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Lace, Symbol of the Traditions of Pag
Map C4. * 8,400. n Pag: Od
Pag is renowned for its clean waters and its delicious špitala 2, (023) 611 286; Novalja:
sheep’s cheese, but it is also well-known for its lace. For Trg Briščić 1, (053) 661 404;
centuries this lace has been created by the patient hands Karlobag: Trg dr. Tuđmana 2, (053)
of the women of the island who, in warm weather, sit 694 251. _ Lace exhibi tion
by their doorsteps intent on creating this intricate lace. (summer); Carnival of Pag (Feb &
Typical Made using a special stitch, the lace is used to decorate last weekend in Jul).
pag lace blouses, bedlinen, altar cloths and table centrepieces. ∑ tzgpag.hr
Some decades ago a school was established here to train ∑ tz-novalja.hr
new lacemakers. A collection of antique lace was left to the school ∑ tz-karlobag.hr
by former lacemakers and the examples are used as models. Lace Transport
is sold here and some of the rooms are set up as a museum. 4 Prizna-Žigljen, Pag.

The high walls with Novalja
eight towers and four Located at the beginning of the
gates were demol- narrow peninsula of Lun, Novalja is
ished at the end of the second town on the island. It
the 19th century, but makes its living entirely from tour-
some traces (a gate ism, thanks to its beach. In the
and two bastions) centre of the town are the remains
still remain. The of an early Christian bas ilica and a
15th-century Duke’s pre-Romanesque church dating
Palace (Kneževa from the 9th–10th centuries.
Palača), which has A ferry service connects the
Skrivanat Tower in the Old Town, Pag been altered, and the island to the mainland, running
unfinished Bishop’s from Novalja to Prizna.
nobles, entrusted the design Palace by Juraj Dalmatinac face
of a new town to the famous the main square. Environs
architect Juraj Dalmatinac A monument to Dalmatinac Boat excursions to Pag leave
(Giorgio Orsini). It took several by Ivan Meštrović and the from Karlobag on the mainland.
decades to build what is now Church of St Mary of the Karlobag lies in a pretty bay and
the present-day Pag. Assumption (1443–1448) stand takes its name from the fortress
Venetian rule brought a long in the same square. The church that the Archduke of Austria,
period of peace and prosperity, is a blend of Romanesque Charles of Habsburg, built in
bolstered by the income from and Gothic, with three aisles 1579 on the site of a village
the productive salt works. divided by white stone columns destroyed by the Turks.
Between the 15th and 18th with carved capitals. The façade The fortress lost its importance
centuries, important public has a rose window and there after the Turkish threat had passed
buildings and a parish church, is a lunette above the door. and it was eventually abandoned.
locally called the cathedral, Numerous precious works of Its attractive stones were then
were built. art are pre served here, including salvaged and used to build the
The town has preserved its a wooden 12th-century crucifix, houses in the village. Still visible
original structure with two a Virgin of the Rosary by Giovanni are some of the massive walls
main roads intersecting in the Battista Pittoni, an organ, and a and a monastery, which has a
main square, and minor roads treasury. famous library and a church.
running parallel.

Kraljevica
Zadar

Kraljevica
Dinjiška
Gorica Zadar
Vlašići

Povljana
The harsh landscape, characteristic of the island of Pag
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp228–30 and pp240–45

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