Planinarsko sklonište Sveti Mihovil
The place
Planinarsko sklonište Sveti Mihovil ("Saint Michael Alpine Refuge") in Split-Dalmatia, Makarska/Podgora sector (Biokovo, central Dalmatia, Croatia), at 1,340 m altitude, on the Sveti Jure slope, the 1,762 m summit of Biokovo. Continuous Croatia cluster (batches 232-354). A sklonište run by HPS (Hrvatski planinarski savez, the Croatian Mountaineering Federation, founded 1874, the 2nd-oldest hiking federation in the world after the Swiss SAC, 1863) beneath the Saint Michael chapel, a Catholic dedication, a zone of Biokovo karst (a 200 km² nature park established 1981, UNESCO Global Geopark 2019 + the Balkan chamois, Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica, 200 reintroduced in 1968, vulnerable + the horned viper, Vipera ammodytes, venomous) and the Makarska Riviera (a postcard coastline, 60 km of white limestone cliffs plunging into the Adriatic + the Sveti Jure iron statue, 1930, at the summit, a Catholic pilgrimage site).
The setting
Split-Dalmatia, Makarska/Podgora, Biokovo, central Dalmatia, Croatia, 1,340 m, Sveti Jure 1,762 m, Biokovo, continuous cluster batches 232-354, HPS founded 1874, 2nd-oldest hiking federation after Swiss SAC 1863, St Michael chapel, Catholic, Biokovo karst, nature park 200 km², est. 1981, UNESCO Global Geopark 2019 + Rupicapra balcanica, 200 reintroduced 1968, vulnerable + Vipera ammodytes venomous, Makarska Riviera 60 km Adriatic cliffs + Sveti Jure iron statue 1930, pilgrimage.
