Bol

Bol

coat of arms

Coordinates: 43 ° 15 ′ 39 ″ N , 16 ° 39 ′ 17 ″ E

Basic data

State :

Croatia

County :

Split-Dalmatia

Island :

Brač

Height :

0 m. i. J.

Area :

23.00 km²

Residents :

1,630 (2011)

Population density :

71 inhabitants per km²

Telephone code :

(+385) 021

Postal code :

21 420

License plate :

ST

Boat registration :

BO

Structure and administration
(status: 2013, cf. )

Community type :

local community

Mayor :

Tihomir Marinković ( SDP )

Website :

www.bol.hr

Bol is a bathing and holiday resort on the south coast of the Croatian island of Brač in central Dalmatia .

history

Bol was first mentioned in 1475 in a deed about a donation, through the deed the Klavica peninsula was given to the Dominicans . Bol and the entire island of Brač were spared from fighting during the war in Yugoslavia due to their island location. In the period from 1992 to 1996, the Croatian Catholic Theological College Vrhbosna from Sarajevo was located in Bol. Classes took place in the spacious rooms of the world-famous Dominican monastery. During the civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the theological college with 70 students and 15 professors moved to Bol. In 1994, the former Upper Bishop of Bosnia-Herzegovina Vinko Puljić was appointed cardinal by Pope John Paul II . During this time, Bol was the center of meetings between bishops and priests, as well as religious sisters from all over Europe and the world. A hotel near the monastery was used as refugee accommodation during the Yugoslav war.

Attractions

a Dominican monastery (on the eastern edge of Bol) with a museum (art and cultural-historical exhibits from the village and monastery history), garden, private beach and overnight accommodation
the dragon grotto at Murvica, in the walls of which reliefs are engraved
Dušanka and Ivica
the Blaca Hermitage (Pustinja Blaca), an old hermitage over a narrow bay further east, where a monk carried out astronomical measurements for decades
Fishing port in town
the headland "Zlatni Rat" ( Golden Horn ), the tip of which changes depending on the wind and current conditions in the inlet to the neighboring island of Hvar . It is popular among bathers and surfers alike. There are also remains of a Roman estate on the headland.
the Vidova Gora , which rises directly behind Bol and with 778 m. i. J. is the highest mountain of all Croatian islands

traffic

From Split there are daily ferries to Supetar , twice a day a catamaran runs from Jelsa via Bol to Split. Around 1995, a small airfield was built on the plateau north of the town to counteract the decline in tourism during the Yugoslav war . The place can only be reached by car via a winding road.

The Golden Horn (Croat. "Zlatni Rat"), the figurehead of Brač
The most famous beach in Croatia
Bol, in the background the vineyards

Web links

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