Blaca hermitage
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The Blaca Hermitage (Croatian: Pustinja Blaca) is located on the southern side of Brač island, in the Split-Dalmatia County of Croatia.
Site Description
The hermitage was originally established in 1551 by two Glagolitic monks, and continued by successive generations of monks until 1963 with the death of Father Niko Miličević.[1]
World Heritage Status
This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on January 29, 2007, in the Cultural category.[1]
Gallery
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Monastery piano
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Monastery telescope
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Old manuscript
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Gramophone and printer
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Old monastery kitchen
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Monastery goat-breeding
See also
References
- ^ a b Hermitage Blaca - UNESCO World Heritage Centre Retrieved 2009-03-24.
Categories:
- Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas
- Articles containing Croatian-language text
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with NSK identifiers
- Coordinates on Wikidata
- History of Croatia by location
- Brač
- Roman Catholic monasteries in Croatia
- Religious organizations established in the 1550s
- 1551 establishments in the Republic of Venice
- 1963 disestablishments in Croatia