GOOD FRIDAY PROCESSION TRAIL

On Good Friday morning, the inhabitants of Dol start their Via Crucis procession from the Parish Church of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (built in 1886 on the site of an earlier church), led by a cross-bearer and performing the ‘Weeping of the Lady’ passion chant. The stations along the Way of the Cross are announced by the children playing an idiophone instrument called the škrgajke, but they encounter the procession only at one station, next to the early medieval Church of St. Michael (9^th-11^th century) on Mihoj Rat Hill above Dol. The procession leads to two more important monuments of the island’s sacral heritage: the Romanesque Church of St.  Vitus (13^th century) on the top of the hill of Velo Brdo and the former parish church of the village of Dol dedicated to St. Peter (11^th-12^th century). Its bell tower features the oldest preserved bell on the island (14^th century). Certain Stations of the Cross are also vantage points that offer panoramic views of Dol, the neighbouring villages of Postira and Škrip, and the Brač Channel.

• Start 43° 21’ 2.808’’ N 16° 37’ 23.3436’’ E
  Parish Church of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary; start along the road towards the south
• 0.30 km turn left from the road, and immediately after 50 m turn right to the Church of St. Peter; from the church, continue along the path in a southward direction
• 0.70 km turn right at the fork in the path
• 1.50 km turn right
• 1.80 km turn right
• 1.90 km turn towards the Church of St. Michael (Sveti Mihovil); return to the trail the same way
• 2.70 km continue straight on
• 3.40 km turn right to Kučac vantage point and return the same way
• 4.20 km continue straight on
• 4.40 km return to the starting point

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