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National Park Krka covers the area
along the flow of river Krka, which springs three kilometres
northeast of Knin and it passes through the deep and
vivid 75 km long canyon forming deafening falls - Krčić,
Risnjak, Miljacka, the Roški slap Falls (26) and the
famous Skradinski buk Falls (the Krka Falls 46m), the
greatest calcareous travertine barrier in Europe. The
lower Krka flows through Prukljansko jezero lake and
flows into 9 km long bay - Šibenski zaljev. In NP Krka,
two cultural and historic monuments stand out: the
Franciscan monastery on the island of Visovac and the
Krka monastery and the most important town in the group
of picturesque towns on the park area is Skradin -
the town protected as a cultural monument.
Visovac is
situated in the central wide area of river Krka, where
green water opened up a Karst plateau creating a harmonic
amalgamation of natural and historic heritage. Surrounded
by hilly plateau of Miljevac and beautiful field of
Rupsko that with great effort unite beauty under the
wing of blue colour of its lake, it defies tempests
brought by historic events through centuries.
Through
centuries of hard work monks turned this alluring,
charming cliff surrounded by rich nature into an island
full of trees, colourful flowers, fruits and vegetables.
As a result, today it has an irresistible appeal to
tourists.
First written mention of it was recorded
in documents dating from 14 th century where there was
an Hermitage there. Around 1445 Franciscans settled
on this island, expanded it and occupied themselves
with learning and education; in 1576 they built a monastery
and a church, which was redecorated in 18 th century. |
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