Punat, (1784 inhabitants) It lies on the coast of Puntarska (Kosljun). According to tradition, Punat is named after a wooden bridge (lat.pons, genitive pontis) that connects Cape Prnibe with the east coast at the entrance to Puntarska draga. Neolithic stone tools and archeological finds from Greek and Roman times testify to the settlement from the earliest times. At the bottom of the bay next to the road to the town of Krk are the preserved remains of an early Christian church of Sv. Dunata (9th / 10th c.). From the period of Frankopan rule (1115–1480), the first written information about Punt was given; the will of 1277 mentions for the first time one of its inhabitants and in the will of 1377 the village of Punat (villa di Ponte). From 1480 to 1797 it was under Venetian rule and from 1797 to 1918. under Austrian (Austro-Hungarian) rule (except for the period of French administration 1805–13). For the Kingdoms of Yugoslavia it was called Alexander (after King Alexander). The most important cultural and historical monuments are the old folk houses with massive balatari and the olive mill Stari Toš from the 18th century. and the parish church of Sv. Trinity from 1777, which houses the Baroque altar (mid 18th century) with the painting John (Domenico Fedeli Maggiotto), a late Gothic statue of St. John. Anne (15th c.) And crucifixion with statues of Our Lady and St. Ivana. God. In 1855 the church of St. Roka and St. Sebastian. In the surrounding countryside is the bishops' house of the bishops of Krk (17th c.), And the Glagolitic Missal of the Hruacki (1531) Š. Kožičić. In Puntarska uvala is the islet of Kosljun. Founded in 1964, the marina is the oldest marina in Croatia. Since the middle of XIX. The tourism is developing in Punt, mostly in connection with the Franciscan monastery on the islet of Kosljun. God. The Bathing Society was founded in 1908, and in 1924 the local entrepreneur Nikola Žic built the first hotel (Villa Lucija). God. In 1960, a Carmelite monastery was founded. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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