Postira is a village and a municipality in

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in the

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on the island of

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and Dol as well as with the city of

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with paved road, where local bus lines operate.

Demographics

In 2021, the municipality had 1538 residents in the following 2 settlements: * Dol, population 107 *Postira, population 1,431 In the 2011 census, 98.5% of the population were

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History

Postira was first mentioned in the 14th century. It is assumed that its name come from the Latin ''pastura''. Several stone buildings and palaces speak of the rich merchant history of the village, most of which are still standing. They were built using the special Brač stone from the surrounding quarries.

Economy

The main activities are fishing, agriculture, and tourism. Home products are olive oil and local wine. Sardina d.d. company can fish producer from the high quality Adriatic

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''Sardina pilchardus''. Next to the harbour are the beaches of Prvlja and Zastivanje. Beach Mala Lozna is on the east end of Postira village and far more to the east, is the very attractive sand beach, Lovrečina. Near Lovrečina beach are the ruins of a large early Christian basilica from the 5th-6th century. There are hotels Pastura, Vrilo and Lipa in the village and many private apartments. Near the port is supermarket Studenac, bakery, bank, post and market. There are also several restaurants and tourist information center.

Culture

In the center of the village is the Church of

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(''Sv. Ivan Krstitelj'').

Sport

N.K. Postira ex Kolektivac is local

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club.

Notable persons

(in chronological order) *Ivan Matija Škarić dr.

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, Croatian translated interpretation of the

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(1793–1871) *

Vladimir Nazor Vladimir Nazor (30 May 1876 – 19 June 1949) was a Croatian poet and politician. During and after World War II in Yugoslavia, he served as the first President of the Presidency of the Croatian Parliament (Croatian head of state), and first ...

(1876–1949),

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and

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, who was born in Postira * Ruggero Tommaseo, writer and journalist, killed by communists 18.9.1943. *Josip Škarić (1889–1975), physician, founder of th
Higijenski zavod
the first bacteriology station in Balkan region

References

External links

Home page Postira:
Home page Postira
Sardina d.d. company Postira-Brač Online
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