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x Crikvenica
Map B2. * 5,800. k Rijeka, 16 km
(10 miles), island of Krk. @ Nike
Veljačića 3, (060) 300 100. n Trg
Stjepana Radića 1c, (051) 241 051.
_ Oily fish week (Jun); Trade fair of
Croatian products (Jul); Town festival
(Aug). ∑ rivieracrikvenica.com
A Roman staging post called Ad
Turres existed here at one time,
with a port for trading in timber.
In 1412 Nikola Frankopan
(whose name derives from the
noble Roman family of the
Frangipani) built a castle here. It The altar in the Church of SS Philip and James, Novi Vinodolski
was later donated to the Pauline
order, who set up a church, c Novi Vinodolski rebuilding the Church of
monastery and school. In the Map B3. * 4,000. k Rijeka, 28 km SS Philip and James (Sv. Filip
16th century a wall and a round (17 miles), island of Krk. £ Rijeka, i Jakov). He was buried here in
tower were built and, in 1659, 49 km (30 miles). n Ulica kralja 1499. The church, decorated in
the church was enlarged by Tomislava 6, (051) 791 171. the 17th century in the Baroque
adding a nave. The town, now _ Patron saints’ day, Philip style, has a magnificent altar
a popular tourist resort, takes and James (May); Novi Vinodolski from that period. The side altar
its name from the monastery. summer carnival (1st weekend Jul). has a Gothic Virgin Mary from
At the beginning of the ∑ tz-novi-vinodolski.hr the 15th century.
19th century, the Pauline order The 13th-century Frankopan
was dissolved and in 1893 the The Old Town, built on Castle has been restored and
ancient monastery was turned a hill overlooking the is now a museum, with
into the Hotel Kaštel (see p226). Vinodol valley, holds exhibits from the Roman
The town has a long pebble an important place in and medieval periods
beach and is one of the most Croatian history. On and a rich, varied
popular tourist resorts along 6 January 1288, in the collection of traditional
this stretch of coast. Thanks to castle built by the folk costumes.
its position, protected from the Frankopan dukes, the
winds by the Velebit mountains, Vinodol Codex, one of
it enjoys a mild climate with dry the oldest legislative v Senj
summers and warm winters. Croatian texts in the Map C3. * 8,000.
ancient Glagolitic Costume in the castle k Rijeka, 52 km (32 miles);
script, was produced. of Novi Vinodolski Island of Krk. @ Obala
The document is now kralja Zvonimira 8, (060)
in the National Library in 394 394. n Stara cesta 2, (053) 881
Zagreb. It was signed by 068. _ Feast of St George (23 Apr).
the representatives of nine ∑ tz-senj.hr
communes, and established
rules for the ownership and The cold wind known as the
use of local land. bora of Senj blows through
In 1988, the 700th anniversary a pass in the Velebit chain of
of the Vinodol Codex, a fountain mountains, making the town
created by the sculptor Dorijan the chilliest place in the
Sokolić was placed in the Adriatic. People have long
central square of Novi. The been aware of it, yet despite
fountain bears the names of this notoriety, Senj has always
the places which participated been inhabited, first by the
in drawing up the laws. Illyrians, then by the Romans
The town is also remembered who first created a port at Senia.
for the stratagem used by This became a bishopric in
Bishop Kristofor to save the 1169 and an important trading
troops defeated by the Turks: port for the transport of
the horses’ shoes were put on timber. After 1000 AD it
backwards so as to foil their was granted to the Templar
pursuers. Having reached the Knights. It then passed to the
Gate of the former Pauline monastery, safety of Vinodol Castle, the Frankopans, and finally came
now a hotel, in Crikvenica bishop gave thanks by under the direct rule of the
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp226–8 and pp238–40

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