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 SV. FILIP I JAKOV - On the area of the present town of Sv. Filip i Jakov, in ancient history, almost three centuries ago, there was a small Liburnian settlement whose ruins can still be seen in dry walls and grave-mounds that contained archaeological finds kept nowadays in the Biograd Museum. After the arrival of Romans in the 1st century, landed estates and country mansions were built for veteran Roman soldiers, so the ruins of these buildings can still be found in hinterland not far from the church of Sv. Roko, as well as in the coastal area in the direction of Biograd. Today, the ruins can be seen at the location called “Kapelica” and opposite to Sv. Filip i Jakov, on the island of Frmić we have the remains of a Roman cistern from late antiquity.
After the arrival of Croats this area gained in value because of the vicinity of the royal town of Biograd that also had estates in the hinterland of Sv. Filip i Jakov. Thus, around the present church of Sv. Roko there was a village called Rogovo and today; here is also the already mentioned church from the 11th century and ruins of a citadel known to us as Dvorine.
Rogovo had the shortest way to the sea, at the present location, where back in the 12th century there was only a small church dedicated to St. Philip and Jacob (Sv. Fillip i Jakov) that was destroyed and later the village was named after it. In the 15th century the name “San Filip e Giacomodi Rogovo” was mentioned for the first time, i.e. this small village still belonged to Rogovo and was therefore called Rogovski pristan (Rogovo quay) due to the quay that was here together with other outbuildings.
Today's old town centre developed in the 16th and for the most part in the 17th century. Upon entering the old town centre one can immediately notice a 17th century Kaštel (citadel) with engraved coat of arms of an abbot from Rogovo ifrom the 15th century. The church of Sv. Mihovil was mentioned already in the 16th century but was destroyed by Turks and thus in 1707 today's church with a beautiful bell tower was erected.
There are ruins of the castle Benedinktinski dvor (in Sv. Filip i Jakov there was also a port of Benedictine abbey on Rogovo). The church of Sv. Roko belongs to the Romanesque period, which is rarely preserved outside of medieval towns on the coast. Therefore, the church belongs to the second category of cultural monuments.
| We have to mention further examples of park architecture on the area of Sv. Filip i Jakov: |
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Borelli park which is a valuable monument of the park architecture in the centre of town. |
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Ruins of the castle Benediktinski dvor on Rogovo, divided into three parts: the oldest part |
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dates back to the 12th century, the south part was built in the Middle Ages, while the upper layer comes from the time of Turks. |
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House of the Oštrić family |
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Borelli houses |
| There are also significant archaeological localities: |
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The island of Frmić: ruins of rustic villa with barrel vault; on the west side of the island in |
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the sea there are wrecks of the basic quay construction in the shape of letter “L”. |
TURANJ was named after the ruins of a medieval fortress. The old part of the town preserved the characteristics of fortified shelter against Turks. In the town centre there is a church dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel from the 15th century and outside the town, very near the coast there is a church of St. Mary on the locality Tukljača. On the island of Babac, opposite Turanj, there is a church of St. Andrew from 13-15th century.
In 1679 Turanj became a parish with parish priest don Mate Suić. The original inhabitants of Turanj emigrated to Pašman, Pag and Istria escaping Turkish ravages, while according to t Zadar captain Lorenzo Cocca (1581) Turanj was inhabited by Morlaci (Vlachs) who came after Turks.
In 1603 there was Confraternity of St. Mary in Turanj. There were 290 inhabitants in Turanj then.
There was also a Confraternity of St. Roko.
On July 31, 1646 Ibrahim Pasha attacked Turanj with his 3000 soldiers, so that Turanj was set on fire for the second time by Venetians to prevent it from falling in Turkish hands.
Above the town on, the locality “Crni krug”, there are ruins of a castle from the Iron Age, while the archaeological area of Tukljača is also of interest. On the ruins of Roman Villa Rustica a church was erected. The inscription on the door mentions that the church was erected in 849, as an endowment of Croatian noble family of Mogorović. It was a parish church of the village Tukljačane that disappeared during Candiot (Cretan) war (17th century). In the church there is a grave of judge Matijašić with Glagolitic inscription and probably with coat of arms of Turanj.
SV.PETAR was named after the church of St. Peter the Apostle from the 18th century. In the town centre there are ruins of medieval outhouses belonging to the abbey on Rogovo. Among more important archaeological localities there are ruins of a castle on the locality Pećina and cave Buta. |
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