Part of my family comes from this town. As a child, I spent all my school holidays here.
The house is located in the historic centre, on a peninsula surrounded by medieval walls and fortified towers. It is a small two-storey stone house set in a courtyard - a social, open environment, a sort of meeting point - surrounded by narrow paths and steps.
Kuca fotografa was once the home and studio of Nikica Karavida, a photographer who was active between the wars with a very humanist approach to photography. After his death, the house remained in the hands of his family and was lived in until the early 1990s. During the war in Croatia, it was damaged, looted and left abandoned until I became the owner in 2015. I entirely restored it, preserving the original character and structure of the old building, in compliance with the rules imposed on houses in the historic centre of Novigrad, as defined by the Ministry of Culture's Conservation Department. Particular attention has been paid to striking a balance between the region's architectural traditions, local materials and contemporary design elements. It has thus become a house that blends tradition and modernity, paying tribute to its former owner through the photographs scattered on its walls.
The house is an intimate nest situated in Novigrad in Dalmatia. This fishing village surrounded by four national parks - Paklenica, Plitvice Lakes, Kornati and Krka - lies on the shores of a secluded fjord along the Adriatic coast, far off the beaten track, and has just 542 permanent residents. During the summer months, this number increases slightly, giving the area a gentle buzz. The house, full of mini-concepts that define the space and the objects, is a work of art where every detail has its specific purpose. Some are based on the region's solid architectural traditions, while others are highly contemporary concepts designed to fit in with the old. The house has remained true to its roots and tells a story.
"Dal Mar", the Maroja family's fish bar, is a modest but not-to-be-missed venue, whose special feature is that the fish served is caught by this family of fishermen. The grandmother was a renowned fisherwoman! The son and grandsons are now either to be found on the boat or in the kitchen. Konoba Mika is nearby, where you can sample mussels from their farm. Novigrad mussels are particularly famous thanks to the unique blend of fresh water from the River Zrmanja and salt water from the Adriatic, which creates ideal growth conditions. On the magnificent River Zrmanja canyon, you can hire a boat, take part in a guided tour or even go canoeing on the upper reaches of the river.
The house has a simple layout: on the ground floor there is a fully equipped kitchen with a dining area and a shower room with a toilet. The upper floor is the sleeping area with a bath and a wood-burning stove. It can be reached by a steep indoor wooden staircase, or by a more comfortable outdoor staircase.
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