Traditional Architecture

Stone and living conditions were determinant characteristics of traditional architecture. Rational usage of space, materials and work force was present with no exception. Alongside conquering the territory with building houses and settling; techniques of building wells, barns, threshing floors and dry stone walls were developed as a particular weapon in cultivating and taming nature for man. Heart and soul of every house was a hearth with space for food storage, space to talk, sing and all other sorts of things. Genuine functionality that is built into beautiful houses with harmonious proportions, straight lines and geometrical conciseness is what makes them eternal.

Building expression of Trilj region completely fits into a traditional mosaic of Dalmatian hinterland, which in value and style does not lag behind typical forms of old Dalmatia, and you can find it in the villages like: Voštane, Velić, Vrpolje...

A set of old mills built in the pure and unspoiled nature, with the source of the river Grab in which the mill is named. The oldest date back to the 17th century, and were built until the 19th century, some of which are still in operation and allow a return...

There are 16 ponds, wells and cisterns in total in the Vrpolje region, all of which are the monuments of a cultural heritage of traditional architecture, and, in the past they were used to supply water to the locals and their cattle. Apart from being used as a water supply...

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  • 11. June 2024.

    Let’s keep the blues young is the motto of the seventh consecutive Thrill Blues Festival, which will take place on the fifth, sixth and seventh of July in the city park in Trilj.