| | Stari Grad, Hvar - Croatia's Oldest Town |
 | | “Stari Grad” literally means “Old Town” in Croatian and considering that it’s the most ancient continuously inhabited settlement in Croatia, this is fitting. |
 | | Together with the island’s position on shipping routes throughout the Adriatic and the booming of its wine trade in the sixteenth century, this allowed Stari Grad (along with Hvar Town) to become one of the greatest centers of the Croatian Renaissance, to which period its most attractive buildings date. |
 | | Venetian commanders assisted with the construction, as this freed them of the responsibility to actually defend the town from marauders, the Tvrdalj was still unfinished in 1571, when Uluz Ali raided Stari Grad and razed Hvar Town to the ground. |
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