Cultural heritage in Vrbnik

Cultural heritage in Vrbnik

  • Garica

  • Type of a site: Archaeological sites and remains of churches, fortresses, settlements...

  • Built in the Romanesque style, it probably dates back to the 12th or 13th century. It can be reached from a marked hiking trail, and is located on a 255 m high hill...
  • Risika

  • Type of a site: Archaeological sites and remains of churches, fortresses, settlements...

  • Next to the Frankopan’s Gradec castle stand the remains of the chapel of the Holy Spirit. It is assumed that this was the church of St. Nicholas, built in 1323...
  • Vrbnik

  • Type of a site: Archaeological sites and remains of churches, fortresses, settlements...

  • Southeast of Vrbnik, in the bay of Sv. Juraj, are the remains of a medieval church which is thought to have been built in the 12th or 13th century. The oldest record of its existence is from 1453...
  • Vrbnik

  • Type of a site: Archaeological sites and remains of churches, fortresses, settlements...

  • Archaeological research indicates that the site has been inhabited since ancient times. According to the construction style, the church itself dates back to a period from the 11th to the 13th centuries, which makes it...
  • Vrbnik, Placa Vrbničkog statuta 4

  • Type of a site: Museums, galleries, ethnographic collections...

  • The exhibited replica of the printing machine will try to evoke the way in which Glagolitic books were printed in this area in the 16th century...

Gradec

Close to Vrbnik

Gradec

Close to Vrbnik

  • Risika

  • Type of a site: Archaeological sites and remains of churches, fortresses, settlements...

  • The hidden remains in the island’s interior. An ancient 12th century fortress was the place from which Krk’s noble Frankopan family originated...
  • Risika

  • Type of a site: Archaeological sites and remains of churches, fortresses, settlements...

  • Remains of the small church after which this area was named are found on the peninsula...
  • Vrbnik, Placa Vrbničkog statuta 4

  • Type of a site: Museums, galleries, ethnographic collections...

  • This ethnographic collection is mainly made up of items donated by the Neda Trinajstić family: old photographs, furniture, copper utensils...
  • Vrbnik

  • Type of a site: Churches, monasteries, chapels

  • This church is located on the highest part of Vrbnik and was first mentioned in 1325 in the Statute of the Fraternity of St. John the Baptist...
  • Vrbnik, Placa Vrbničkog statuta 4

  • Type of a site: Museums, galleries, ethnographic collections...

  • Contains a valuable heritage collected and left to the town by Ivan Vitezić, Krk’s bishop and his brother Dr. Dinko Vitezić...

Paprate near Risika

Close to Vrbnik

Paprate near Risika

Close to Vrbnik

  • Risika

  • Type of a site: Archaeological sites and remains of churches, fortresses, settlements...

  • Not far from Vrbnik are the remains of old abandoned houses that are known today as the village of Grmovićevo Selo.
  • Vrbnik

  • Type of a site: Museums, galleries, ethnographic collections...

  • The church lodge serves as an exhibition space where you can view art photographs with religious motifs related to Vrbnik...
  • Vrbnik

  • Type of a site: Archaeological sites and remains of churches, fortresses, settlements...

  • This single-nave church was built in the 6th century and is characterised by an apse protruding to the east...
  • Vrbnik

  • Type of a site: Churches, monasteries, chapels

  • The glagolitic inscription on the side wall tells us that the chapel was built by the priest Martin Vitezić in 1561...
  • Vrbnik

  • Type of a site: Churches, monasteries, chapels

  • It was built in 1671 by four priests from Vrbnik who determined that it should belong to their family until the fifth generation...
  • Vrbnik

  • Type of a site: Churches, monasteries, chapels

  • Its interior is adorned with an altarpiece depicting the baptism of John the Baptist on the River Jordan...

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