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k Krk VISITORS’ CHECKLIST

This is the largest of the Adriatic islands, with an area of Practical Information
409 sq km (158 sq miles). A bridge links the island to the Map B3. * 17,860.
n Krk island: Trg sv. Kvirina 1, Krk,
mainland, built to provide good connections to the island’s (051) 221 359; Krk town: Vela
international airport. Along the eastern coast the island placa 1, (051) 221 414; Baška:
looks almost ghostly, its white rocks swept by the bora Kralja Zvonimira 114, (051) 856
wind. Inland and on the more protected western coast, 817; Njivice: Ribarska obala 10,
there is rich, lush vegetation. (051) 846 243. ∑ krk.hr
Transport
k (051) 842 040.
4 Valbiska: (051) 863 170;
Baška: (051) 856 821.

houses the Diocesan Museum.
This contains works from the
cathedral and other churches
on the island, including the
silver Frankopan altarpiece
depicting the Virgin Mary in
Glory and a polyptych (1350)
by Paolo Veneziano.
Crystal-clear waters surrounding the island of Krk Behind the cathedral stands
the Frankopan castle with four
Krk was first inhabited by the of light- coloured stone. Inside square towers from 1191, and a
Liburnians, followed by the are four paintings (1706) by round tower from the Venetian
Romans, who founded Curicum Cristoforo Tasca, and a fine period. Inside the walls are
(the present-day Krk) and wooden Baroque pulpit. churches dedicated to Our
Fulfinum. Traces of walls, baths The treasury is in the adjacent Lady of Health and St Francis.
and villas with floor mosaics Romanesque Church of The latter has an engraved
still remain. St Quirinus which wooden pulpit.
In the 6th century it came Rijeka
under Croatian rule and after Omišalj
the Frankish and Byzantine Omišalj lies on a headland near
occupation it became part of the site of Roman Fulfinum.
the possessions of Venice. It Omišalj The village (Castrum
was then granted to Dujam I, Musculum in the Middle
founder of the Frankopan Rudine Ages) was enclosed by
family, and from 1480 to 1797 walls, some of which
it was directly ruled by Venice. Njivice Klimno survive. There is a
Krk was a centre for Glagolitic Malinska square with a
script and the Baška Tablet, now Šilo 17th-century
in the Croatian Academy of Arts Venetian
and Sciences in Zagreb, was Porat
found on the island. Glavotok
Šepići
Krk Town KRK Vrbnik
The town of Krk developed in
the Middle Ages on the site of
the Roman town of Curicum. Košljun
The wall and three Venetian city Valbiska Krk Punat
gates are still visible: the City
Gate with a guard tower called
Kamplin, the Sea Gate (Pisana) Jurandvor
and the Upper Gate. Facing the Baška
main square are Renaissance-
era buildings and in the area Key Stara Baška
of the Roman baths is the Major road
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Minor road
Assumption, dating from the 0 kilometres 8
1100s but modified since. The Scenic route
three-aisle church has a façade 0 miles 8
Byzantine mosaic, Euphrasian Basilica, Poreč For keys to symbols see back flap

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