International lace festival in Pag

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Proud with its lace tradition, this year Pag is preparing the 15th International Lace Festival in the period from June 18th to 21st. Festival successfully promotes the value of lace as a significant part of the Croatian cultural heritage organized by the Tourist Board of the City of Pag, the City of Pag and the Association of Pag Lacemakers “Frane Budak".

The lace from Pag is an authentic Croatian souvenir and is included among the products bearing the title "originally Croatian" and in 2009 it was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. In 2010, Pag declared " the year of Pag’s lace" and for the first time organized the 1st International lace festival in it. Throughout the past, folk costumes, furniture and walls have been decorated with this lace and today each house in Pag has at least one lace on the wall. Making Pag’s lace has nurtured through the centuries and it is passed from knee to knee. Each lace is distinctly unique and this slow and hardworking handwork still lives today at the streets of the old town. How important Pag’s lace is tells the fact that the Emperor Marija Teresa at Vienna Court had a personel Pag’s lace embroiderer who sew lace for courtesy.

The town of Pag has placed two monuments: Pag’s embroiderer and the monument of Frane Budak, giving honor and gratitude to all the embroiderers of the city of Pag, to the generations of women who patiently and self-confidently sew lace and kept it from forgetfulness and Frano Budak as the man whom the memorial deserves due to the extraordinary cares about lacework and all that he did for the town of Pag.

Rich, interesting and educational program that will take place in three days at several locations in the city. 

Pag Lace once again brings the world together in Pag, and the town of Pag becomes the center of lace tradition and cultural exchange with the participation of lacemakers and exhibitors from: Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, France, Malta, Portugal, Czech Republic and Croatia.

Visit the town of Pag and enjoy the unique tradition!

Pag - Katine bridge
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Pag - Katine bridge

White bridge and salt magazines. The view to the magnificent Katine bridge and salt magazines, which are a protected monument of culture and in which the Salt Museum with a permanent exhibition is. Now Katine, a replica of the old Venetian bridge, today is paved with a white stone and by night gives a special effect to Pag by changing the colors reflected in the sea below the bridge.

Pag - Gradski trg
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Pag - Gradski trg

A view of Petar Krešimira Square, the main city square of Pag Island. The square is the most valuable monument of sacral architecture on the island - the Church of Mary's Assumption and the Prince's Palace, as well as numerous restaurants and cafe bars in which people always looking for one more place.

Pag, marine
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Pag, marine

Pag's small port by the name of Mandrač is surrounded by a spacious promenade. This makes it the ideal spot not just for safe docking, but for afternoon walks by the sea as well. Restaurant Diogen is just to its right. Besides being part of Pag's old town center, this port is the former dock of Vanga, one of nine Croatian ferries that were in use during the 1980s.

Pag, Prosika, city beach
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Pag, Prosika, city beach

Prosika Beach is a favorite beach in the town of Pag near the old town. The long city beach, which combines fine gravel and sand, shallow sea and Blue Flag with many beach facilities makes it ideal for family vacation.