About Rogoznica - Don't miss

In Rogoznica be sure to visit: the salt lake "The Eye of the Dragon", the beautiful yacht harbour Marina Frapa, the small chapel Vrgim Mary and the parish church. Or you can also make a full day tour to the national parks Krka waterfalls, Kornati islands and plitvice lakes, or the historic towns of Split, Šibenik, Trogir and Dubrovnik.

THE PARISH CHURCH - The parish church in Rogoznica  was built in 1615. Church located in the old town center on top of village from which a panoramic view is offered. During summer season, holy masses is each Sunday at 10 am, and everyone  is welcome. The most popular ceremony is held each 2. July, when the picture of the Virgin Mary is taken to the parish church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The picture remains in the parish church until the first Sunday after Our Lady of Karmela, when it returned in festive procession by land and sea to its sanctuary on the Gradina Cape. A hundred boats and thousands of pilgrims participate in the procession.

CHAPEL VIRGIN MARY AND VIRGIN MARY'S SHIP - On the peninsula of Gradina is a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of the Chapel patronne of the Rogoznica people and harbour.
This is connected to the legend about the miraculous painting found by the fisherman Ivan M. Bogovcic Tumburko.
1772 a fisherman went out to sea to fish and, near the Gradine cape, saw an extraordinary light. When he approached the rock off which the light shone he found a picture of the Virgin Mary.
The fisherman took the picture home with him and placed it into a treasure chest. But the picture of the Virgin Mary returned to the place where he had found it in an unexplainable way, and that action was repeated three times.  Soon after, the inhibitains of the village Rogoznica, together with the local priest, dedicated to build a chapel on that spot.
The ceremony is held each 2. July on the Petrovcica. The picture is taken by the ship, in the company of a priest and young girls dressed in white, to the Caparinova waterfront. There, the picture is welcomed by the Bishop accompanied by a many priests and belivers. From the Caparinova waterfront starts a procession which then goes along the Rogoznica waterfront, and the picture of the Virgin Mary is taken to the parish church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The picture remains in the parish church until the first Sunday after Our Lady of Karmela, when it returned in festive procession by land and sea to its sanctuary on the Gradina Cape. A hundred boats and thousands of pilgrims participate in the procession. Many of pilgrims walk with no shoes.
1887. there was an epidemic of black measles and up to 40 people died daily. Tho local priest gathered the believers and they went barefoot on a pilgrimage to the sanctuary of the Virgin Mary, begging her for mercy. From that day people in Rogoznica stopped dying...

DRAGON'S EYE - The Gradina peninsula is also the site of the lake of Dragon's eye, with sea water. The lake is considered to be a natural bioreactor with biochemical processes taking place there.

MARINA FRAPA - Marina Frapa one of the most beautiful marinas in Croatia. It is situated in the Rogoznica, in the central part of the Croatian coast.  Marina have a  400 berths and numerous facilities, but there you can also find swimming pool, tenniss court, squash, bowling, table tennis and sauna.