PjeπaËko - biciklistiËka staza

Kratko putovanje kroz proπlost / A short Journey through the Past

Cycle and footpath
nacionalni park PAKLENICAnational park
P red vama je pjeπaËko-biciklistiËka staza koja spaja mjesta Starigrad-Paklenicu i Seline,
morsku obalu s planinskim zaleem, proπlost s danaπnjicom.
Ako kreÊete iz srediπta Starigrada-Paklenice, oËekuje Vas lagana voænja (πetnja) starigrad-
Y ou are looking at the walking and cycling path, which connects the villages Starigrad-
Paklenica and Seline, the coast with the mountainous region, the past with the present.
If you start your tour from the centre of Starigrad-Paklenica, you will first have an easy ride
skim ulicama, koju moæete upotpuniti obilaskom planinarske pouËne staze MIRILA. Na taj (walk) through the streets of Starigrad that can be enriched with the visit of an informative hiking
Êete naËin upoznati jedinstveno hrvatsko kulturno dobro - kamena spomen-znamenja trail MIRILA. This will give you the opportunity to get acquainted with the unique Croatian cultural
smjeπtena uz velebitske putove koja svjedoËe o nekadaπnjem naËinu æivljenja i umiranja resources - stone memorials located along the paths of Velebit, providing evidence of the former
na velebitskim obroncima. way of life and death on the slopes of Velebit.
U zaseoku MarasoviÊi preporuËamo posjet malom etnografskom muzeju i dalmatinskoj We recommend you to visit a small ethnographic museum and Dalmatian tavern in the newly reno-
konobi u novoureenoj etno-kuÊi. Odavde se moæete zaputiti u Nacionalni park Paklenicu vated ethno-house in a small village called MarasoviÊi. From here you can set off to the National
ili nastaviti stazom koja vodi kroz æivopisne stare zaseoke smjeπtene u pitomom planin- Park of Paklenica or stick to the path going through picturesque old villages located on gentle
skom zaleu, s prekrasnim vidicima na Velebitski kanal. slopes with wonderful views of the Velebit Channel.
Iz svakog od starih zaseoka na naπoj stazi moæete se spustiti do obale, te se okrijepiti u You can reach the cost from each village on our path, and have refreshment in one of many
nekom od simpatiËnih restorana i kafiÊa ili pak osvjeæiti u kristalno Ëistom moru. Oduπevit nice restaurants and coffee bars or take a swim in crystal clear sea. You will enjoy immensely
Êe vas raskoπna ljepota prirodnih plaæa Pisak i Kulina, na Ëijem krajnjem rtu VeËka kula the breathtaking beauty of natural beaches of Pisak and Kulina, with its final Cape of VeËka
skriva tajnu kralja Pasoglava…. a u neposrednoj blizini nalazi se i starohrvatska crkva sv. Kula, which hides the secret of Pasoglav…. And in the closest vicinity there is an old Croatian
Petra (10.st) koja je zasigurno vrijedna vaπeg posjeta. church - the Church of St. Peter (10th century) absolutely worth visiting.
ObogaÊeni dojmovima i novim saznanjima o æivotu i obiËajima podvelebitskog kraja, vraÊate Full of impressions and new information on life and habits of the region lying at the foot of
se u Starigrad ‡ Paklenicu, otkud je i zapoËelo ovo kratko putovanje kroz proπlost. Velebit, you can go back to Starigrad-Paklenica, where this short journey through the past has
started.
Duæina staze: Starigrad - Reljani 8 km
Teæina staze: lagano, osim dionice Matkovača - Mirila (900 m, srednje teπko), te Path length: Starigrad - Reljani 8 km
prelaska potoËnog korita u kanjonu Male Paklenice (200 m, srednje teπko); Path class: easy, apart from the section Matkovača - Mirila (900 m, medium demaning),
Podloga: asfalt-makadam-zemlja-kamen; and crossing the stream bed in the Canyon of Mala Paklenica (200 m, medium
Visinska razlika: 100 m demanding);
Ground: asphalt - gravel - earth - stone;
Altitude difference: 100 m Kratko putovanje kroz proπlost • A short Journey through the Past

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MarasoviÊi (3.600)

Reljani (8.100)
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 KRATKO PUTOVANJE KROZ PRO©LOST Mezolitik (oko 10000-6000 godina prije Krista)
1. Mesolithic (c. 10000-6000 years B.C.) Neolitik i bakreno doba
(oko 6000-2000 godina prije Krista) 2. Neolithic and Copper Age
(c. 6000-2000 years B.C.)
Prvi tragovi ljudi na Velebitu First evidence of people in Dolazak stoËara Arrival of the herders
PouËna staza Velebit Prije otprilike osam tisuÊa Some eight thousand years ago, the earliest
Kao i drugdje u Sredozemlju,

P rimorska padina Velebita na prvi pogled izgleda kao kamena pustinja, godina, u Jadran s jugoistoka pri- farmers en-tered the Adriatic from the south-

A SHORT JOURNEY THROUGH THE PASt

pretpostavlja se da su za zadnjeg During the last Ice Age, this

Educational Path
nepodesna za æivot ljudi. No, taj izgled vara, jer ovaj je kraj naseljen veÊ stiæu najraniji stoËari i poljodjelci. east. They arrived by boats, in small groups,
ledenog doba i ovaj prostor nase- region probably was inhabited by Dolaze morem, u malim grupama, bringing wheat, domesticated sheep and
najmanje desetak tisuÊa godina. Pradavni stanovnici ostavili su za sobom ljavale malene grupe paleolitiËkih small bands of Paleolithic hunter- donoseÊi sa sobom pπenicu,

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goats, and the basic knowledge of cultiva-
mnoπtvo tragova koji svjedoËe o njihovom prisustvu, povijesti i pretpovijesti. lovaca-sakupljaËa. Razina mora gatherers, just like the rest of the udomaÊene ovce i koze, kao i
tada je bila oko 120 metara niæa tion and herding. Hunting and
Naπe putovanje kroz proπlost podijeljeno je u pet kratkih poglavlja. t a first glance, Mediterranean. At that time, the sea temeljna znanja o njihovu uzgoju. gathering soon ceased to be important
Prva tri odnose se na pretpovijest, od vremena lovaca-sakupljaËa the maritime slope of nego πto je danas. »itav sjeverni level was some 120 meters lower Lovno-sakupljaËko gospodarstvo and was replaced by farming.
Velebit range looks like Jadran bio je kopno, prostrana than today. The entire northern
s kraja ledenog doba, preko neolitiËkih pastira do liburnskih ubrzo gubi na znaËaju, a smjen-
Since then, and until quite recently, pastoral
travom obrasla ravnica po kojoj su Adriatic was dry land, a sprawling juje ga stoËarstvo i zemljoradnja.
moÊnika koji su doËekali osvit povijesti. Posljednja a stone desert, unsuit- life has remained one of the most important
pasla stada divljih goveda i konja. grassy plain supporting large herds
dva pokrivaju povijesna razdoblja rimske vla- able for human occupa- Velebitski kanal bio je πiroka of wild cattle and horses. Velebit Na Velebitu zapoËinje pastir- economic activities in Velebit. The karstic
davine i nemirna stoljeÊa srednjeg tion. This appearance dolina kroz koju je tekla rijeka, a Channel was a wide valley traversed ski æivot koji Êe sve do nedavna KuÊe u stijeni - RamiÊi u NP Paklenica environment of fers little cultivable soil, but
vijeka. is misleading, however, sam Velebit hladan i odbojan, nje- by a river, while Velebit range itself ostati jedna od najvaænijih gospo- Houses under the cliff is fairly suitable for raising sheep and goats.
since the area has been govi najviπi dijelovi prekriveni was cold and uninviting, its darskih djelatnosti. Krπeviti krajolik Pastures are scattered across the mountain
ledenjacima. highest reaches covered by ne pruæa puno prilike ratarima, ali je at different altitudes, allowing seasonal use.
settled some ten thousand
glaciers. relativno pogodan za uzgoj sitne stoke. When grass near the coast dries out in the late
years ago, if not earlier. Paπnjaci su razasuti po planini na razliË-
PaleolitiËki lovci- spring, herds move up to the still green meadows
Ancient inhabitants have Najviπi dijelovi juænog Velebita bili su za posljednje oledbe okovani ledenjacima. Rujanska
sakupljaËi zadræavali itim visinama, pa pruæaju moguÊnost hidden among the limestone crags. They spend the
kosa izmeu Velikog i Malog Rujna ostatak je Ëeone morene kojom je zavrπavao najveÊi vele- Paleolithic hunter-
left behind many traces sezonskog koriπtenja. Kad se u kasno summer in the highest part of the mountain, on
su se u blizini svojih bitski ledenjak. Pod Velebitom se tada umjesto mora prostirala πiroka dolina. gatherers kept close
of their presence, their izvora hrane, a ti su During the last Ice Age, glaciers covered the highest reaches of Velebit range. Rujanska Kosa to their food sources,
proljeÊe sasuπi trava u podgorju, stada the largest and most abundant pasture grounds.
history and prehistory. between Veliko and Malo Rujno is a remnant of the largest glacier’s terminal moraine. At that se izdiæu na joπ uvijek zelene dolce i With the coming of autumn rains,
se uglavnom nalazili mostly located in val-
Our journey through the time, Velebit did not rise from the sea, but overlooked a wide valley. zaravni skrivene meu krπevitim gla- as the weather gets colder, the herds
u dolinama koje su leys that were later flood-
vicama. Ljeto provode na vrπnom dijelu descend once again towards the coast.
past has five short chapters. danas pod morem. Zbog ed by the sea. Therefore,
gorja, gdje se nalaze najveÊi i najbo- Tor za ovce u velebitskoj πpilji.
The first three deal with toga ne Ëudi da za sada it is not surprising that we have This seasonal movement of herds and shepherds
gatiji paπnjaci, a najesen, kad zahladi A sheepfold in a Velebit cave.
prehistory, from huntergat- nismo naiπli na njihove tragove. Tek not found any trace of them so far. has been going on for thousands of years, since
i padnu prve kiπe, ponovo se spuπtaju
herers of the final Ice Age, kada se razina mora stala podizati krajem It was only at the end of the Ice Age, when the beginning of the Neolithic. Time and erosion
sve niæe prema obali.
ledenog doba, ljudi su morali potraæiti nove the sea levels began to rise, that the people had removed all traces of the modest prehistoric shepherd’s huts
through Neolithic shepherds, Ovakva sezonska kretanja stada i pastira traju veÊ tisuÊama and sheepfolds, but there are many caves in the karst that also
naËine opstanka u viπim, brdovitim predjelima. to seek out new ways of subsistence in higher,
to Liburnian chiefs and the I dalje su se bavili lovom i sakupljanjem, no mountainous ground. They still hunted and gath- godina, od poËetka neolitika. Vrijeme i erozija gotovo su posve served as shelter for people and their animals. About two dozen
dawn of history. The last two umjesto goveda i konja, nestalih zajedno s ered wild foods, but instead of cattle and horses, izbrisali tragove tadaπnjih skromnih nastambi i torova, no u krπu such caves are located in the National Park and its immediate
cover the historical period jadranskom ravnicom, sada su lovili divokoze i which disappeared together with the Adriatic plain, postoji mnoπtvo πpilja koje su takoer sluæile kao zaklon za ljude neighborhood. Often they are walled off by drystone walls. The
of roman rule and the trou- razliËitu drugu divljaË koja je nastanjivala vele- they hunted mountain goats and other animals i stoku. U samom Nacionalnom parku i njegovoj neposrednoj largest among them could have accommodated substantial
bled times of the Middle bitske vrleti. Iz toga vremena potjeËu i najraniji inhabiting the rugged mountain terrain. The earliest okolici ima ih dvadesetak. »esto su zagraene suhozidima, herds of sheep and goats. Archaeological layers that accumu-
tragovi prisustva ljudi na Velebitu, neugledne evidence of human presence in the Velebit range, a u neke od njih mogla su stati povelika stada ovaca i koza. lated inside those caves contain informative material remains
Ages.
mezolitiËke kremene alatke iz najdubljih slojeva the unremarkable Mesolithic flint artifacts from the Arheoloπke naslage koje su se u njima nakupile Ëuvaju rjeËite - numerous bones of domestic animals, as well as discarded
VaganaËke peÊine pod Velikim Rujnom. deepest layers of Vaganacka Cave near materijalne ostatke - brojne kosti domaÊih æivotinja, te istroπene tools and accessories of the shepherds. Broken clay pots, vari-
MezolitiËke kremene alatke iz najdubljih slojeva Veliko Rujno, belong to that period. alatke i pribor pretpovijesnih pastira. NaroËito su zanimljivi ulom- ously shaped and decorated, are of particular interest. Pottery
VaganaËke peÊine. ci razliËito oblikovanog i ukraπenog zemljanog posua. LonËarski styles changed in time and, thanks to that, we can approximately
Mesolithic flint artifacts from the deepest layers of stilovi s vremenom su se mijenjali pa zahvaljujuÊi tome moæemo determine the periods during which some of the caves
VaganaËka Cave. pribliæno odrediti vrijeme koriπtenja pojedinih πpilja. were being used.

BronËano i æeljezno doba Bronze Age and Iron Age AntiËko razdoblje Classical Antiquity Srednji i novi vijek Middle Ages and Modern Age
(oko 2000-100 godina prije Krista) 3. (c. 2000-100 years B.C.) (oko 100 godina prije Krista - 600 godina po Kristu) 4. (c. 100 years B.C. - 600 years A.D.) (nakon 600. godine po Kristu) 5. (after c. 600 A.D.)
Druπtveno raslojavanje Social hierarchies Uspon i pad rimske vlasti Raise and fall Hrvati, Turci, MleËani i Croats, Turks, Venetians
i monumentalne graevine and monumental structures of the Roman rule Bunjevci and Bunjevci
Tijekom posljednja dva stoljeÊa
BronËano doba donosi æivot u veÊim During the last two centuries B.C., The Early Middle Ages were
Communities grew during the Bronze prije Krista, istoËnu obalu Jadrana Rani srednji vijek obiljeæila su
zajednicama, raslojavanje druπtva i podi- Roman legions gradually conquered the marked by turmoil known as “the Great
Age, when first monumental structures postepeno osvajaju rimske legije. previranja poznata pod imenom
zanje prvih monumentalnih graevina. eastern Adriatic coast. Lasting Roman Migrations”. That was the time when
were erected under the leadership of the Osnivanjem rimske provincije “velika seoba naroda”. To je vri-
Mnogi strateπki vaæni poloæaji na krπevitim authority arrived with the creation of the Croats arrived to Dalmatia. The earliest
emerging elites. Many strategic hilltops Dalmacije na samom poËetku 1. sto- jeme dolaska Hrvata u Dalmaciju. U
glavicama i istaknutim grebenima utvruju province of Dalmatia at the beginning of preserved evidence of their presence in
and prominent ridges were fortified by ljeÊa po Kristu uspostavlja se trajna ovom kraju, najraniji saËuvani trag
se i opasuju bedemima. Takve pretpo- the 1st century A.D. With the Romans the neighborhood is the Early Medieval
enclosing ramparts. Such prehistoric for- rimska vlast. Na podruËju kojim su njihovog prisustva je ranosrednjo-
vijesne utvrde na uzvisinama nazivaju se came literacy, bringing the area previously church of St. George in Rovanjska, built
tifications, usually occupying high ground, do tada gospodarili Liburni zapoËinje vjekovna crkvica Sv. Jurja u Rovanjs-
gradinama. controlled by Liburnians into the folds of in 9th or 10th century A.D.
are known as hillforts. razdoblje pismenosti, pa time i koj, sagraena u 9. ili 10. stoljeÊu
Gradine su oËito imale obrambenu povijesti. Slijede stoljeÊa “rimskog history. Centuries of “Roman piece” fol- po Kristu. The medieval church of St. Peter
Hillforts clearly had a defensive
ulogu. Mogle su posluæiti kao zaklon mira” koji sa sobom donosi novËano lowed, characterized by monetary econo- shows that Starigrad was again inhab-
Tlocrt gradine na vrhu Velikog Vitrenika: 1 suhozidni purpose. In dangerous times, they O nastavku æivota na podruËju
stanovnicima okolnih zaselaka u slu- gospodarstvo i nastanak prvih gra- my and foundation of the earliest towns. ited. The cemetery around the church
bedem, 2 ulaz, 3 rub strme padine, could serve as shelter to inhabitants Starigrada svjedoËi srednjovjekovna
Ëaju opasnosti, a neke su moæda bile dova. Starigrad, roman Argyruntum, was was used since 13th century, while the
4 æiva stijena of the surrounding villages. Some of crkva Sv. Petra. U groblje oko
i trajna naselja u kojima su stolovali founded at that time. It was located on most impressive burial monuments - mas-
Plan of the hillfort on the summit of Veliki Vitrenik: 1 them may have been permanent settle- U to je vrijeme osnovan i crkve ukapalo se od 13. stoljeÊa, a naju- Prikaz razvalina VeËke kule iz vremena
sive stone slabs, sometimes decorated
lokalni moÊnici. Njihovi suhozidni bedemi, drystone rampart, 2 entrance, 3 edge of the steep slope, ments, seats of power of the local Starigrad, rimski Argyruntum. Smjestio a small peninsula, covering an area of peËatljiviji nadgrobni spomenici, masivne ratova s Turcima
sagraeni od krupnog kamenja, danas su only 3,5 hectares. Due to natural and (Martin Stier, sredina 17. stoljeÊa). by simple, shallow reliefs - date from the
4 bedrock chiefs. Their ramparts, built without se na malenom poluotoku, povrπine kamene ploËe ponekad ukraπene jed-
razruπeni i razvuËeni. Nalikuju na prste- very end of the Middle Ages (14th to 16th
mortar of large undressed stones, tek oko 3,5 hektara. Zamuljivanjem artificial filling, the peninsula is today nostavnim, plitkim reljefnim prikazima, sa Depiction of the ruins of VeËka Tower during the Turkish
naste nasipe koji su joπ uvijek mjestimice completely incorporated with the mainland. wars (by Martin Stier, mid-17th century). century). Two forts were probably built at
today lie in ruins. Resembling large, i zasipavanjem plitkog zaljeva taj je Pod srediπtem Starigrada kriju se ostaci rimskog samog su kraja srednjeg vijeka (14.-16.
visoki po nekoliko metara. Gradine nad Argyruntum soon developed into a fairly that time: Vecka Tower, on a cape just east
ring-shaped cairns, their remains poluotok u novije vrijeme posve srastao Argyruntuma: 1 jezgra rimskog grada, 2 gradski bedem, 3 st.). Tada su vjerojatno podignute i dvije
ModriÊem, Selinama, Starigradom i important market town. The Roman Emperor of Starigrad, and Paklaric, on top of a long-
can be several meters high. Hillforts s kopnom. Argyruntum se ubrzo razvio rimska cesta i groblje utvrde: VeËka kula na rtu istoËno od Starigrada
Milovcem πtitile su najveÊi prostor plodnih abandoned prehistoric hillfort, overlooking the
overlooking ModriÊ, Seline, Starigrad u priliËno vaæno trgoviπte. U Ëetvrtom Remains of the roman Argyruntum lurk underneath the Tiberius had it fortified by walls and tow- i PaklariÊ na davno napuπtenoj pretpovijesnoj
polja u ovom dijelu priobalja. Ujedno su entrance to Velika Paklenica gorge.
and Milovac protected the largest tract desetljeÊu po Kristu, rimski car Tiberije center of Starigrad: 1 Roman town, 2 town wall, 3 Roman ers in the fourth decade of the 1st century gradini nad ulazom u Veliku Paklenicu.
nadzirale vaæne stoËarske i trgovaËke of arable land in the area. They also dao ga je opasati bedemima i kulama. road and cemetery A.D. The town’s cemetery stretched along Wars with the Turks that followed lasted for
Uslijedila su dva stoljeÊa ratovanja s
puteve koji su kroz Paklenicu ili preko controlled the important shepherds’ Uz cestu koja je iz grada vodila prema the road that led from the town towards the two centuries, devastating the coast and the mar-
Turcima tijekom kojih je velebitsko podgorje
Rujna vodili u Velebit i preko njega u Liku. trails and trade routes that led into jugozapadu nalazilo se gradsko groblje. Iz otprilike 400 istraæenih southeast. About 400 graves were excavated, yielding rich and itime slope of Velebit. In 1527, Turks occupied
teπko stradalo. Godine 1527. Turci su zaposjeli
Najæivlji promet ipak se odvijao Velebit and across the mountain range grobova prikupljeni su bogati i raznoliki arheoloπki nalazi: nakit variable archaeological finds: jewelry made of silver, bronze and Lika and the hinterland of Dalmatia, including
Liku i zalee Dalmacije, te zauzeli Obrovac na
morem, naroËito za æeljeznog doba kada into Lika. od srebra, bronce i jantara, keramiËko, stakleno i met- amber, pottery, glass and metal vessels, tools and weapons. the near-by Obrovac on the river Zrmanja. Three
Zrmanji. Trideset godina kasnije zauzeli su i velik
je sjevernim Jadranom gospodario pomor- alno posue, oruæje i alati. Oni svjedoËe o relativnom They show that the community was relatively affluent and decades later they occupied a large part of Ravni
Pretpovijesna grobna gomila. The sea was the most important dio Ravnih Kotara. Izbivπi na Novigradsko More,
ski narod Liburna. Malena gradina na blagostanju stanovnika grada i æivim trgovaËkim vezama kept lively trade links with many parts of the Mediterranean. Kotari and reached the bay of Novigrad, severing
A prehistoric burial cairn. avenue of travel and trade, especially prekinuli su kopnenu vezu izmeu sjevernih i
Velikom Vitreniku, istaknutom vrhu koji se s Ëitavim Sredozemljem. the link between northern and southern parts
during the Iron Age, when Liburnian Judging by the finds from the cemetery, Argyruntum was juænih dijelova Hrvatske. Velebitska primorska
uzdiæe nad ulazom u Veliku Paklenicu, vje- of Croatia. Velebit’s maritime slope became a
seafarers controlled the northern Adriatic. The probable purpose SudeÊi po nalazima iz groblja, æivot u Argyruntumu abandoned early in the 4th century A.D. Peace was shat- padina pretvorila se u “niËiju zemlju”, popriπte
rojatno je podignuta upravo zbog nadziranja plovidbe. S gradine “no man’s land”, the scene of action of frequent
of a small hillfort on Veliki Vitrenik was navigation control. Located zamro je poËetkom 4. stoljeÊa po Kristu. Razdoblje tered by incursions of the “barbaric peoples” who eventu- uËestalih ratnih operacija i pljaËkaπkih
se otvara pogled na velik dio Velebitskog kanala pa se odatle Crkva sv. Petra - 10. st clashes and raids. Its inhabitants fled and
on a prominent peak above the entrance to Velika Paklenica gorge, mira poremetile su provale “barbarskih” naroda koje ally brought down the once-powerful Roman state. The last pohoda. Stanovniπtvo se zbog toga razb-
moglo blagovremeno upozoriti na pribliæavanje neprijateljskih St. Peter's Church - 10th century emigrated, leaving the area deserted.
this hillfort overlooks a large stretch of Velebit Channel. From it, su na kraju dovele do propasti nekad moÊne rimske attempt to reintegrate the Adriatic coast with the remains of jeæalo i iselilo, a velebitsko podgorje posve
laa ili najaviti povratak vlastitih. timely warning could have been issued about approaching enemy dræave. Posljednji pokuπaj da se jadranska obala the Empire was made by the Eastern Roman emperor je opustjelo. Desolation lasted for some 150 years.
Oko mnogih gradina nalaze se grobovi bronËanodobnih i ships, or return of friends and relatives announced. vrati u sastav Carstva pripao je istoËnorimskom Rimsko staklo Justinianus. In mid-sixth century A.D., Justinianus built With the decline of the Turkish might,
Pustoπ je potrajala oko 150 godina. Sa slabljenjem turske
æeljeznodobnih moÊnika koji su gospodarili ovim krajem. Poko- caru Justinijanu. Sredinom 6. stoljeÊa po Kristu Ancient glass a system of fortifications in order to secure shipping Venetian authorities began repopulating Starigrad in 1671. By the
Most of the hillforts are surrounded by burials of Bronze Age moÊi, mletaËke vlasti poËinju naseljavati opustjeli Starigrad veÊ
pani su pod velikim, okruglim kamenim gomilama, u grobnim on je dao sagraditi sustav utvrda za osiguravanje routes and protect the coastal population. Ruined walls end of 17th century, almost the entire maritime slope was settled
and Iron Age chiefs who held power over the area. They were buried 1671. godine. Do kraja 17. stoljeÊa, skoro cijelo podgorje pono-
πkrinjama od kamenih ploËa. VeÊina gomila davno je raskopa- under large, circular stone cairns, in rectangular tombs made of stone plovidbe i zaπtitu obalnog stanovniπtva. Ruπevine bedema i kula and towers above ModriÊ (east of Seline) and Sveta Trojica once again. The settlers were Bunjevci, a Croatian population
vo je naseljeno. Novi stanovnici su Bunjevci, Hrvati doseljeni iz
na, a grobovi su opljaËkani. Nekoliko takvih grobnih gomila nad ModriÊem istoËno od Selina, te kod Svete Trojice nedaleko (near Tribanj) were a part of that defense system, which only from the neighboring areas that were still under Turkish occupa-
slabs. Most of the cairns have been dug up in antiquity and the buri- susjednih krajeva koji su tada joπ uvijek bili pod turskom vlaπÊu.
nalazi se na sjevernom rubu Starigrada, u predjelu zvanom Tribnja, dio su tog obrambenog sustava koji je tek nakratko odgo- briefly postponed the final collapse of the Classical civilization tion. When the Turks finally withdrew in year 1700, the area was
als plundered. At the northern edge of Starigrad, in the area called Godine 1700. Turci su se konaËno povukli, a podgorje juænog
Matkovača. dio konaËni slom antiËkog svijeta na Jadranu. in the Adriatic. reunited with the rest of Dalmatia under Venetian rule.
Matkovača, there are several prehistoric burial cairns. Velebita uπlo je u sklop mletaËke Dalmacije.