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Stari Grad Plain

French: Plaine de Stari Grad
The Stari Grad Plain is a World Heritage site in Croatia defined by the UNESCO in 2008 and definitely a recommended cultural sightseeing Location.
It is on position 694 (690, 931) in our monthly survey..

"Stari Grad Plain on the Adriatic island of Hvar is a cultural landscape that has remained practically intact since it was first colonized by Ionian Greeks from Paros in the 4th century BC. The original agricultural activity of this fertile plain, mainly centring on grapes and olives, has been maintained since Greek times to the present. The site is also a natural reserve. The landscape features ancient stone walls and trims, or small stone shelters, and bears testimony to the ancient geometrical system of land division used by the ancient Greeks, the chora which has remained virtually intact over 24 centuries."
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