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Pašman () is an Adriatic island off the coast of northern
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in
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with an area of 60.11 km2, located to the south of
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, surrounded by the islands of Ugljan to the northwest, Iž to the west, and Dugi Otok and
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to the southwest. The island is inhabited by 2,845 people, according to the 2011 census. There are 10 settlements on the island; Ždrelac, Banj, Dobropoljana, Neviđane, Mrljane,
Barotul Barotul is a settlement (Croatia), settlement in the Municipalities of Croatia, Municipality of Pašman, Zadar County, Pašman in Croatia. In 2021, its population was 83. Demographics References

Populated places in Zadar County {{Zada ...
, Pašman and
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, belonging to the Municipality of Pašman, and Ugrinić and Tkon, belonging to the Municipality of Tkon. Among all islands in the Croatian archipelago it is Pašman that has the biggest green surface considering its total area. It is the 12th largest island in the archipelago by land area. It is also known to have the cleanest water in the Adriatic due to the constantly changing currents.


History

In addition to rare
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finds, many
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and
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fortifications confirm the early settlement of the island. Roman writers count Pašman among the Liburnian islands. From the Liburnian period comes the oldest known name of one of the island settlements: Katan (today's Tkon). The oldest known names of the island (Flaveico or Insula Postimana) can be associated with Roman colonisation. Due to the importance of the Pašman Channel as a protected waterway, the eastern side of the island was densely populated in antiquity. Pašman belonged to the
Zadar Zadar ( , ), historically known as Zara (from Venetian and Italian, ; see also other names), is the oldest continuously inhabited city in Croatia. It is situated on the Adriatic Sea, at the northwestern part of Ravni Kotari region. Zadar ...
area, but no larger urban-type settlement developed on it. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus probably mentions Pašman in the middle of the 10th century, and his records show that the island was uninhabited at the time. In the
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, most of Pašman was owned by the nobles of Zadar, citizens and church institutions. The first
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estate on Pašman, St. Michael's in Neviđane, owned by the Zadar Monastery of St. Chrysogonus, mentioned in the 11th century. The island seems to have been part of the Diocese of Biograd at that time. According to some sources, the Bishop of Biograd Prestancije ceded in 1076 to the monastery of St. John in Biograd (founded 1059) the Church of St. Cosmas and Damian on the hill Ćokovac above Tkon. After the Venetian destruction of Biograd in 1125, the seat of Rogovska Abbey was moved there. After the Crusaders' Siege of Zadar in 1202, the Zadar Chapter was located on Ćokovac and the city's nobility escaped. During the Siege of Zadar in 1345, the Venetian Monastery of St. Cosmas and Damian were destroyed, the monks captured and the archives taken away. The abbey was rebuilt after the Treaty of Zadar in 1358, when a new monastery church was built. Although the
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tradition connects the beginnings of monasticism on the island with the time of St. Francis, the Franciscans first appeared on Pašman in the list of monasteries of the province around 1380. The monastery of St. Duje in
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was built for the Franciscans of Bosnia in 1390 near the already existing Church of St. Dujam. With the transfer of the command (church property given to the administration and lease) in 1434, and the loss of land ownership due to the Ottoman conquests, the monastery gradually weakened. Ties with Bosnia were not severed despite the 1467 decision that banned Bosnian Franciscans from staying in the monastery. The settlement that was formed around the monastery by settling the population of refugees before the
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forms the core of today's place. During the French rule in Dalmatia, the abbey was abolished (1808), but the religious community was rebuilt in 1956, so that it is, to this day, the only male Benedictine monastery in Croatia. The monastery Church of St. Duje was thoroughly rebuilt in the 16th century; above the church portal there is a relief of St. Jerome, the patron saint of
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, work of A. Aleši. The Pašman Monastery of St. Cosmas and Damian was one of the centers of the spread of
Glagolitic The Glagolitic script ( , , ''glagolitsa'') is the oldest known Slavic alphabet. It is generally agreed that it was created in the 9th century for the purpose of translating liturgical texts into Old Church Slavonic by Saints Cyril and Methodi ...
literacy in the northern Dalmatia. Numerous Glagolitic manuscripts were created in the monastery, of which the Rule of St. Benedict, whose translation from
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into Old Slavonic was made as early as the 11th century. It is believed that it was the Pašman monks who traveled to
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as teachers of Glagolitic and Old Slavonic.


Geography

With an area of 60 km2 and 70 km of indented coastline, it is one of the larger Croatian islands. It is connected to the island of Ugljan by the Ždrelac Bridge, and is separated from the mainland by the Pašman Channel, which in some places is only 2 km wide. It is also one of the islands closest to the mainland. It is located in the Zadar archipelago, between the cities of
Zadar Zadar ( , ), historically known as Zara (from Venetian and Italian, ; see also other names), is the oldest continuously inhabited city in Croatia. It is situated on the Adriatic Sea, at the northwestern part of Ravni Kotari region. Zadar ...
and Biograd at Sea. The
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has developed a rich world of flora and fauna, many species of medicinal and aromatic plants, and the seabed preserves all species of shellfish and fish of the Croatian Adriatic. The sea is clean, the beaches are pebble and rocky, with countless little docks. Near Pašman, sea currents change every 6 hours and that is why the local sea is among the cleanest on the Adriatic. On the east side of the island you can swim among natural rocks with long stone plateaus and crystal clear sea. Most facilities are located directly by the sea and the beaches.


Transport

The island can be reached by ferry from Zadar, the line Zadar-Preko (island of Ugljan) and then the state road D110 and the Ždrelac Bridge. The second ferry line departs from Biograd and leads to Tkon on the island of Pašman. All places on the island are connected by an island road. It is separated from the island of Ugljan, with which it was connected in the recent past by a
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that could be crossed, by the Little Ždrelac canal dug in 1883, and in 1979 deepened to a depth of 4 meters and bridged by a bridge in Ždrelac. The bridge was renovated and made bigger in 2010.


Economy

Pašman is known for its beautiful sandy beaches and
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forests on the north side of the island facing the mainland. Pašman towns are small and quiet and therefore suitable for rest and relaxation. In all small villages of Pašman there are several shops, taverns and other service activities. The south side of the island abounds in untouched nature, numerous bays, blue sea, old fishermen's houses and all with a view of the Kornati National Park. This side of the island is without roads and as such is very popular for Robinson Crusoe-style holidays. Most of the 3,100 inhabitants of typical island towns are traditionally engaged in fishing and farming, and more recently in tourism. A rich tourist offering has been developed: rooms of several categories, apartments, holiday homes, boarding houses, car camps, taverns and restaurants serving numerous types of local fresh seafood.


Summits

* Veliki Bokolj, 274 m, * Oštro, 254 m, * Semica, 199 m, * Straža, 180 m, * Jakovljev vrh, 178 m, * Mali Bokolj, 164 m, * Cudonjin, 146 m, * Martinjak, 139 m, * Pustograd, 108 m,


References


Further reading

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External links


Tourist board of the municipality of Pašman
* Travel guide o
Pašman Island
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