Today area of Dobrinj counts about twenty villages and hamlets, the names of which are of Illyrian, pre-Slavic, Old-Croatian, Vlach and other origin.
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In Dobrinj`s surroundings there are many churches of invaluable merit for the cultural identity of Dobrinj region: Romanesque Church of St. George above Kras, the Church of St. John in Sužno with the remains of Romanesque frescoes, the Church of St. Mark at sea, the Church of St. Phillip and Jacob (13th c.) in Soline, where the Frankopan princes owned salt works, and the Church of St. Peter in Rudine with the remains of Old-Croatian decorative elements in stone dating from the 9-10th c. In village called Sv. Vid Dobrinjski, which is one of the oldest settlements of Dobrinj, there is a Romanesque Church of St. Vid with a bell-tower at the front, the pious endowment of «Illustrious Dragoslav», from 1100. Kras also belongs to older villages of Dobrinj area, and it is mentioned in 1230 in an old Glagolitic document where Juraj Pariježić makes donations to the Church of St. George on Vrh. Soline is also being mentioned in the same document. Salt-works probably existed in Soline already in the Roman times. A great quantitiy of salt was produced not only for the needs of the island of Krk, but also for the export to Croatia. Village called Rasopasno also belongs to older Dobrinj settlements. It is mentioned already in 1471 in a Glagolitic document with which Prince Ivan Frankopan donates the land in the surroundings of Sužanj.
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to the Church of St. Philip and Jacob |
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Čižići, Dolova, Kras, Gostinjac are the villages which belong to the cultural-historical circle of Dobrinj region and are the typical examples of traditional popular architecture, the manner of living and working. This is the area of the oldest Slavic migrations to the island of Krk, which is characterized by a strong cattle-breeding and agricultural tradition, with the continuity of culture from the times of Graeco-Roman cultural-historical influences and strata (olive growing).
The settlements are of an open type with a characteristic organization of outhouses and living quarters, which are built on a cultivable land and in the vicinity to pasture lands.
The architectural forms of the settlements are: single-storey or two-storey house made of stone with one or more rooms, with gable roof covered with half-round tiles and vaulted stone staircase.
The space organization is administered according to the tradition: house plot and paths surrounded with drystone walls, concentration of the so-called mošune – for small stock, guvno – for threshing of grain, toš – olive mill represents the agricultural and cattle-breeding culture of this area and has a monumental significance as an ethnographic zone.
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drystone walls |
the threshing of grain |
surrounded with drystone walls |
Gabonjin, Klimno, Županja - historical village units, of a characteristic spatial organization of an open type, with a unit of space – a line of objects tied immediately to agricultural lands. The architectural features of the settlement are: residential structures made of stone, single-storeyed or two-storeyed, with a gable roof covered with half-round tiles, an external staircase with a vaulting and terraces, massive chimneys of diverse forms /Gabonjin/; and cisterns with a stone aperture /Županja/. Next to the residential structures there are the stone outhouses, constructed mainly in drystone walls technique with a vegetable covering.
The architectural features of the settlement are: residential structures made of stone, single-storeyed or two-storeyed, with a gable roof covered with half-round tiles, an external staircase with a vaulting and terraces, massive chimneys of diverse forms /Gabonjin/; and cisterns with a stone aperture /Županja/. Next to the residential structures there are the stone outhouses, constructed mainly in drystone walls technique with a vegetable covering.
The architectural features of the settlement are: residential structures made of stone, single-storeyed or two-storeyed, with a gable roof covered with half-round tiles, an external staircase with a vaulting and terraces, massive chimneys of diverse forms /Gabonjin/; and cisterns with a stone aperture /Županja/. Next to the residential structures there are the stone outhouses, constructed mainly in drystone walls technique with a vegetable covering.
Dobrinj District
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