Blaca hermitage
Pustinja Blaca Monastery
The Blaca Hermitage (Croatian: Pustinja Blaca) is located on the southern side of Brač island, in the Split-Dalmatia County of Croatia.
Site Description[]
The hermitage was originally established in 1551 by two Glagolitic monks, and continued by successive generations of monks until 1963 with the death of Father Niko Miličević.[1]
World Heritage Status[]
This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on January 29, 2007, in the Cultural category.[1]
Gallery[]
Monastery piano
Monastery telescope
Old manuscript
Gramophone and printer
Old monastery kitchen
Monastery goat-breeding
See also[]
- Tentative list of World Heritage Sites in Croatia
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Hermitage Blaca - UNESCO World Heritage Centre Retrieved 2009-03-24.
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Coordinates: 43°17′35″N 16°31′46″E / 43.29306°N 16.52944°E
Categories:
- History of Croatia by location
- Brač
- Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Croatia
- Religious organizations established in the 1550s
- 1551 establishments in the Republic of Venice
- 1963 disestablishments in Croatia