As well as any other village in the eastern part of the island of Hvar, so is the village Bogomolje very difficult to catch in a single take. It seems huge, stretched along a narrow and very uncomfortable old road that almost does not connect, but separates the two parts of the island. The village […]
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The island of Hvar was entered in the weather map some 150 years ago thanks to the tireless and enthusiastic local researcher Grgur Bučić, who was among other things, the founder of the Hvar weather station back in 1858. Bučić worked as a postman, but he dedicated his whole life to sciences, from archaeology to […]
To be able to understand the climate change, it is necessary to monitor and measure data in one area continuously over a period of thirty years. Since the continuous weather measurements at the global level started approximately 150 years ago, the island of Hvar is one of the lucky places in this respect, and we can […]
Looking at the landscape of the island of Hvar interwoven with grape vine, olives, forests, macchia and karst, it is very difficult to believe that wheat and other cereals used to be grown there. Nowadays, at the time of long dry periods that affect the entire Europe, especially this year, it is hard to imagine […]
The Feast of the Assumption of Virgin Mary (known locally as Velika Gospa), celebrated on 15 August, reminds people of the importance of family gatherings and gatherings of indigenous people even at the peak of the tourist season when people are usually very busy and do not have time for each other.There are a few […]
Ingredients homemade (pork) sausage spring onions wild onions garlic parsley tomato puree fava beans asparagus collard (leaves and stalks) red beans spices Preparation Sauté spring and wild onions, garlic and parsley in olive oil, add sausage but in small pieces, fava beans and asparagus stalks. Cut the collard into pieces and blanch in hot water. […]
The recent death of bees in the northernmost Croatian region of Međimurje provoked numerous media reactions and brought back to the public, at least briefly, questions about the state of beekeeping in our country. This was an incentive to investigate the situation on the island of Hvar, whose honey has been known for more than […]
There is nothing so strongly, deeply, and intimately inscribed in the very core of the inhabitants of the island of Hvar and in the deepest point of our identity as Holy Week, especially the procession called “Za križen” (Following the Cross). Actually, there are six separate processions that visit the six villages in the inland […]
For thousands of years, wetlands in the Mediterranean have provided people with water, food, building materials, fertile soil, navigation, and energy. Areas with a water source were a prerequisite for life, so there were developed today’s cities, such as Stari Grad on Island Hvar in Croatia, Tavira in Portugal, and Soria in Spain. Next to […]
The Mediterranean dietary model forms the basis of the entire culinary system of the islands of Brač and Hvar. The interrelationship between natural resources and human needs and, consequently, human skills, is reflected in the diet of the inhabitants of these islands. Despite some slight variations, there are two distinct diets typical of both islands […]
