SVETA NEDJELJA (Sveta Nedilja), a village on the southern slopes of the island of Hvar, 12 km southeast of Hvar; elevation 5 m. Chief occupations are farming and wine production. The Lukavci Islands are to the south off the coast. The village lies on the local road. The location of Sveta Nedjelja was mentioned in the Hvar Statute of 1331 as Plaze. A cave with Neo-lithic excavations, later the abode of the Augustinian monks, abandoned in 1798, is located near the village. The parish church of St. Spyridon keeps the altarpiece featuring St. Jerome in the Desert by Baldassaro d'Anno and a painting by the Venetian painting school from the 17th and the 18th centuries, and the chapel on the graveyard features the Crucifixion by Juraj Plancic from 1924.
The area around Sveta Nedjelja is grown by vineyards in which best wines of the island of Hvar are produced, particularly the Plavac sort. A winding road descends to the coast through a nice forest of pine. Intact nature and clear sea add to the special atmosphere. Fishing grounds lie to the island of Scedro and the Lukavci Islands.
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