadužbina slavnog Dragoslava iz 1100 g. u naselju Sveti Vid
A small, early Roman church, the famous Dragoslav endowment dating back to 1100 in the village of St. Vitus.