Novalja
| Novalja | |
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Novalja waterfront
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 Novalja
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| Coordinates: 44°33′N 14°53′E / 44.550°N 14.883°ECoordinates: 44°33′N 14°53′E / 44.550°N 14.883°E | |
| Country |
 Croatia
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| County |
 Lika-Senj
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| Island | Pag |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ante Dabo (Most) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 99.36 km2 (38.36 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 3,663 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Website | http://www.novalja.hr |
Novalja (pronounced [nɔ̌v̞aʎa]) is a town in the north of the island of Pag in the Croatian part of Adriatic Sea. In recent times Novalja became famous because of the Zrće Beach, which is one of the biggest summer party zones in Europe.
The earliest settlers on the island were an Illyrian tribe that came to the region in the Bronze Age; traces of their settlement can still be seen around Pag. In the 1st century BC, the Romans took possession, and have left numerous archeological and cultural artifacts.
Novalja is the successor of a Roman city called Cissa, considered by perhaps most scholars to be the seat of an ancient Christian bishopric of that name. Others prefer to identify the see with an island city of the same name in Istria, close to present-day Rovinj. A bishop of Cissa named Vindemius took part in some year between 571 and 577 in a schismatic synod in Grado called by Patriarch Elias of Aquileia. Arrested by the Exarch of Ravenna he was forced to abjure his views on the controversy of the Three Chapters, but once free from Byzantine Empire control reaffirmed his position and took part in another schismatic synod in 590. A bishop of Cissa called Ursinus took part in a synod at Rome in 680 and signed the acts. Soon after, Cissa ceased to exist, perhaps because of an earthquake. No longer a residential bishopric, Cissa is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.
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