"--~---_/ Map of Karlobag Karlobag location A town between the Velebit mountain chain and the sea, located on the important Adriatic Highway connecting Rijeka with Dubrovnik, and leading towards the interior, towards Gospk, the Plitvice Lakesand Zagreb. Karlobag is a marvelous connection of the Mediterranean and the continent, with a crystal clear sea and the most beautiful Croatian mountain chain reachable by car in only a few minutes. Next to Karlobag, the center of the municipality, there are wonderful places on its Riviera such as: Ribarica, Cesarica, Lukovo Sugarje, Baric Draga and Sv.Marija Magdalena, and on the Velebit there is BaskeOStarije. Karlobag is a locality of the Mediterranean and the continental Velebit style, with a rich and varied culinary offer. Karlobag has a Mediterranean climate and in September the weather is still pleasant and warm. The average daily temperature in summer is 28°C and the seatemperature in summer is around 25°C.There are plenty of sunny days even during winter. Map of Surroundings 2 3 History The tumultuous past of Karlobag is shown by the remains of the medieval fortress emerging above the town - Fortice and some churches. There is a library and art treasure in the Capuchin monastery with the church of St. Joseph containing the particularly valuable Cristoforo Tascapainting of the Last Supper. 4 During the time of the Croatian King Zvonimir, the area belonged to the coastal parishthatbe~ngedto the diocese of Rab. During Venetian rule there were caravans from the natural port of Bag (Baskadraga) to the central hinterland of Uka, crossing important Velebit passesand BaskeOStarije. The Roman settlement called from the Goths, it was abandoning the memories Vegium was of importance abandoned by its inhabitants of its existence, and due to for transport and trade and who ran off to the island of the similarity to the island of existed up to the 4th and 5th Pag. But abandoning the Pag,the locality was named century when, due to attacks settlement did not mean Bag. 6 7 In 1480 it was taken over by King Matija Korvin and connected to the Senj military district. After peace was concluded in Sremski Karlovci in 1699, when Lika was joined to Croatia, to the Croatian Military Border respectively, Karlobag was, for some time, the center of the entire Lika area. In 1733 the administrative center for the entire newly conquered area was transferred to the newly founded center of Gospic . 8 9 St. Joseph's Church The single nave church with the lateral chapel of St. Anthony. Behind the altar there are choir stalls and a wooden stand for the pulpit from the 18th century from where monks prayed their daily breviary. In the church we find the valuable painting of the Last Supper by Cristoforo Tasca. The interior of St. Joseph's Church 10 11 The monastery is of square ground plan with a rectangular yard, cloister, with a large cistern (rainfall water) 6 m in diameter of 300-year-long capacity for the needs of the inhabitants of Karlobag. The monastery has a library with theological literature from the 16th, 17th and 18th cent. 12 13 The fortress For- tica and Kava - Mediterranean garden At the beginning of the Middle Ages the new settlement of Scrissaor Bag developed next to the sea, in the Fortica area. Remains of a small four-corner fortress from the 13th or 14th cent are situated on a higher plateau with a defense tower in the center and at 250 meter above sea level. The fortress is completely of private ownership. 14 15 \ A drawing In the time preceding the water system network, the only source of drink- of Karlobag ing water were the sterne. They also represented the key to unity; the wheel made by would often entangle, new love stories and friendships would arise. engineer Today the sterne are reminders of the past and the old way of life which we Martin Stier Sterne have decided to protect as cultural and historical heritage and take you, at in 1660. least for a moment, through the past of our locality. Karlobag has 6 localities, city sterne that must be visited. A chaplain and a small with an exhibition of crew were constantly private owned mosaics. in the fortress and The name Kava (quarry) they provided for the refers to the possibility security of the town that there may have and supervised the been a quarry but it navigation of vessels is more probable that towards Pag. Remains in the area there were of the water supply military dormitories. cistern have been Today there are preserved. luxuriant gardens with The current and squares and other arranged Kava buildings. Mediterranean Garden Ground plan of Fortica 16 17 Next to the church stands the monument of Sirne Starcevic, father of the first Croatian grammar. St. Karlo Boromejski church A church from 1710, built on the foundations of the church of St.John (1615). It was badly damaged during the bombings in 1943.The remains were removed 1958 except for the preserved tower, one part of the wall and the entire bell fry. 18 19 A chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Seven Sorrows was built in 1727 on higher ground above the town, on Calvary, and it was consecrated on September 12 by the bishop of Senj, Modrus and Krbava, Nikola Pohmajevic, The inhabitants covered all the expenses and converted it into a small church in 1740. School in Karlobag The stone building was built in 1875 through the efforts of Baron Mollinary, and it was the most grandiose building of the time in Karlobag. 20 21 Baske Ostarije BaskeOStarije lie on the Velebit, at 924 n NN in the western part of Lika, in the micro-region of the Lika basin of moun- tainous Croatia, at 18 km from Karlobag. The locality bore the name OStarije until 1900 when it was changed into Baske OStarije.The locality is divided into ham- lets: Raketa, Ripiste, Stupacinovo, Takalice, Prpic polje. St. Elisabeth'c Church in Ostarije was built in 1855 in the parish of the Holy Virgin Mary from BaskeOstarije founded in 1820. Gospk University Registrar's Office of the Gospic-Senj Diocese. The church of the Blessed Virgin Mary's Visit to Mary Elisabeth (St. Elisabeth's Church) 22 23 Kubus The monument dedicated to the building of the Karlobag- Gospic Road across the Velebit, the Cube (Kubus, Ura) on four spheres is situated on the Karlobag, the island construction of the Cube. On one side of OStarije Saddle or Stara of Pag and the entire road from the cube there is the vrata, at 927 m above Velebit Channel. In Gospic to Karlobag inscription Ferdinand sea level from where 1846 the Cube was (1844- 1850). There are I, Austrian Emperor the view extends over put up during the 33 steps leading to the M DCCCXLVI. 24 25 A fountain made of carved stone (Baske Ostarije) In memory of the building of the Knezic- Kekiceve road built from 1844 to 1851. An interesting fact to mention is that people called this source the source of fertility. The Theresiana Educational Trail The Theresiana was built in the culturalimportance of their complete beauty. The 1786 as a better connection the Theresiana, the public educational trailbegins in between Gospic, the Regiment institution ofVelebit Nature BaskeOStarije (924m above sea Headquarters of the time, and Park arranged one part of the level.), and descends to Konjsko the free port of Karlobag. The educational trail. The trailis village (655m/above sea level) order to build a new, modern exclusively for pedestrians and 3 km in length. Thisis the longer road was given by Emperor it is particularly interesting due walking tour and lasts from 2.5 Joseph 11. The road was named to the region it crosses where - 3 h. A shorter tour of about after his mother MaryTheresa. in a small area oneexperiences 1.5 h is also offered. Wishing to inform people of the two Velebit faces in 26 27 The Premuzic Trail The Prernuzic Trail was named after the construction engineer Ante Prernuzic who designed it in 1930, while the construction it self was finished in 1933.The trail crosses the most beautiful and most interesting parts of the North Velebit. A beautiful view spreads over the Adriatic Seaand the islands of Pag, Rab,Goli, Prvic and Krk, and onto the Lika hinterland from the continental side. The cultural heritage of the park manifests itself in the numerous remains of old cattle lodgings, houses, drystone walls witnesses oftimes gone when this region was settled by a greater number of people that later left and settled around the world leaving only traces of their presence in this exceptionally beautiful and unique area. 28 29 The Central Velebit region, Ravni dabar locality, is an alpinistic Dabar and Dabarski Cliffs area where sports climbing is permitted on the following rocks: People call Dabar the karst basin shaped valleys. - Visibaba/Agin kuk The Dabar and Dabar Cliffs region extends along the central part of the mountain massif, from - Celina kuk Bacic-kuk opposite Budak mountain to the northwest and - Rujicin kuk. up to ljubacki Mountain and to the pertaining cliffs over Ostarije to the southeast, approximately 10 Climbers' lodgings with about SO km. Shallow and deep valleys follow one another, Bacic duliba, beds are situated in Ravni dabar. Dosen duliba, Crna duliba, Ravni dabar, Crni dabar. All the Dabars and Dulibes except for Crne Dulibe were settled and cultivated in earlier times. 30 31 Cesarica and Ribarica Cesarica is situated in a lovely cove at the foot of the Velebit in a channel bearing the same name, 7 km northwest of Karlobag and 55 km southeast of 5enj, next to the Adriatic Highway.