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Intangible Cultural Heritage as a Great Wealth

For example, for 2300 year on the islands of Hvar and Vis people speak about the beautiful Illyrian Queen Teuta, and there is a living tradition that the origins of anthropomonims Škare, Vatavuk and Strizirep Illyrian. There is a variety of tradition aound the Emperion Diokletian And his daughter Valeria, while Split patron St. Dujam, St. Anastazy and St. Arnir exit in tales in oral communication. In the area of today's Kistanje, catacombs rae found beneath the monastery, Krka which, according to a legend, visited St. Paul while spreading Christianity alon the Adriatic Coast. On the island of Mljet, in turn, today poisonous snakes are long gone, but acording to a legend, St. Paul was shopwercked and attacked by the poisonous snakes wich thanks to God's providence became no-poisonous. There are even the remains of the church buil in the character of this event. Lithurgical clothing „dalmatics“ that were worn from the 3rd century across the world by the priests during worship was named after the woollien garb of shepherds in Dalmatia. On the oldest conuntries in the world San Marino, acorting to a legend, was founded 301 by by the sculptor Marin to the island of Rab, and St. Jeronime, author of the translation the Bibl into Latin, was born Štrigova in Medjimurje. There is an interesting legend about the Red Lake in Imotski and several other lakes in Croatia. Croatian traditional culture says that God punished the arrogant and rich Gavan whose entire estate sank into the ground and on that very a lake appeared. All this, and more, has huge tourist potential.

Split; historical traditions; legends; tradition

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