The island of Košljun is a real gem situated in the bay in front of Punat. It was picturesquely described by the friar Mavro Velnić: “Being on Krk without seeing Košljun is like being in Rome without seeing the Pope.”
On the hill to the north-east of today’s Baška, there is the church of St John the Baptist. It is a Romanesque, monovolume structure with an apse protruding on the east side.
As the people of Baška moved closer to the sea, the then parish church of St John was too far away for everyday liturgy, which is why the parish church of the Holy Trinity was built in Baška.
Along the road leading to Baška, near Jurandvor, there are the remains of an old Christian sacral structure from the 5th century, discovered recently, when a mosaic floor of an old church appeared under the plough field.
Archaeological remains under the chapel of St Marco
Almost in the centre of Baška, there is a modest little church under which there are the remains of one of the most magnificent old Christian churches, not only on the island of Krk, but in the entire Croatia and the Adriatic.
The Franciscan monastery in Porat is dedicated to St Mary Magdalene. In the beginning, this was the site of a small chapel with a few monks arriving from Glavotok.
On today’s road from Omišalj towards Krk, near Malinska, there is a narrow path through the thick forest leading to an important archaeological site on the island of Krk called Cickini.
The remains of an interesting sacral edifice, the church of St Mary of the Spring is located in the camp Ježevac, on an elevated plateau surrounded by a forest.
The church of Our Lady of Health was dedicated to St Michael all until the middle of the 19th century, and it used to belong to the Benedictine monastery of the same name.
In a small alley leading from the main city square, Vela Placa, towards the south, there is the café Mate where archaeological research found a mosaic floor with a rich figurative illustration.
The Krk cathedral carries the name of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which according to the discovered inscription about the construction, probably existed in the second half of the 5th and the beginning of the 6th century...
The cove of St Peter is mentioned already in the old Glagolitic document, a sale contract from 1379, and afterwards in the Glagolitic document by the prince Ivan Frankopan from 1465, in which it was called “the land of St Peter”.
The parish church of St Stephen and the bell tower
The parish church of St Stephen is one of the oldest parish churches, which is witnessed by the Glagolitic charter from 1100, mentioning this church. The church was dedicated by the Krk bishop Dunat a Turre in 1512.
Na putu koji vodi prema vrbničkoj luci (Namori) nalazi se crkva sv. Ivana Krstitelja, zaštitnika Vrbnika. Crkvu je u 14. stoljeću dao izgraditi pop Damjan, vjerojatno 1323. godine.
The famous locality Gradec is situated near Risika, almost hidden in the thick forest. The remains of the large Castle – the fortress by the princes Frankopans, have been preserved.
The remains of the old church of St Mavro lie on the top of the hill, to the south of Vrbnik, still covered in the landscape of low plants and dry walls.
The parish church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the bell tower
Today’s parish church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, topographically situated at the highest part of the village, is a single-nave hall church laid in the direction north-south...
