Starigrad, Zadar County Explained

Official Name:Starigrad
Pushpin Map:Croatia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Zadar
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:168.7
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:1697
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code

Starigrad (Italian: Ortopula) is a municipality in Croatia in the Zadar County. The total population is 1,876 (census 2011). According to the 2011 census, 96% of the population are Croats.

The list of settlements in the municipality is:

History

Argyruntum was on a 3.4acres, now silted, island in the area east of the port. Emperor Tiberius erected protective walls and towers. Findings from about four hundred tombs are an evidence of great prosperity and trade relations in the Mediterranean. The oldest relic in the vicinity of Starigrad is the St. George Chapel in Rovanjska and St. Peter's Chapel in Starigrad from the ninth or tenth century.[2] Mediaeval traces are the castles "Večka kula" (old names were: Vega, Vegium (not to be confused with Vegium (Karlobag).) and Wezuliae), which was the mediaeval Harbormasters' office, on a peninsula east of Starigrad and the "Paklarić" on the prehistoric ruins of the entrance to the Velika Paklenica.

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: NP Palenica: cultural and historical heritage. November 24, 2010. December 14, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101214035132/http://www.paklenica.hr/Paklenica_en/Paklenica_Kulturno-p_bastina_en.htm. dead.