KRK

U svom neumornom povijesnom hodu i rastu Krk
stoji i traje od pradavnih vremena na izabranome
mjestu i svjedo~i stalni demografski rast. Grad Krk je
najbrojnije naselje otoka. Odnjegovan u kolijevci civilizacije
Krk nije grad opijen oholo{}u i gizdavo{}u
pro{losti, poput one venecijanske {to je stolje}ima
nakon Frankopana upravljala ovim gradom i otokom,
nego osobnim porivom napretka, vjere i kulture. Krk je
izvori{te civiliziranog i kulturnog iskustva, grad natalo`enog
znanja i stvaranja, grad odrastanja i {kolovanja,
grad duhovnosti, kulturno, zdravstveno i religiozno
sredi{te otoka.
Oboga}en misaono{}u i mudro{}u tisu}lje}a, u suglasju
s potrebama, namjerama i htijenjima svojih
`itelja, Krk je postajao noviji, ve}i, moderniji dokazuju}i
da je to drevni, ali i `ivi grad. Poduzetni~ki duh i
dinami~ni turisti~ki, trgova~ki, upravni, kulturnoprosvjetni
i zdravstvenosocijalni razvoj uvjetovao je
{irenje grada izvan stare gradske jezgre - na nove prostore
i s novim sadr`ajima. Zato Krk i danas
promi{lja namjere svog rasta i napretka oplemenjivanjem
ambijenta i duhovnih vrijednosti nastoje}i korespondirati
sa svijetom kao prepoznatljiv gradi} s
du{om po mjeri ~ovjeka - njegova gra|ana i dragoga
gosta. Svojom tradicijom, vitalnom i dinami~nom
sada{njo{}u, pun nade, energije i upornosti u suo~avanju
s izazovima suvremenosti, Krk nudi i
omogu}uje duhovni razvitak za iskrenije tra`enje
~ovje~nosti, svjesnije i odgovornije `ivljenje za ve}i i
br`i gospodarski napredak, europsku usmjerenost.
Pri~a o budu}nosti jednako je sadr`ajna koliko i
poniranje u pro{lost. Krk je riznica `ivotnih posebnosti
prepun {arma, tajni i neodoljivosti o ~emu svjedo~e
dokumenti, umjetni~ka djela, arhivi, zbirke, crkve,
utvrde, ulice, trgovi… Ovdje `ivot pulsira u vi{e slika
{to se stapaju u {arolik mizanscen kozmopolitske
mase; doma}i i gosti, ponuda i potra`nja, prostodu{na
gostoljubivost i profesionalna uslu`nost. Krk nudi
budu}nost i daruje produhovljen izazov pro{losti,
bogato inspirira duhovno i tjelesno. Na Krku se
pronalazi ne{to iskonsko, ono prirodno, ono zaista
ljudsko.
Panorama Krka
The panorama of Krk
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Krk is the source of a civilized and cultural experience,
a town of accumulated knowledge and creation,
a town of growing up and schooling, a town of spirituality,
the cultural, health and religious center of the
island.
Enriched by the thoughtfulness and wisdom of the
millennia, in harmony with need, intentions and
desires of its resident, Krk became newer, larger and
more modern, thus proving that it is an ancient but
also a live town. The entrepreneurial spirit and the
dynamic tourist, commercial, administrative, cultural,
educational, health and social development have
resulted in the town’s expansion outside the old urban
core, into new spaces and with new offerings. For this
reason Krk even nowadays contemplates the intentions
of its own growth and progress through the improvement
of the space and spiritual values attempting to
correspond with the world as a recognizable little
town with a soul to the measure of man – its resident
and dear guest. With its tradition, vital and dynamic
present, full of hope, energy and persistence in facing
the challenges of modernity, Krk offers and makes possible
a spiritual development for a more sincere quest
for humanity, a more conscious and responsible living,
a larger and faster economic development and European
orientation.
The story of the future is equally substantial as is
plunging into the past. Krk is a treasury of life’s particularities,
full of charm, secrets and irresistibility
which is proven by documents, works of art, archives,
collections, churches, forts, streets and squares… The
life pulsates in several images which merge into a colorful
mise en scène of a cosmopolitan mass; the locals
and the foreigners, demand and supply, sincere hospitality
and professional helpfulness. Krk offers a future
and gives the gift of a refined challenge of the past,
and richly inspires spiritually and bodily. On Krk one
can find something genuine, natural, truly human.
Beneath the solid walls of the Frankopan Castle
roars the sea in the evening. The evening mass goes on
in the comfortable freshness of the cathedral. The dusk
descends slowly, the lights come on. In the warm summer
evening the
hosts and the
guests come out to
the fresh air. Some
remain in front of
the houses, others
seek a romantic atmosphere
on the
waterfront or in the
shops. Among the
old edifices covered
with a centuries-old
patina, the crowd
mingles on the worn
stone streets. This is
where the people
pass by and meet,
talk and wait, buy
and sell, refresh
and enjoy.