Klapa singing is a multipart singing tradition of the southern Croatian regions of Dalmatia.

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This was when the city and the Doge ruled the coastlines of the eastern Mediterranean, from Dalmatia to Crete.

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To explore Hvar's unsung highlights, take the car ferry from Split, Dalmatia's capital, to the ancient town of Stari Grad on Hvar's western coast.

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Klapa singing is a multipart singing tradition of Dalmatia.

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Most think of Marco Polo as Venetian, but although he set off from the Italian city for his great Asian odyssey, and lived there later in life, evidence points to his origins in a ship-building family from here, the coast of Dalmatia.

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