Stari Grad Plain, Hvar on the UNESCO World Heritage List
Croatia has yet another site on the World Heritage List - The Starigrad Field / Plain at Hvar Island.
The decision was made at the 32nd session of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee in Quebec, Canada based on the candidacy coordinated and managed by experts from the Croatian Ministry of Culture.
Star Grad Plain on the island of Hvar is the largest and most fertile plain on all of Adriatic islands and the best preserved ancient cadastre in the Mediterranean and Europe. In the 4th century B.C., the plain was linearly divided into 75 parcels in the shape of an elongated 900 by 180 meter rectangle.
The local community has recognized the value of the project and established a special institution to ensure future development of Stari Grad Plain.
Stari Grad Plain on Hvar is the seventh site Croatia has added to the UNESCO’s World Heritage List, in addition to Diocletian Palace Split , Dubrovnik Old Town, Euphrasius Basilica in Porec, the historical core of Trogir, and Katedrala Svetog Jakova in Sibenik and Plitvice Lakes National Park.
Read more about Stari Grad Plain at UNESCO’s site
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