Hvar celebrates the feast of its co-patron St. Prošper, which has been celebrated since 1671 when the saint’s relics were brought from Rome, and a fair is traditionally held in the main city square.
Here is part of the program:
Friday, May 5
Salting of sardines; Forske užonce in cooperation with the association Hvar- Metropola mora
10:00 a.m., Mandrač
The Fortress night
Sunday, May 7
promotion of the book “Nona’s Chest“, authored by Mirjana Kolumbić, 20 p.m. Hvar Theatre
Monday, May 8
“Da bi non taki dni često dohodili“” – about nutrition and togetherness
presentation by Zorka Bibić, Lodja, 6:30 p.m
Tuesday, May 9
mass: vespers in the heat of St. Prošper – Cathedral, 7 p.m
Wednesday, May 10 – St. Prošper
feast of St. Prošper – Pjaca (St. Stephen’s Square) from 10 am,
Pjaca: local exhibitors exhibit their products
solemn st. mass and procession – cathedral at 7 p.m
Thursday, May 11
feast of St. Prošpera – Pjaca (St. Stephen’s Square) from 10 am;
Pjaca: local exhibitors exhibit their products
Mediterranean Diet Days
Talks about food– Ivo Buzolić Lojko and Marinko Jurić participate
Saturday 13.05. Radovan Marčić – lecture – old recipes of Hvar villages, Lodja 17:30
Monday 15 May.
10:30 a.m.: Panel on Cultural tourism
6:30 p.m. in Arsenal, the opening of multimedia exhibition Hvar presents: MADE IN CROATIA
8 p.m. 4 Tenors, concert at Pjaca main square
Tuesday 16 May in front of Lodja at 8 p.m.:
SA ŠUŠTON I GUŠTON – festival of wine and food on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the declaration of the Mediterranean diet as a UNESCO intangible heritage
participating: Hvar High School, Hvar winemakers association, Hvar restaurateurs