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Vrboska, a small town and harbour on the -northern coast of the island of Hvar, lies in a picturesque, deep cove surrounded by vineyards, olive groves and a forest of pine. It has a long tradition in fishing, presented in the Fishing Mu-seum. The fortified church, which offers a wonderful view on the surroundings and the open sea, represents a unique monument.

Various accommodation facilities - hotels, apartments, campsites, fine restaurants and bars, as well as sports and recreation opportunities attract many visitors to Vrboska. Cultural events and entertainment are organized during the tourist season.

Vrboska ACI Marina has 100 berths in the sea and 20 places on the land.

VRBOSKA, a town and harbour in a narrow and deeply indented bay on the central part of the northern coast of the island of Hvar; population 523. Chief occupations are farming, viniculture, olive growing, fishing, fish processing and tourism. The cove is enclosed by a forest of pine. Vrboska is situated on a branching road of the regional road.

Vrboska was founded in the 15th century by the inhabitants of Vrbanj. The town is divided into two parts - Pjaca in the east and Padva in the west. The typical Dalmatian folk architecture is interspersed with several urban houses from the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods. The fortified church of St. Mary, one of the rare monuments of that kind in Dalmatia, was built in the centre of the town in 1580. - The parish church of St. Lawrence was erected in the 16th century; it assumed its present aspect during the Baroque period. The main altar is decorated with a polyptych by Paolo Veronese, made between 1571 and 1579, while the altar to the right features Our Lady of the Rosary, a work by Leandro Bassano. The church holds a collection of the paintings dating from the 17th to the 20th centuries. The church of St. Peter from 1469 lies on the eastern part of the town; the statue of a saint from the front, a work by a Renaissance master of the circle of Nicholas of Florence, was transferred to the parish church.

Of the 16h-century walls (collapsed in the 19th c.) only the three-storey tower, so-called Caric's Tower, has been preserved. The parish church with richly adorned Baroque front was built in 1749 by Ivan Skoko, an architect from Sibenik; the Baroque belfry was erected by master Vicko Macanovic in the 18th century. The painting of the Holy Family on the main altar is a work by an anonymous master from the 17th-18th century. - The remains of a building from the Turkish period are at the entrance into the town. The small church of the Holy Cross (the former parish church), built in 1662 by Vicko Ivanov from Korcula, is situated on the graveyard to the west of the town.