Povile
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Povile is a fisherman's village
in Croatia
on the Adriatic coast beneath the old town of Ledenice (cro. Ledenička Gradina). It is connected by the D8 highway
. It has two little chapels St. Mary Magdalen (cro. Sv. Marija Magdalena) and St. John (Sv. Ivan), the former is still in use and the letter now is a private storage. The chapel of St. Mary Magdalen was built in the 14th century and St. Mary Magdalen in the saint of Povile, with the day of St. Mary Magdalen being celebrated each year on the night of Povile which falls in summer.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
on the Adriatic coast beneath the old town of Ledenice (cro. Ledenička Gradina). It is connected by the D8 highway
D8 (Croatia)
D8 state road comprises Croatian section of Adriatic Highway, and it runs from Pasjak border crossing to Slovenia via Rijeka, Senj, Zadar, Šibenik, Split, Opuzen and Dubrovnik to the border with Montenegro at Karasovići. Most of the D8 state road is still a two-lane road, excepting rare four-lane...
. It has two little chapels St. Mary Magdalen (cro. Sv. Marija Magdalena) and St. John (Sv. Ivan), the former is still in use and the letter now is a private storage. The chapel of St. Mary Magdalen was built in the 14th century and St. Mary Magdalen in the saint of Povile, with the day of St. Mary Magdalen being celebrated each year on the night of Povile which falls in summer.