Talk:Brač

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BRAC (Basic Rest Activity Cycles) of the brain.

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Kind of strange that this page shows "BraÄ" instead of the correct name "Bra&#269;". --Neoneo13 19:32, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * Er, where? The title omits the hacek over the letter "c" to avoid such issues, and the &#269; in the content is properly encoded so it should display fine... --Joy &#91;shallot&#93;   23:15, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Need disambiguation page
I came here after much struggle to look up this page by searching for the English spelling "Brach" — which I have added to the introductory paragraph. There are many results returned when searching for Brach. I'm not sure how to go about creating a disambiguation page, though. -Amatulic 21:29, 12 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I added a See Also from the "Brach" page Andrewmp (talk) 09:31, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

White House myth
Unfortunately, Brač stone was not used to build the White House. That's a local myth. See. The truth is that it was built of white-painted Aquia Creek sandstone. With a heavy heart, I've removed that claim from the article. AlasdairGreen27 (talk) 21:10, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I found a [source http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1986-11-09/features/8603090262_1_white-house-brac-stone] that gives some credence to that myth. One way or the other, I think it is helpful to have two or three sentences about it in the article, even if only to refute it with a good source. --denny vrandečić (talk) 23:23, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

Politically Motivated Historical Facts On Your Web Site!
Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing to bring Wikipedia’s attention to questionable historical information pertaining to the lsland of Brač and the former coastal Principality of Paganija in today's modern Croatia. Historical facts are being presented here which appear to be formulated using unscientific methods.

Wikipedia States: The island of Brač was mentioned in the year 950 by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos as a island in Pagania (Neretva) settled by Serbs (including Split, Sinj, Vrgorac, Trogir, Omis and Makarska with islands of Hvar, Stari Grad, Vis)

The sentance here is using the information written in the book "De Administrator Imperio" by Roman Emperor Constantine VII Progenitors (Byzantine Empire) as it's reference point. The historic information in the De Administrator Imperio has long been know as questionable, contradictory and should be treated as such when concerning the referencing information about the people in that region. While other sections of this book have been regarded as genuine by respected Historians. By using edited sections of De Administrator Imperio the reader comes to the conclusion that Slavic people of that area are only of Serbian decent which clearly is incorrect. This makes De Administrator Imperio a questionable source of historic information about this region.

There are other discrepancies in this document such as two chapters telling two different versions of the arrival of Croatians. The sections about the arrival of Serbs seem to be identical to one of stories telling the arrival of Croatians. The chapters read as a retelling of the migration pattern of same peoples as if the author lacked historical information and used it as a template. One of the chapters also used mythic Croatian narratives as fact. Also De Administrator Imperio is describing events that took place three centuries before it was written. With this in mind, information in De Administrator Imperio concerning the and it’s relation to Principality of Paganija can be put in serious doubt. Why hasn't other information been represented from that period of history, such as the historical perspectives from the other Chronicles written in that period. Historical perspectives from the Medieval Kingdom Of Croatia, Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik), Venetian Republic, The Vatican and of course the most important of all the people themselves who live in that region.

Due to the very nature of the Internet and its place in society this misleading information can be used in the future as a propaganda weapon. One can only recall the recent former Yugoslavian Wars and how much pain, misery and death it brought. One should also ask why is Wikipedia using such poor amateur historic scientific methods and is it representing politically biased interests?

Sincerely

123.2.59.195 (talk) 11:18, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Size of Brač
Brač is not the largest island in Croatia. Both Cres and Krk, both in the Northern Adriatic, are bigger (both are the same size: 405,78 m2). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.212.110.5 (talk) 19:28, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
 * This has been corrected, it says now that it is the largest island in Dalmatia and third-largest in Croatia. --denny vrandečić (talk) 11:55, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

chakavian form
i think the name in Chakavian should be Broc (instead of Broč), according to the correct IPA transcription /ts/. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sacdegemecs (talk • contribs) 10:15, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Missing sections and more sources
There should be a section on Geography (probably include the administration and settlements section and a subsection on Climate) and Flora and Fauna. Cres, Hvar and Lastovo provide nice examples of nearby islands. Maybe transportation? Notable people? Culture (including the jokes about geizig)? Church administration? (see https://hvarskabiskupija.hr/adresar/ ) -- denny vrandečić (talk) 06:21, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

Economy: https://repozitorij.pmf.unizg.hr/islandora/object/pmf%3A4798/datastream/PDF/view

Currently made it until about 1420 in History, need to proceed further.

Operation Flounced (WW2)

Regarding national ferry lines, in the lead terms of the number of transported passengers and vehicles are the one between Split and Supetar on the island of Brač (central Dalmatia) and one between Valbiska (island of Krk) and Merag (island of Cres) in northern Kvarner Gulf. (from Transport in Croatia)

Brač stamps under Nazi German occupation: https://www.stampcommunity.org/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=15759

Operation Morgenwind: https://codenames.info/operation/morgenwind/ and sh:Operacija Morgenwind and List of Axis operational codenames in the European Theatre

https://hemu.lzmk.hr/Natuknica.aspx?ID=6504

https://pomorska.lzmk.hr/Natuknica?id=995