The village of Splitska, island of Brač in Croatia

Administratively, Splitska belongs to the commune of Supetar in the county of Split-Dalmatia.

In Italian Splitska names Porta di Spalato (Door of Split).

By the regional coastal road, the port is at a distance of 7 km east of the capital of the island, Supetar, and to 3 km west of Postira.

Splitska is to 25 km of the airport of the island of Brač, and to 35 km of the famous seaside resort of Bol.

The historical village of Škrip, traditionally very related to Splitska, is to 4 km in the south, by a small road which goes up through the hills.

The new church was partly built with stones recovered at the bottom of bay: these stones, intended for the palace of Diocletian to Split, had run accidentally at the time of the loading on the ships.

The furnace bridge presents a remarkable retable, “the Virgin with the Saints”, painted in 1577 by Leandro Bassano, Venetian painter of the Rebirth.

It is still in state today, and the balcony without floor, which was intended to pour ebullient oil on the attackers, is still visible.

One can see there, engraved in the rock, a rustic representation of Hercules (Héraclès), the character and the most important demigod of the Roman epoch on Brač.

The career of Rasohe, closed down today, is located at approximately 800 m, in the direction of the valley, of the main roads which pass to Splitska; from the village, approximately 20 are needed mn to go there on foot.

The first Croatian inhabitants of Splitska came from Škrip, a village located above Splitska. They renovated the old church Saint Mary (Sveta Marija), but, at the 13th century, they had to give up the village because of the threat of the pirates of Omiš who destroyed Splitska.

The danger caused by the pirates ceased in the years 1444, and Splitska was rebuilt and developed during the 16th century. The name of the village was mentioned for the first time in the years 1577, when Mihajlo Cerinić de Škrip built a small castle there.