Jelsa

Jelsa is a town in Croatia, on the island of Hvar, the seat of the eponymous municipality within the county of Split Dalmatia. The old metropolis of Jelsa become noted in the Statute of Hvar in 1331. Although the precise area and volume of the historical Jelsa aren't nicely understood remnants of the vintage shielding wall can nonetheless be seen at the west facet of the Gradina peninsula. Material stays from the Roman length prove the life of a settlement within the area of Jelsa.

Several villas are preserved in the place of Kutac, spherical St. Rock and within the cove referred to as Carkvica of St. Luke. On the mountain spur overlooking Jelsa to the south, is the huge fortress of Tor, which was a Greek statement point, status on an older Illyrian fort. The region is an ideal protecting function because it overlooks the islands of Hvar and Brac as a long way as Solta and the Makarska coast. Demetrius of Hvar reigned right here for a few ten years until the Roman occupation.