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10 Stari Grad
Škor
Of the numerous small squares shipyard). Working-class hous-
in Stari Grad, the most pictur- es with picturesque luminari
esque is Škor. Almost like a the- (roof windows) as well as su-
atre coulisse (which it is during lari and skalinade (stone ter-
the summer cultural events), races with staircase) which are
this square was formed later, typical in Dalmatia close the
during the 17th /18th centu- curved space where the mythi-
ries from a stretch of shallow cal Dalmatia lives.
water, where there was once Škor
a shipyard, which was covered
and the square took its name
from this (škor from škver, in
the Dalmatian dialect, means
