Novigrad - Novigradsko More - Boat Hbr.

Marina near Novigrad

Last edited 19.07.2022 at 16:40 by NV Charts Team

Latitude

44° 10’ 55.6” N

Longitude

15° 32’ 46.6” E

Description

Novigrad, in the south of Novigradsko More is located on a fjord-like river mouth. The eastern entrance is red lighted and the fairway here is 12m deep, decreasing to 3m in the harbor area. You can usually find a berth at the northern quay, by the stores and the baker.
In strong bora, the water level can drop 50-80cm, this can also happen with delay. All supplies of a resort are right on the eastern shore, here are also the local boats before stern anchors, quite in the inner part the water depth is less than 1m.

Novigrad a place steeped in history and has preserved its charm. It is located at the mouth of a small river.
The place was first mentioned in writing in the 13th century, when the prince Gusići-Kurjakovići built the fortress above the city and made the place a strategically important, well-fortified city. After the death of the Croatian-Hungarian King Louis I of Anjou, his widow Elizabeth and daughter Mary were imprisoned in the Novigrad fortress. King Sigismund of Luxembourg, forced Maria to marry, her mother was strangled in 1387. The counter-king Ladislaus of Naples sold Dalmatia, Novigrad and Zadar to Venice and the city republic conquered Dalmatia from here.