The church is in Rovanjska (in Rawna) located very close to the waterfront. It has preserved the original form of half-cross with a specific cupola in an oval shape and barrel-vaulted ceiling.

The church is a real pearl of the pre-romanesque sacral architecture, imagined as a big sundial and calendar. The experts guess the time of its construction between the 9th and 11^th century and they place it along the most important churches of this period such as the famous “Holly Cross” in Nin and St Pelegrin in Savar.

To construct something like this, more than a thousand years ago, anyhow represented an astonishing architectural project requiring significant knowledge in astronomy and mathematics.

Today the church of St George is a cultural – heritage monument (zero-category protected) of the Republic of Croatia.

One of the crucial subjects in terms of valorisation of cultural resources in the area of Jasenice Municipality is the Culture and Arts Society “Vila Velebita”, (named hereafter: KUD) founded in 2002, has 15 members who actively participate in the work. KUD’s main goal has been to encourage and preserve folklore and ethnographic heritage of Jasenice Municipality as well as to cherish and promote original customs, language and tradition of Jasenice.

KUD actively participates in different national and international manifestations. Its collaboration with the National museum in Zadar (Ethnological department) in particular can be highlighted. Together, they have organised embroidery workshops of the four-hook type which is traditional decorative embroidery of the Dinaric area of Northern Dalmatia.

Especially valuable heritage of Jasenice Municipality represents Folk costumes worn and promoted by KUD “Vila Velebita” during its performances. For the needs of the “Renewing the Heritage – reconstructed folk costumes show” event, by participating in 2014, reconstructed traditional costume was promoted. Reconstruction was realized in collaboration with the Ethnological department of the National museum from Zadar, where the original folk costume examples are being kept. Every year, KUD organizes evening of folklore with a name “Velebite ne daj magli na se”

(Velebit Mountain, don’t let the fog in) which became a popular traditional event.

Through the territory of Jasenice Municipality goes a 24 kilometre long section of Majstorska road (total length is 41 km), representing a significant resource of architectural and historical heritage.

Majstorska road is a unique panoramic road presenting a trans-Velebit road, or connection between St. Rok in Lika with Obrovac in Dalmatia. It was inaugurated on October 4^th in 1832. Significance of this road was reflected by post and goods exchange made possible by it.

At the time when this road was built its construction represented a distinctive step forward because of building techniques in difficult conditions, so the name of the road derives from German word “Meisterstück” which means Masterpiece.

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