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Island of Hvar 5

During the Renaissance period, the urban part of Stari Grad so
it was the country seat of Hvar’s a walk through the town and
nobles and one of them – Petar surrounding areas represents
Hektorović, poet and architect a unique contact with history.
mentioned it a great deal. The
baroque 17th and 18th cen-
Mausoleum of Šime Ljubić
turies was when most of the
town’s churches and residenc-
es were built, whilst in the 19th
century, when Stari Grad was
a port with a large fleet of its
own sailboats, the town’s coast-
al front was established.
In the 20th century, which was
marked by wars and emigration,
the town began to focus on the
tourism we can still see today,
alongside viticulture and olive
growing which are the main
economic sectors.
These 24 centuries of written
history have left visible traces in