04/02/2022
Let’s celebrate this by visiting an agricultural masterpiece near the town of Stari Grad, on the island of Hvar 🇭🇷
On this land sits the largest plain on any of the Adriatic Sea's isles 🏝️. The fertile patch, extending about six kilometres from east to west and two kilometres north to south, is surrounded by villages that still harvest the grapes 🍇, vegetables 🍅, lavender, and olives 🫒 from the plain - like they have since ancient times.
Created in 384 BC, the plain is as the ancient residents designed it, with a city centre and agricultural area divided into rectangular plots of about 180 x 900 metres. Visitors can experience this design along the paths and drystone walls, crossing it at right angles. To either side of the paths, there are charming country huts, little beehive-shaped buildings used to store tools, and cisterns, which are critical during water shortage periods.
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📷 View of the land parcel system kept uninterrupted for 24 centuries up to the present day. – © Stari Grad Plain
