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Brač (Italian: Brazza) is an island in the Adriatic Sea within Croatia, with an area of , making it the largest island in Dalmatia, and the third largest in the Adriatic. It is separated from the mainland by the Brač Channel, which is wide. The island's tallest peak, Vidova gora, or Mount St. Vid, stands at , making it the highest point of the Adriatic islands. The island has a population of 13,931, living in twenty-two settlements, ranging from the main town Supetar, with more than 3,400 inhabitants, to Murvica, where less than two dozen people live. Brač Airport on Brač is the largest airport of all islands surrounding Split. Brač is known as a tourist destination, for the Zlatni Rat beach in Bol, the marina in Milna, the white limestone which was used for the palace of Diocletian, the stone mason school in Pučišća, the oldest preserved text written in the Croatian language, the author Vladimir Nazor, its olive oil with protected designation of origin, the Kopačina cave near Donji Humac with archaeological findings dating to the 12th millennium BCE, the Blaca hermitage, and other things. Brač (brâːtʃ) is known in the local Chakavian Broč (broːtʃ). In Latin Bretia or Brattia, in Italian Brazza. The Greek name of the island was Elaphousa, apparently derived from elaphos "stag". Based on this, it has been speculated that the original name of the island may have been derived from Messapic *brentos ("stag"). The Messapic word is deduced from a gloss "brendon — elaphon [deer]". Polybius and Plinius record the name of the island as Brattia. Other names through history for Brač have been Brectia, Bractia, Brazia, Elaphusa, Bretanide and Krateiai (in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax, identification unsure). Brač is with an area of the largest island in Dalmatia, and the third largest island in the Adriatic Sea overall. The island is roughly oval-shaped, being almost wide from east to west, and about north to south. Brač has a long and folded coastline with a length of more than , with numerous smaller and larges bays.

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La reconquête des quais. Un terminal maritime pour Zadar (Dalmatie, Croatie)

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Comme les villes portuaires de Rijeka, Pula, Sibenik ou Split, Zadar assume son rôle d'interface maritime, une halte le long des 1777 km de la côte dalmate. De plus sa position dominante, au cœur des archipels de Dugi Otok et des Kornati fait de cette ville le lien privilégié des insulaires avec le continent. C'est elle qui assure la survie des îles habitées de ces archipels grâce aux liaisons quotidiennes par ferries. Un mauvais réseau de transport maritime aurait pour conséquence de condamner les villages insulaires. L'installation d'un terminal passagers/véhicules s'avère donc nécessaire pour dynamiser l'ensemble de la région de Zadar. L'infrastructure portuaire cherche à satisfaire les besoins quotidiens des habitants, ainsi que ceux de l'afflux touristique saisonnier qui engendre une utilisation massive de ces équipements et demande une organisation précise afin de préserver la cité de l'engorgement automobile dont elle souffre actuellement. Une multitude d'enjeux urbains permettent à la gare maritime d'offrir plus à la ville qu'un objet fonctionnel supplémentaire. Elle doit, de par ses connexions aux réseaux de transport, devenir un élément structurant de la ville à part entière. Une nouvelle porte d'entrée dans la ville qui génère un développement urbain adapté dans une aire industrielle peu à peu abandonnée.

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