Supetar

Supetar is a town on the northern part of the Dalmatian island of Brač, in the Split-Dalmatia County, in Croatia. It became the island's official centre in 1827. The town of Supetar includes Supetar itself and the three villages of Splitska, Škrip and Mirca. With a population of 4,325, Supetar is the island's largest town. The town's main period of development occurred during the 18th and 19th centuries when Supetar took over from Nerežišća as the administrative centre of the island of Brač. The Parish church of St. Peter stands on the side of an old chapel which was restored in 1773 in a Baroque architectural style. In the old part of the church there are some gravestones with Croatian inscriptions and at the entrance to the church there is a font made of two large Gothic capitals. The well, decorated with reliefs, is the work of Johannes Mazzonius from 1734. Supetar graveyard beside the Chapel St. Nicholas there are two old Christian sarcophagi and several gravestones, which are the work of Ivan Rendić of Supetar, and the mausoleum of the Petrinović family with portraits and sculptures, by the sculptor Toma Rosandić