Krk (town)

Krk
Town
Port of Krk Port of Krk
Krk is located in Krk Krk
Krk
Coordinates:
Country	Croatia
County	Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Island	Krk
Government
• Mayor	Darijo Vasilić (PGS)
Elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	6,243
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	51 500
Area code(s)	051
Vehicle registration	RI
Website	krk.hr

Krk (Italian: Vegliacode: it is deprecated ) is the main settlement of the island of Krk, Croatia.

Characteristics

It is located on the southwest coast of the island and is the historical seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Krk.

The city is ancient, being among the oldest in the Adriatic. It has been continuously inhabited since Roman times and was once part of the Byzantine Theme Dalmatia after the Western Roman Empire had fallen to the barbarians.

Roman ruins can be seen today in some parts of the town, for example mosaics in the houses. The city had also preserved many medieval fortifications, including Frankopan Castle close to the Kamplin park, and part of the city walls built during the five centuries when the Republic of Venice ruled the city.

Kamplin is called the main square of the old city: this name is derived from the Latin word "campus", meaning field. During Roman times, a training area was located here close to the thermal Roman spas. The remnants of the temple columns at the square gives witness to a large building from Roman times.

In the 13th century one of the "cadet branches" of the aristocratic Italian Frangipani family settled in the city and gave rise to the Croatian family of the Frankopan. Krk was the last Croatian island to be occupied by the Venetians. Krk and surrounding area were known for large use of glagoljica. In 19 th century the city was center of Illyrian movement.

The city was once known for its unique Romance language called Vegliotic (one of the two main branches of the extinct Dalmatian language), which was spoken until the early 19th century. There was a large Italian community in the city but Italy eventually gave up the island in favor of Yugoslavia in 1921 (when the city was officially called Krk for the first time), and many of its Italian-speaking residents subsequently left for Istria and Italy.

The city was temporarily occupied by D'Annunzio in 1921 and twenty years later was integrated into the Italian Province of Fiume between 1941 and 1943. Josip Broz Tito's Partisans liberated the city in 1944.

There it is still a small indigenous Italian community, represented within the "Unione Italiana" of Croatia.

Fiber optic network

In 2009. the municipality started the project of building a fiber-optic network on the whole area of the city (the town of Krk and 14 neighboring villages) as part of the town infrastructure. Thereby the focus is on building the passive part of the network, which is the most expensive one and the prerequisite for service providers being able to provide ultra-fast Internet connections and new e-Services. The project is covering 6243 inhabitants and 6000 households. The first issue was the elaboration of a cost-benefit analysis in 2009/2010 followed by a preliminary network planning. Beginning 2013. the building authority issued the relevant approval. The next step is the elaboration of the main project which is the condition for getting the building permission and by which the project can apply for EU structural funds.

Gallery

• Veglia 1885 3kr Kü4.jpg

  Austrian monarchy Veglia cancellation in 1885

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  Frankopan castle

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  The port

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  Central square

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  Bellfry of the Assumption Church

See also

• Dalmatian Italians
• Krk (island)
• Frankopan Castle

External links

• Cultural Monuments
• Krk (town) official Website
• Krk (town) Tourist Board