Visovac Traditional Cache
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The Visovac Monastery (Croatian: Samostan Visovac) is a Catholic monastery on the island of Visovac in the Krka National Park, Croatia. Visovac was settled by Augustinian monks, who established a small monastery and church dedicated to the Apostle Paul in the 14th century.
In 1445 the Augustinian monastery was enlarged and adapted by the Franciscans who settled here having withdrawn from parts of Bosnia with other, ordinary people, when the Turks had taken over there.
A new monastery was built in the 18th century. The rich monastery library includes particularly rare incunabula of Aesop's fables (Brescia 1487) printed by the Lastovo printer Dobrić Dobričević (s. Lastovo), a collection of documents (the sultan'sedicts) and a sabre belonging to Vuk Mandušić, one of the best-loved heroes of Serbian epic poetry (Wikipedia).
It isn't necessary to visit the island to find the cache, but it is worth it! A visit to the monastery island costs 50kn (2012). The transfer boat starts directly next to the cache, parking is available. For further information and timetable see picture in the gallery.
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Arne n gerr haqre ebpxf, frr fcbvyre