Cultural and Historical Ensemble of the Island of Prvić, Prvić Luka

Prvić is a small island opposite Vodice, in Šibenik-Knin County, belonging to the municipality of Vodice. Here visitors come across two old island settlements, Prvić Luka and Šepurine, both with a preserved traditional appearance of a seaside village.

The island lies one nautical mile southeast of Vodice. The settlements are linked by a road about a kilometre long. Prvić Luka developed first, on the southeastern side, in a well-sheltered cove, around the Monastery of St Mary, which was taken over in 1461 by Glagolitic Franciscan tertiaries. Šepurine is located in the southwest, around the Draga cove and on Donja Banda, and is gathered around the Baroque Church of St Helena, built around 1620. The settlement is spreading towards the new parish church of Our Lady from 1878, whose position overlooks the whole village.

The ensemble is a protected cultural property and is entered in the Register of Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia under the code Z-2456.

Data: Register of Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia (Ministry of Culture and Media), Open Licence; coordinates: DGU (centre of the settlement).