Stari Grad
Stari Grad is a town on the northern side of the island of Hvar in Dalmatia, Croatia. 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.
- Type: Town with 1,920 residents
- Description: town and settlement in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia
- Also known as: “Faros”, “Mint of Pharos”, “Pharos”, 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 of St. Stephen
Church
Tvrdalj Castle
Castle
Tvrdalj Castle is a castle in Stari Grad, on the island of Hvar, Croatia. Tvrdalj was the summer residence of Petar Hektorović, the Croatian poet. During the 16th century, the island of Hvar came under attack from the Ottoman Turks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dol and Rudina.
Dol
Village
Rudina
Village
Selca kod Starog Grada
Village
Stari Grad
- Categories: town in Croatia, polis, and locality
- Location: Town of Stari Grad, Split-Dalmatia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Waray—“Stari Grad” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Stari-Qrad”
- 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”
- Chinese: “旧格拉德”
- 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”
- Urdu: “ستاری گراد، کروشیا”
- Venetian: “Cittavecchia”
- Vietnamese: “Stari Grad”
- Waray (Philippines): “Stari Grad, Croatia”
- Waray (Philippines): “Stari Grad, Kroasya”
- “Stari Grad”
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