ENGLESKA STRANICA
TEENAGERS` FROM
KAŠTELA
A DAY I WILL NEVER FORGET
On that afternoon, I met my idols, Davor and Petra.
They are my favourite youtubers. I adore their work.
They were very, very nice and friendly to me, and
to other adorers. There were more than hundred
screaming girls and ten boys. I was in a huge shock. I
hugged them so firmly, and they smiled to me. They
told us some jokes and gave us some presents. It
was a brilliant feeling to talk to them. They signed
on my arm, my T-shirt and my diary. I gave them
Oreo biscuits, their favourite snack and I took a selfie with them. I thought I would die at that moment.
There were also other youtubers (who I loved, of
course) so I talked to them, we took a lots of pictures, everyone screamed, we sang lots of songs and
had fun, of course. Everybody was happy and it was
a good atmosphere. It was a wonderful experience
and I hope that I will see them again. That was the
day I will never forget.
tion, because they kept away these areas
from the attacks of Turks who were trying
to win our land. We have the beautiful
Adriatic sea and beautiful beaches along
the coast. There is an airport called Splitairport. Every year, during the summer
holidays, more than ten thousand tourists visit Kaštela. In Kaštel Štafilić there
is a very, very old olive tree. It is called
`Mastrinka`. It is more than thousand
years old and it is under the protection of
UNESCO. Like I said, Kaštela is a beautiful small town and it is the place where I
want to spend my life.
This is a legend from the 17th century
which tells us the story of the tragic love
of two young people from Kaštel Lukšić.
It`s about a doughter, named Dobrila,
from the noble family Vitturi and the son,
named Miljenko, from the noble family
Rušinić. Two young people fell in love,
but their love was forbidden because of
the bad relationship between their families. From the moment their parents knew
about the love that was born between
them. Dobrila was put under strict supervision, while Miljenko was sent to Venice
by his parents. But it was not just that.
Dobrila`s father arranged the marriage of
his daughter with an old nobleman from
Trogir. Miljenko knew about this and arrived at the very moment when the bride
and groom recited their vows and he
stopped the wedding. In order to punish
her for the shame she had caused him,
Dobrila`s father sent her to a convent in
Trogir and to keep Miljenko away from
finding her, he ordered his murder. But
Miljenko was so clever because he was
dressed as a monk, and Dobrila`s father
failed in his idea. Miljenko attempt to find
Dobrila, but he failed, and he even came
into conflict with the law and that`s why
he was sent to prison in Visovac. There he
met a nurse and with her kind help sent
messages to Dobrila and planned his escape. The escape of the young lovers forced
Dobrila`s parents to give in and they sent
a message to return to Kaštel Lukšić to get
married. After the wedding ceremonie in
August 1690 Dobrila`s father, unable to
accept the thought that his daughter was
married to Miljenko, killed Miljenko on
the bridge in front of the castle. After that
Dobrila lost her mind, got sick and died
shortly. Her last wish was to be burried
together with Miljenko in the little church of St. Ivan in Kaštel Lukšić opposite the
castle. On their graves is written forever
the inscription ˝Peace to the lovers“, and
in Kaštel Lukšić there are still both castles,
the Vitturi Castle and the Rušinić Castle.
Luka Vukelić, 6.a
Nikolina Benutić, 6.a
Dora Vušković, 6.c
Kaštela
Kaštela is the most beautiful, wonderful
and historical place in my country. It is
placed in the south of Croatia in Splitskodalmatinska county. Kaštela has got seven
villages. Those are Kaštel Štafilić, Kaštel
Novi, Kaštel Stari, Kaštel Lukšić, Kaštel
Gomilica, Kaštel Kambelovac and Kaštel
Sućurac. Every village has its own old buildings and fortification objects. Kaštela is
located on the foot of the hill Kozjak. It
is a cultural city in which we have many
old museums, galeries, monuments and
a lot of cultural sights. People (singers)
who are singing in groups, called ‘klapa’,
are very popular. I am attending a school that is older than hundred years. The
school where my ancestors went to, too.
As I said, every village has got a fortifica-
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