Promet Split (English: Traffic Split ) is the transit authority responsible for public transport in Split (the second largest city in Croatia ) and parts of the surrounding Split Metropolitan area. It was founded on March 13, 1948 in Split.
6-534: In 1965 the company "Iskra" from Supetar was merged with "Promet", whereby "Promet" took over the entire public transport on the island of Brač . In 1996, the public utility company "Promet" was transformed into a limited liability company. In 2008 the company upgraded its fleet with the latest MAN and Mercedes-Benz models. Starting April 1, 2018 "Promet" introduces free Wi-Fi network service. Supetar Supetar ( Croatian pronunciation: [sǔpetar] , Italian : San Pietro della Brazza )
12-654: 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 3,213, Supetar is the island's largest town. It is accessible by ferry ( Jadrolinija , the ferry ride from the mainland city of Split takes 50 minutes) or via Brač Airport which
18-527: Is located 30 kilometres to the southeast. Old Supetar was situated on the small peninsula where there is now a graveyard. The settlement came to an end during the early Christian era. In the late Middle Ages, a new settlement started around the bay known as St. Peter's, from which the town derives its name. It originated from Sv. Petar during the Latin population of the town. "Sv" stands for "Sveti", meaning saint, therefore it takes its name from Saint Peter , which
24-500: Is the name's English equivalent translation. The present settlement of Supetar was founded in the 16th century when people living in Nerežišća , about 8 kilometres (5 miles) inland, began to use it as their harbour. 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 (Sveti Petar) stands on
30-690: The entrance to the church there is a font made of two large Gothic capitals. On the left of the church building there is a sundial and beneath it a sarcophagus with the date 1774 engraved. In the Sunday school classrooms there are paintings from the Venetian era (16th and 17th centuries). The well, decorated with reliefs, is the work of Johannes Mazzonius from 1734. Supetar graveyard beside the Chapel St. Nicholas (Sveti Nikola Putnik) there are two old Christian sarcophagi and several gravestones (Pieta), which are
36-451: The side of an old chapel which was restored in 1773 in a Baroque architectural style. At that time it also received a new aisle and bell tower. It was extended in 1887. In the church there are paintings by the local artist Feliks Tironi from the second half of the 18th century and a Baroque altarpiece by an unknown Venetian artist of the 18th century. In the old part of the church there are some gravestones with Croatian inscriptions and at
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