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Brusje, Hvar
If you take the old road from Hvar you will reach Brusje after some 6 km. Founded as a shepherd settlement in the 16th c. it still shows the rustical stone houses connected in picturesque architectural complex. On the road to the village you will first meet the ruins of the two 16th c. villas. The village itself is very much known after its production of lavender and rosemary eteric oils.
Population: 206 (2001)
Popis stanovnika iz 1673. godine (Census of 1673)
- BRIZANOV Luka 6
- DUCHIN Grgo 7, Matija udova Mihovila 6
- DULČIĆ Ivan 8, Jakov 5, Jakov por Marka 3, Kuzmo (il vecchio) 6, Kuzmo Matin 6, Luka 10, Margarita udova Mihovila 6, Mate reč Stagilo 4, Nikola pok Luke 6
- MARČIĆ Nikola 6
- PALARIĆ Ivan 5, Vicko 8
- RADIŠIĆ Ivan 4, Ivan reč Buchias 5
Sources
Information extracted from article on THE CENSUS OF THE ISLAND OF HVAR FROM 1673 (Popis stanovnika otoka Hvara iz 1673. godine) by Nevenka Bezić-Božanić, published in the magazine Čakavska rič, Split 1991, br.1.
Poznate osobe
Poznate osobe rođene ili podrijetlom iz Brusja.
- Lucija Rudan (rod. Perinić), hrv. pjesnikinja, pokopana je u Bogomolju.
- Kažimir Hraste, hrv. kipar
- Mate Hraste, hrv. jezikoslovac
- Vjekoslav Miličić, hrv. pravnik
- Antun Palarić, ustavni sudac
- Sibe Miličić, hrv. književnik
- Marin Hraste, hrv. akademik
- Ivo Dulčić, hrv. slikar