The Village Of Skrip Photo: The Village Of Skrip

The village of Skrip has less than 200 inhabitants; the name itself comes from the Latin word Scorpus, which means "sharp rock". This is not surprising as the village of Skrip is located inside of the island among rocky hills.

One of the attractions of the village is a Museum located in the tower of Radoshkovichi. It is built on the foundations of a Roman mausoleum that was part of the famous cyclopean walls. Legend has it that buried in the mausoleum Prisca and Valeria, wife and daughter of the famous Emperor Diocletian. In the Museum you can see a large number of Roman tombstones, altars and reliefs with Christian motives, and objects of everyday life of the inhabitants of the island of brac: photos, newspaper clippings, agricultural tools and so on.

Many buildings in the old part of the village of stone, covered with white roofs, which is typical for houses located in rural areas of the island of brac. In the Central square of the village is the parish Church of St. dira (18th century), in which you can find several valuable paintings of Palma the Younger, and two wooden altar.

Nearby is the castle Cerinic (16th century). The castle has a rectangular shape; one end is a defensive tower, whose walls are covered with caper bushes. Immediately behind the castle is the Church of the Holy spirit, built in the 4th century. And at the entrance to the village you can see the ruins of an early Christian Church of St. Kernel, Dating back to 6-7 centuries, but also the abandoned quarry of the Roman era, where marble was extracted for the construction of the Palace in split.

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