Pag (city)

Pag

coat of arms

Coordinates: 44 ° 26 ′ 37 ″ N , 15 ° 3 ′ 18 ″ E

Basic data

State :

Croatia

County :

Zadar

Island :

Pag

Height :

0 m. i. J.

Residents :

3,846 (2011)

Telephone code :

(+385) 023

Postal code :

23 250

License plate :

ZD

Boat registration :

PG

Structure and administration
(status: 2013, cf. )

Community type :

city

Mayor :

Željko Maržić ( PSP )

Postal address :

Branimirova obala 1
23 250 Pag

Website :

www.pag.hr

View from Pag

The city of Pag (German outdated: Baag , Italian Pago ) is the most important place on the Croatian Adriatic island of Pag . It has 3,846 inhabitants (as of 2011) and belongs to the Zadar County .

history

Pag already existed in Roman times and was known as Pagus . The Lirburni , an Illyrian people , settled there even before the Romans . The first documentary mention of Pag dates back to 1070. In 1244 the city was declared a free royal city by the Hungarian King Béla IV . In 1376 she was granted autonomy by King Ludwig I of Hungary. 1510 raged in Pag plague and the town was burnt down and built north of its original position. From the old town of Pag, only the Church of St. George has survived. In it is a statue of Mary that survived the fire. Every year on August 15th there is a procession from the old church to the new St. Mary's Church.

Attractions

The city wall , which is still preserved today, was built with its towers in Gothic and Renaissance styles. Pag has countless small alleys distributed across the city in a square pattern and is a popular tourist destination.

Pag 1443
View of the town of Pag from the west
View of the Pag promenade
The Assumption of Mary Basilica
Bronze bust of Bartol Kašić
Bronze statue of a lace maker from Pag

Town twinning

Sister cities of the city of Pag are

Križevci , Croatia
Zanè in Veneto, Italy
Carbonera in Veneto, Italy
Slavkov u Brna , Czech Republic
Szigetvár in Hungary

Personalities

Bartol Kašić (1575–1650), Croatian linguist

Web links

Commons : Pag - collection of images, videos and audio files

proof

↑ City of Pag website - Gradovi partneri ( Memento of the original from August 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on May 6, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pag.hr

[1] City of Pag website - Gradovi partneri ( Memento of the original from August 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on May 6, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pag.hr