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Trs je bio sveta biljka jo{ u najstarijim kulturama.
Vinova loza je bo`ansko stablo ~ija se simbolika
provla~i kroz ~itavu Bibliju posebno u Isusovoj
prispodobi o lozi: “Ja sam pravi trs, i moj je otac
vinogradar...”.
Kulturno povijesnu i misti~no religijsku dimenziju
vinove loze i vina mo`emo smjestiti u bilo koje razdoblje
na{e civilizacije. Hrvati pristigli u ove krajeve
krajem 6. i po~etkom 7. stolje}a, koji su dotad znali
samo za medovinu, hranu besmrtnosti i poslasticu
bogova, ubrzo su prigrlili i drugi bo`anski napitak.
Prihva}anju kulture vina i vinove loze Hrvatima je
pripomoglo i njihovo pokr{tavanje. Prve spoznaje o
vinogradarstvu i vinarstvu dali su im sve}enici i
redovnici. Gotovo uz svaki kr{}anski samostan
nalazio se i vinograd. Sve}enici i redovnici bez vina
nisu mogli slu`iti svetu misu, ali bio je to tako|er i
zna~ajan izvor prihoda. U stara vremena vino je bilo
skupi luksuz, vinograd veliko bogatstvo, a najbolje
vino gospodski privilegij. Danas je ~a{a grozdova soka
hrana, pi}e i u`itak, “kulturni napitak” za pametne
vinoljupce, zbog kojeg u Vrbnik dolaze mnogi. Dnevno
stotine ljudi. Dolaze izletni~kim brodi}ima, gliserima,
jahtama, autobusima, automobilima. Dolaze probati
~uvenu Vrbni~ku `lahtinu, ku{ati pr{ut i ov~ji sir,
janjetinu i plodove mora, smokve i pomidore. Dolaze
privu~eni pjesmom i pri~om o gradi}u iz razigrane
ma{te koji sjedi na visokoj i strmoj hridi nasuprot
Velebitu i “u kojem se goje po izbor djevojke” kako
pjeva ~uvena narodna pjesma VRBNI^E NAD
MOREM.
Vrbnik, smje{ten na litici sjeveroisto~nog dijela
otoka nad Velebitskim kanalom, ideal je fine urbane
uklopljenosti u divlju prirodnu ljepotu. U mnogo ~emu
on je remek djelo prirode i
ljudskog duha. Zahvaljuje
to prije svega svojim osobnostima
i posebnostima,
romanti~nom izgledu i
slikovitosti, ljepoti koju
zrcali i kojom osvaja, osebujnom
identitetu, bogatoj
glagoljskoj i kulturnoj ba{tini,
specifi~nom izri~aju
`ivota, istovremenom ~uvanju
tradicijskih vrijednosti i
otvorenosti uvo|enja inovacija,
brojnih suvremenih
kreativnih osobnosti, jasnih
znakova koji osmi{ljavaju
put ka budu}nosti.
Ugnije`den na kamenoj
hridini {to je strmo izronila
iz morskih dubina izme|u
zelena vinorodna zale|a i
beskrajna plavetnila neba,
Vrbnik je graditeljski znamen,
kao ambijent i kao
inspiracija, kao do`ivljaj i
kao nadahnu}e, kao nukleus
iz kojeg izlazi UMJE-
TNOST.
everybody is familiar with the saying: “WINE IS THE
BEVERAGE OF GODS!” The profound meaning of this
exclamation is revealed only by the centuries old cultural-religious
and mystic-philosophical tradition of
the mankind in which the wine is connected with the
image and the concept of deity. The vine stock was a
sacred plant even in the earliest cultures. The
grapevine is a divine tree the symbolism of which is
present throughout the Bible and in particular in
Jesus’s comparison with the vine: “I am a true vine
stock and my father is a winegrower…”
The cultural-historic and the mystic-religious
dimension of the grapevine and the wine can be placed
into any period of our civilization. The Croats who
had arrived into this region in the late 6 th and early
7 th century, and who had been acquainted only with
mead, the food of immortality and the delicacy of
Gods, soon embraced the other divine beverage. In the
acceptance of the culture of wine and grapevine, the
Croats were also aided by their Christianization. They
received the first notion of viticulture and winemaking
form the priests and monks. A vineyard stood next to
virtually every Christian monastery. Without wine,
the priests and monks were unable to serve the holy
mass, and it was also a significant source of revenue.
In the old times, wine was an expensive luxury, a
vineyard great wealth, and the best wine a privilege
for the lords. Today, however, a glass of the grape
cluster juice is nourishment, beverage and pleasure, a
“cultured drink” for wise wine connoisseurs, for which
reasons Vrbnik is visited by numerous visitors, hundreds
of them every day. They arrive by excursion
boats, speedboats, yachts, coaches and cars. They come
to taste the famous Vrbni~ka @lahtina, the prosciutto
and the sheep cheese, lamb
and seafood, figs and tomatoes.
They come drawn
by song and the tale of a
town from playful imagination
sitting on the tall
and steep cliff opposite to
the Velebit in which “the
girls are bred to be selected”
as is sung by the famous
folk song VRBNIK ABOVE
THE SEA.
Located on the cliff in
the northeast part of the
island above the Velebit
Channel, Vrbnik is an ideal
of fine urban insertion into
wild nature. In many
ways, it is a masterpiece of
nature and human spirit.
Merit for that goes first of
all to its individualities
and particularities, romantic
appearance and picturesqueness,
the beauty it
reflects and with which it
conquers, specific identity,
rich Glagolitic and cultural
^a{a pjenu{ca od vrbni~ke `lahtine
A glass of sparkling wine made of Vrbni~ka `lahtina
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