The city Makarska is for years political, cultural, economical as well as an education center. Since that 20. Jh. is Makarska also a very important tourist center. This well-known tourist destination, which is particularly attractive because of their naturlichen and climatic characteristics, offers a broad and rich tourist offer and the landlords is very friendly. Makarska has a surface of 8.857 has (of it the surface of the national park Biokovo about 2,536 has, surface of the sea amounts to is about 5,036 has, and the surface of the city is around 1.256 has). During the summer more than 15,000 tourists come into Makarska. Where is Makarska? Makarska lies in Dalmatia, where the mountain Biokovo and the Adria are connected. Makarska lies on 43° 17' 38" northern latitude and on 17° 1' 20" eastern length. Makarska is in a natural port, that at the southeast the cape Osejava and at the northwest the peninsula sports association. Petar include. The city spreads after the mountain slopes of Biokovo (1762 m). Climate in Makarska Makarska has a mediterranes climate, and the mountain Biokovo guards Makarska of the break-through continental of the climate. Mediterranes climate is by mild winter and is enough and warm summer marked by pleasant muck ral. Makarska has more than 2750 sun hours per year. Average temperature between June and September is higher than 20 ºC, and the sea receives the temperature of 20 ºC from June to November. History of Makarska One assumes that Makarska is settled already since Neolitc, i.e. before 8,000 years. Finds from the Bubnjavača in Veliko confirm that brdo. In documents of the parliament of Salona from 4 May 533 Mucurum, when place where one created has, was mentioned. After Croats settled this area around the rivers Cetina and Neretva, Makarska became a part of the principality of Neretva, and after 13. Jh. prevailed here different rulers, who fought themselves for the rule in Makarska. Between others were also Turks, Venice, Franch . Venice had the largest influence on the appearance of Makarska. From this time also the old baroque town centre and the church of the Hl originate. Markus, church of the Hl. Philippus. The name Makarska was mentioned for the first time 1502. At present as in Makarska Frenchmen and Austrians prevailed, experienced the city their cultural and economic upswing. Culture in Makarska Makarska has many museums and cultural monuments. The most important are: Franziskanerkloster from 1518, church of the Hl. Markus from at the beginning 18. Jhs., which was never completed for historical reasons, city museum in the palace Tonoli, which protects that culturalhistorical inheritance of Makarska, Malakologi museum has very rich collection of snails and shells, city gallery of doing Gojak. Restaurant in Makarska Catering trade of Makarska offers many from this area like Dalmatini Prosciutto, Sardins, cheese in the oil, baked or cooked lamb, " pašticada s njokima" (first mariniertes and then cooked meat with Njoki /meat, filled with vegetable), fish specialities, and Nachspeizen like pudding-like Süßspeize " rožat" and cakes " dalmatinske kroštule". All these and still further specialities can try you in following restaurants and objects: Restoran “Adrion”, Restoran “Biokovka”, Restoran “Jež”, Restoran “Kalelarga”, Konoba “Maslina”, Gostionica “Mediteran”, Konoba “Mornar”, Restoran “Riva”, Restoran “Rivijera” among other things. Night life and pleasure in Makarska Makarska is well-known as the city of the maintenance and recovery

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