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ŠILO
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Šilo,
the tourist centre of Dobrinjstina, is a typical coastal
picturesque village suited for those who look for
a vacation far from summer crowd. Although one of
the youngest places in Dobrinjstina, its significance
expands outside the tourist domain; actually, on 19th
February 1905, the Krk steamship company was founded
in Šilo and bought the Dinko Vitezić steamship; on
1st June 1905, Dinko Vitezić sailed towards Crikvenica,
which marked the beginning of the regular service
Šilo Vrbnik - Crikvenica. According to data from
the 1937 maritime yearbook, Šilo had 9 ships with
119 gross tons and 15 crew members. Although without
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Šilo disposes with sufficient capacities in private
accommodation and a motor camp Šilo, while autochthonous,
national and international food and drinks can be
consumed in several catering establishments. Šilo
celebrates its day on 16th August on the festivity
of St. Roch, which represents the continuation of
the tradition initiated in mid 19th century, when
the plague devastated our country. The inhabitants
of Šilo and many others vowed to St. Roch to save
them from the plague, which marked the beginning of
the votive St. Roch processions from Polje to the
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Geographical
location of Klimno is identical to that of Šilo, although
Klimno is by origin much older. The
town is dominated by a small Church of St. Clement the
Bishop, which is the only church in the Krk bishopric
devoted to this saint, after whom - after all - Klimno
was given its name. The altarpiece with the illustrations
depicting the saints lives is a protected cultural
monument. From the mid 19th century, Klimno became and
remained a shipbuilding base; a shipyard which founded
in the second half of 19th century by Svetozar Jurić
is one of the oldest shipyards on Krk. The shipbuilding
tradition is confirmed by the fact that today, in this
relatively small village, there are as much as three
škver (eng. shipyard).
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The
written history of Dobrinjstina started "in 1100,
the year of our Lord Jesus Christ, in Dobrine church
of St. Vitus" (cro. let od Hristova rojstva 1100
pred Dobrinem poli crikve svetoga Vida). As stated by
Kirin Radonjin, the pisar od komuna Dobrina (eng. scribe
of Dobrinj commune), on that day and in that year, a
small church of St. Vitus was consecrated as a prebend
of Dragoslav the Great. To this day, the historians
failed to reveal who this Dragoslav was and why he was
called "the Great". Nevertheless, they all
agree that he was possibly a prosperous man of noble
blood, and some even link him with the Krk princely
line of Frankopans. The document which, according to
the dictation of the mentioned Dragoslav in Old Croatian
language and Glagolitic alphabet, was written down by
the municipal scribe Kirin, was the first written document
on the history of Dobrinjstina. Since the Listina slavnog
Dragoslava (eng. Charter of Dragoslav the Great) mentions
the komun (eng. commune, municipality), pisar od komuna
(eng. scribe of the commune), crikva sv. Stipana (church
of St. Stephen), plovan (parish priest), etc., it is
obvious that Dobrinj was already organized as an administrative
and ecclesiastic center. Although the Charter of Dragoslav
the Great was not preserved in the original but in transcript,
this does not challenge its value, because it is one
of the oldest and most significant documents from the
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Although the Listina Charter is the only written
official proof of the existence of Dobrinj, the trails
of life in Dobrinjstina date all the way back to the
pre-Illyrian times, for which there are evidence in
archeological discoveries on numerous localities,
and toponyms, i.e. the names of the inhabited and
uninhabited places in Dobrinjstina. Although its official
name is Dobrinj, among the local population the name
Grad, meaning simply "the Town", became
widely adopted; therefore in Dobrinj you will not
hear that you are in Dobrinj, but that you are Gradi,
meaning that you are "in Town".
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This is an
attractive tourist destination of Dobrinjstina for a
number of reasons: it is chosen by those who seek rest
far from the noise and the crowd. Geographically, it
is situated near the bathing resort in Meline, which
is famous for its mud whose healing properties were
many times scientifically and practically confirmed.
Only a couple of kilometers away from Čižić, there
is a place called Rudine, which is known by Biserujka,
the so called Vitezić's cave.
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One of the oldest
settlements of Dobrinjstina (first mentioned in 14th
century) is located under the hill of Sveti Petor
(eng. St. Peter), with the small church devoted to
St. Peter. The path to the church, called the Glagolitic
Priests' Alley, is a cultural specificity, almost
a rarity in coastal places.
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