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Sisak
09-14-2013, 07:10 PM
The Kornati (pronounced [kɔ̝rnǎːti]) archipelago of Croatia, also known as the Stomorski islands, is located in the northern part of Dalmatia, south from Zadar and west from Šibenik, in the Šibenik-Knin county. With 35 km in length and 140 islands, some large, some small, in a sea area of about 320 km˛, the Kornati are the densest archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea.
There are no permanent settlements in Kornati. Simple houses in well-protected coves such as Vrulje, Kravjačica, Lavsa and others are used by mainland landowners as temporary shelters. Most of the land owners are from the island of Murter and Dugi Otok.

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Sisak
09-14-2013, 07:40 PM
http://www.kornati.hr/index.php/en
The Kornati, except the belt along the shore, is completely privately owned. As a rule, one estate consists of big pasture (karst meadow), several smaller arable lots (enclosures) and house. The Kornati are a particularly settled area. The islanders actually have their domicile outside the archipelago (in Murter, Betina, Zaglav) and consequently "a Kornati house" is the second house in every sense: in importance, in size, in furnishings...
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Gajeta -the typical boat of the area:
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