KRK

Zbog svoje veli~ine i velike te`ine one ne mogu poletjeti
sa zemlje bez pomo}i uzlaznih zra~nih struja.
Ovdje se gnijezde nad morem, na zastra{uju}e visokim
nepristupa~nim liticama s kojih im uzlazne zra~ne
struje omogu}uju sigurno polijetanje. Fosilni nam
nalazi kazuju da su bjeloglavi supovi ovladali ovim
nebom i ovim kopnom jo{ prije desetak tisu}a godina.
Pretpovijesni ~ovjek i bjeloglavi sup gledali su ovo isto
nebo, i sunce i ovu istu zemlju otoka Krka i kvarneskog
arhipelaga jednako kao i mi danas, ali nisu vidjeli ovo
divno more jer tada ga ovdje jo{ nije bilo. Tek prije
15000 godina po~eo se ovaj prostor postepeno prekrivati
morem, a ovi su otoci nepotopljeni hrptovi i
vrhovi nekadanjih planina. Jo{ prije desetak tisu}a
godina sav Kvarnerski zaljev i svi kvarnerski otoci bili
su povezani suhim kopnom, zapravo je ~itavi sjeverni
Jadran bio plodna naplavna ravnica koju je presijecala
rijeka Pad, a u nju se ulijevale Mirna, Dragonja,
Rje~ina, Dubra~ina i Zrmanja.
Tada{nji je Jadran po~injao tek negdje kod [ibenika,
a pod U~kom i Velebitom na dana{njem morskom
dnu oko otoka Krka pasla su stada mamuta, bivola,
antilopa, jelena i tko zna kojih jo{ `ivotinja. Prije oko
sedam tisu}a godina zavr{ilo je posljednje odle|ivanje,
zatoplilo je i okon~ao se proces otapanja velikih
koli~ina leda na polovima i u planinama. Svjetska su
se mora podigla za oko 90 metara i nastali su sjevernojadranski
otoci, a taj proces u ne{to izmijenjenom
obliku traje i danas. Bjeloglavi supovi svjedoci su svih
tih doga|anja kroz tisu}e godina od postupnog
stvaranja otoka, pretvaranja nekada{njih pa{njaka u
morsko dno danas bogato ribama, rakovima i {koljkama
do pripitomljavanja
ovaca, koza, krava te
procvata i pada pojedinih
kultura ovoga podneblja.
Nije nam poznato
kako se u najstarije ilirsko
doba nazivao otok i
grad Krk. Prvu napisanu
povijesnu naznaku o postojanju
na{ega otoka u
imenu KURIKTIKE ostavio
nam je anti~ki gr~ki
geograf Strabon (63. prije
Kr. do 19. po Kr.).
Kurikta i Kurikum, te
Kurikon i Kirijatika, Vecla
odnosno Becla te Veggia,
Veglia, Veja i danas
samo KRK - neka su od
imena grada Krka i cijelog
otoka, kroz milenijsku
povijest. Otok i grad Krk
dobili su hrvatsko ime
jezi~nom evolucijom imena
ilirskih oto~ana –
Kurikte: Kark, Kerk, Krk;
u doma}em se govoru
grad naziva Veja, {to na
vi{e slavenskih jezika
we do today, but they did not see this beautiful sea
since back then it did not in exist. It was only 15,000
years ago that this territory was gradually filled by
the sea, these islands being the crests and the peaks of
what used to be the mountains. Some 10,000 years
ago the entire Gulf of Kvarner and all of the Kvarner
islands were connected with the mainland. In fact, the
entire northern Adriatic was a fertile alluvial plane
intersected by the Po river, and into which drained the
Mirna, the Dragonja, the Rje~ina, the Dubra~ina and
the Zrmanja.
At that time, the Adriatic began somewhere around
[ibenik, while at the foot of the U~ka and the Velebit
on the present-day seabed surrounding the island of
Krk, grazed herds of mammoths, buffaloes, antelopes,
deer and who knows what other animals. The last
thaw occurred around 7,000 years ago when it
warmed up and the last process of melting of large
quantities of ice at the poles and in the mountains
was completed. The seas were raised by some 90
meters worldwide and the islands of the northern
Adriatic originated. This process under a somewhat
different form has continued to date. The Eurasian
griffons have borne witness to all of these events
throughout the thousands of years during which the
islands were gradually created, the then pastures
turned into a seabed rich in fish and shellfish, the
sheep, goats and cattle domesticated, and various
crops of this region cultivated and abandoned.
The name of the island and town of Krk in the earliest
Illyrian times is not known. The first written historical
record of the existence of this island was made
by the ancient Greek
geographer Strabo (63
BCE – 19 CE).
Curicta and Curicum,
Curikon and Criatika,
Vecla and Becla,
as well as Veggia, Veglia,
Veja and Krk are
some of the names of the
town of Krk and the
whole island throughout
the millennial history.
The island and town
of Krk received the Croatian
name through the
linguistic evolution of
the name of the Illyrian
residents, the Curictas:
Kark, Kerk, and Krk.
The town is commonly
called Veja, which in
several Slav languages
indicates a dry branch
or straw, or generally a
plant, according to Academician
Petar Str~i}.
The island and the town
were called Vecla (Becla)
by the Byzantines and
Veggia and Veglia by
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