For centuries, the area around today's Crikvenica Riviera has witnessed periods of war and peace, reign of various rulers, and the establishment of new governments and boundaries. It has been a meeting point of different languages and alphabets, different cultures and civilisations, from the times of the Liburnians and the Romans, through the Hungarian and Austrian periods, right up to the present day. Traces of this are still visible in the area's remnants of settlements, burial mounds and defensive dry-stone walls, or in the weapons, jewellery, ceramics and specific amphorae that have been found here. Less tangible traces of these civilisations also still exist, in barbarian curses, the Pauline prayers, weeping of local labourers, in the jokes and songs of the fishermen... The best-known map of the Roman Empire, the Tabula Peutingeriana from the 3rd century AD, whose medieval copy from the 12th century has been preserved and named after Konrad Peutinger who owned it in the 16th century, indicates the position of a station in the northern part of the Liburnian coast between Tarsatica (today, Rijeka) and Senia (Senj). This station, marked on the map as Ad Turres, had a military garrison that protected the entire local area and the important Roman road that connected the north of Italy (the town of Aquileia), through Tergesta (Triest) and Tarsatica (Rijeka), with Dalmatia. In the area of Ad Turres at the turn of the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD was the workshop of Sextus Metilius Maximus with facilities for producing ceramic items. For the effective operation of such a workshop, some essential natural requirements had to be met: closeness to the source of the raw material (clay pits), availability of freshwater, large amounts of combustible material (firewood) and, finally, proximity to a road or sea route. Crikvenica fulfilled all these prerequisites. The history of Crikvenica, Dramalj, Jadranovo and Selce was closely intertwined with the development of the nearby fertile valley of Vinodol and its medieval fortified towns of Drivenik, Grižane and Bribir. During the Middle Ages, each of these towns had its own harbour on the coast, which led to the development of fishing villages around them. The stone houses were built in a very specific way, characterised by vaults and small courtyards enclosed by high stone walls. Between these walls wind narrow lanes, just wide enough for two people to go by. Today we can still find remnants of the work of the area's skilled bricklayers and stonemasons, who often had to earn their bread far from home. The Crikvenica area also produced many skilled fishermen, and the beginning of the 20th century saw the rapid rise of tourism as the primary economic activity. This stagnated, however, in the period between the two world wars, and during the Croatian Homeland War in the 1990s. But a new era of social and economic prosperity began in 1993 with the establishment of the Town of Crikvenica as a local government within the independent Republic of Croatia.
Apartments Novoselic Villa is located in small place Dramalj near Crikvenica, address is Milovana Muzevica 146, Dramalj, HR-51265. Proximity to the sea together with a relaxing silence and peace will not leave you indifferent. Visit us through all four seasons and taste the touch of a true Mediterranean!
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