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Town of Stari Grad

Stari Grad

Stari Grad is a town on the northern side of the island of in , . One of the oldest towns in Europe, its position at the end of a long, protected bay and next to prime agricultural land has long made it attractive for human settlement.
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  • Type: Town with 1,920 residents
  • Description: town and settlement in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia
  • Also known as: “Faros” and “Stari Grad, Croatia”
  • Postal code: 21460

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St. Stephen and Church of Saint John (Stari Grad, island of Hvar).

Church
Photo: Gampe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is the parish church of Stari Grad on the island of in . It is dedicated to the martyred Pope Stephen I. It stands on the eastern side of a small square, Trg sv. Stjepana, in the historical centre of Stari Grad.

Church
Photo: Gampe, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castle
Photo: Samulili, CC BY 3.0.
is a castle in Stari Grad, on the island of , . Tvrdalj was the summer residence of Petar Hektorović, the Croatian poet. During the 16th century, the island of came under attack from the Ottoman Turks.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dol and Rudina.

Village
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is a village on the island of , . It had a population of 348. It is administratively located within the area of Stari Grad. Around the village speleologists have discovered multiple pits containing the remains of World War II victims which have yet to be exhumed.

Village
Photo: Gampe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small village on the island of , in the Adriatic Sea in . It is located near Stari Grad. The village has a population of 70 people.

Village
Photo: Ante Perkovic, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a on the island of in . It is connected by the D116 highway. is situated 3½ km southwest of Stari Grad.

Stari Grad

Latitude
43.18414° or 43° 11′ 3″ north
Longitude
16.599° or 16° 35′ 56″ east
Population
1,920
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
United Nations Location Code
HR SGD
Open location code
8FMR5HMX+MJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 285925154
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3189965
Wiki­data ID
Q220383
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Waray—“Stari Grad” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Стары Град”
  • Bosnian: “Stari Grad”
  • Breton: “Stari Grad”
  • Bulgarian: “Стари град”
  • Catalan: “Stari Grad”
  • Cebuano: “Stari Grad”
  • Central Kurdish: “ستاری گراد”
  • Chinese: “斯塔里格勒”
  • Croatian: “Stari Grad”
  • Czech: “Stari Grad”
  • Dutch: “Stari Grad”
  • Finnish: “Stari Grad”
  • French: “Stari Grad”
  • German: “Civitavecchia”
  • German: “Stari Grad (Insel Hvar)”
  • German: “Stari Grad na Hvaru”
  • German: “Stari Grad”
  • German: “Starigrad na Hvaru”
  • Hebrew: “סטארי גראד”
  • Hungarian: “Stari Grad”
  • Indonesian: “Stari Grad, Kroasia”
  • Italian: “Cittavecchia”
  • Japanese: “スタリー・グラード”
  • Korean: “스타리그라드”
  • Latin: “Civitas Vetus Pharensis”
  • Latin: “Civitas Vetus”
  • Lombard: “Cittavecchia”
  • Macedonian: “Стари град”
  • Macedonian: “Стари Град”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stari Grad på Hvar”
  • Persian: “ستاری گراد”
  • Polish: “Stari Grad”
  • Romanian: “Stari Grad”
  • Russian: “Стари Град”
  • Russian: “Стари-Град”
  • Russian: “Стариград”
  • Serbian: “Stari Grad”
  • Serbian: “Стари Град”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Stari Grad”
  • Slovak: “Stari Grad”
  • Slovenian: “Stari Grad, Hvar”
  • Slovenian: “Stari Grad, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija”
  • Slovenian: “Stari Grad”
  • Spanish: “Stari Grad (localidad)”
  • Spanish: “Stari Grad”
  • Swedish: “Stari Grad”
  • Tatar: “Стари-Град”
  • Turkish: “Cittavecchia”
  • Turkish: “Stari Grad”
  • Ukrainian: “Старий Град”
  • Venetian: “Cittavecchia”
  • Vietnamese: “Stari Grad”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Stari Grad, Croatia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Stari Grad, Kroasya”

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