Sveti Andrija

Sveti Andria in English (Saint Andreew) with lighthouse Body of water Adriatic Sea Elaphite archipelago Geographical location ♁42° 38′ N, 17° 57′ ECoordinates: 42° 38′ N, 17° 57′ E |

| OSM Sveti Andrija (Dubrovnik-Neretva) Length 475 km Width 130 km Area 3.6 ha Highest elevation 57 m residents uninhabited Sveti Andrija (Italian Donzella) is an uninhabited Croatian island in Dubrovnik-Neretva County and part of the Elaphiti Islands. It is about 11 km away from the city of Dubrovnik. geography The coast of the island consists mainly of bare rock. The western part of the island is characterized by dense coniferous forests, the rest by various other sclerophyllous plants. Story On Sveti Andrija, the island of the Elaphites furthest to the open sea, there are the remains of a Benedictine monastery that was officially closed around 1799, but probably already before that, and a lighthouse that was built in 1873 and has been rebuilt several times since then. Sveti Andrija also served as a quarantine station for people suffering from the plague in the early 15th century, and the Benedictine monk and poet Mavro Vetranovič (1482–1576)

lived here as a hermit around the mid-16th century. web links Commons: Sveti Andrija (Elaphiti) - Collection of images, videos and audio files