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NOVALJA, a town and port in the bay of the same name,
situated at the south-western coast of the island of Pag. The town includes the
former hamlets Sveti Ante (St. Anthony) and Spital. In the Roman times (the
ruins of the Roman aqueduct) there was a town called Cissa (the present
hamlet of Caska) in the surroundings of Novalja. Novalja is a town of a compact
coastal type which expanded considerably in the recent times. Chief occupations
include farming, viniculture, livestock breeding, fishing and tourism. The port
of Novalja is well protected from the winds of the first and second quadrants;
the westerly and north-westerly winds are extremely strong. When entering the
port, larger vessels have to beware of the shallows (8.5 to 9.8 m) 1.8 southwest
of Cape Vrtlic. The pier in the port provides shelter to smaller vessels; there
is a 98-m long embankment made of rocks. Larger vessels can anchor at the
entrance into the port off the north-eastern coast, and smaller vessels and
yachts in the centre of the port, at a depth between 5 and 8 m. Situated on the
regional road (29) runNovaljag through the whole island.
Novalja developed
on the site of the ancient settlement Novalia which represented the
southern port of the Roman settlement Cissa (today Caska). From the Roman
times parts of the aqueduct, several inscriptions and architectural plastic
forms have been preserved. In the early Christian times there was a large
basilica urbana in the centre of the town, with a semicircular apse and
mosaics (remains of architecture, plastic forms, inscriptions). In 1971 two
decorated reliquaries were found there: a bronze one from the 4th century and a
silver one, from a later period. On the same place the church of the Blessed
Virgin Mary in Gothic style was erected, annexed in the Baroque period, which
holds the painting of Our Lady with Child
from the 16th century. The present
parish church of St. Catherine was built in 1906.
