Remnants of the church of Saint Helen
Location: Hinterland, N 45 08.374, E 14 35.362
The Frankopan family legacy encompasses the village of Sužan as well. It is located close to the Soline Cove (Uvala Soline) which you can see from the viewing post located next to the Church of All Saints (Crkva Svih svetih) dating from 1514. The ruins of the church have been preserved in the memory of several centuries of service next to the village cemetery, and its role was assumed in 1927 by the Church of the Our Lady of Health (Crkva Majke Božje od Zdravlja) built in the centre of Sužan. The remnants of the oldest chapel in the region, the Chapel of Saint John (Crkvica Svetog Ivana) dating from the 15th century (that Sužan was named after) are found in a small forest not far from Sužan.
Remnants of the church of All Saints
Location: Hinterland, N 45 09.198, E 14 34.764
The Frankopan family legacy encompasses the village of Sužan as well. It is located close to the Soline Cove (Uvala Soline) which you can see from the viewing post located next to the Church of All Saints (Crkva Svih svetih) dating from 1514. The ruins of the church have been preserved in the memory of several centuries of service next to the village cemetery, and its role was assumed in 1927 by the Church of the Our Lady of Health (Crkva Majke Božje od Zdravlja) built in the centre of Sužan. The remnants of the oldest chapel in the region, the Chapel of Saint John (Crkvica Svetog Ivana) dating from the 15th century (that Sužan was named after) are found in a small forest not far from Sužan.
Church of Saint Vitus
Location: Hinterland, N 45 07.551, E 14 36.808
Until ‘the year 1100 after the birth of Christ’ (‘let od Hristova rojstva 1100’), the pastoral village located one kilometre from Dobrinj was nameless. Thanks to the ‘famous Dobroslav’ (whoever he might be), this nameless village got a church and was named after its patron, while the Dobrinj Parish (‘kapitul’) got the material goods. All this is written in italic letters in Listina slavnog Dobroslava, one of the oldest and most important old-Croatian diplomatic documents. Not far from the Chapel of Saint Vitus (Crkvica Svetog Vida) and a 14 metre high bell-tower, there are remnants of old stone pastoral dwellings, a ruinous belvedere and a recently renovated cross which has been bearing witness to a solemn promise kept by an anonymous soldier for more than two centuries now.
Vela gromača and remnnants of the chapel of Saint George
Location: Hinterland, N 45 06.554, E 14 36.509, N 45 06.709E 14 36.347
Gromače or drywalls are one of the distinct features of the island of Krk. The largest example of this type of folk architecture on the island is the so-called ‘Vela gromača’. It is located close to Kras, on the highest summit of Dobrinj Region, known as Kuševica (311 asl). The locals call this part of the Dobrinj Region Sveti Juraj (Saint George). The remnants of a Romanic chapel dedicated to the victorious saint in the fight against a dragon, Saint George, is also found in the vicinity of Vela gromača. It dates from 1230.
Vela gromača – N 45 06.554, E 14 36.509
Chapel of Saint George – N 45 06.709E 14 36.347
Church of Saint Stephen and “Cergan”
Location: DOBRINJ, N 45 07.866, E 14 36.199
Modern times still do not have an answer to the question: how it happened that the wooden porch in front of the Dobrinj Church of Saint Stephen (Crkva Svetog Stjepana) was built there in that particular shape and bearing that unusual name, cergan. A word possibly from the Turkish or some other language remains an enigma associated to this, yet another in the series of Dobrinj attractions. The three-nave (originally one-nave) Dobrinj Parish Church mentioned already in 1100 is characterised by a combination of the Baroque and Late Gothic styles. Its altar painting called the Coronation of Mary (Krunjenje Majke Božje) was proclaimed a cultural monument.
Bell – Tower
Location: DOBRINJ, N 45 07.845, E 14 36.186
The legend says that when the Dobrinj tower was built, evil tongues put a curse on the future building, saying that it was predestined to be under constant threat of caving in. It was struck by lightning twice, entirely demolished in the Second World War and attacked by the Uskoks once. This proves that the curse put on the bell-tower was active. In addition to being mysterious, almost mystical, the bell-tower of Dobrinj is specific in that it is not located next to the parish church and in that ‘it does not stretch on one terrain only’ (‘niti se prostire na jednom terenu’). One part of it stands at the entrance to Zemjina, a viewing spot, and the other in the park of Dobrinj forever known as Jardin. After enjoying a panoramic view from Zemjina, take a walk along Jardin where Vladimir Nazor, a great Croatian literary writer, and the wonderful, unfortunate woman of Vrbnik, Marija Parčić, used to stroll at the beginning of the 20th century.
Remnants of the chapel of Saint Peter
Location: Soline, N 45 09.853, E 14 36.382
From the died-out villages of the Dobrinj Region, the toponyms of which have been preserved, we would like to highlight Šugare (located next to Rudine). Not far from this village that died out in the first decade of the 19th century, there is an ancient site called Saint Peter (Sveti Petar) dominated by an authentic landscape and the remnants of a medieval chapel dedicated to the saint to whom the keys to heaven have been entrusted. A piece of this earthly heaven awaits you in this part of the Dobrinj Region. Go in and see for yourselves. It’s open!
Chapel of Saint Clement and the glagolitic inscription
Location: Soline, N 45 09.315, E 14 37.215
Only one chapel under the protectorate of the Krk Diocese is dedicated to Saint Clement (Sveti Klement), a Roman bishop and St. Peter’s disciple. This miniature yet precious Romanic building stands in the centre of Klimno, a village named after the chapel that was first mentioned in 1381. Small in size, the Chapel of Saint Clement (Crkvica Svetog Klementa) boasts a valuable Baroque altar relief painting proclaimed a national cultural monument. The Chapel of Saint Clement in Klimno belonged in its beginnings to the Malatestinić family from the nearby village of Soline. The then respectable and, judging by all, wealthy family is remembered to this day. Their surname is engraved in cuneiform Glagolitic letters on the transom of a house standing not far away from the chapel. The year 1514 is inscribed next to the surname Malatestinić.
Church of Saint Clement – N 45 09.315, E 14 37.215
Glagolitic inscription – N 45 09.292, E 14 37.220
