Historic Vitturi Park

Radoš Micheli Vitturi, a nobleman from Kaštel Lukšić, well-known agronomic expert and president of the Agronomic Academy of Kaštel Lukšić raise the first park in Kaštela in the second part of the 18th century. A painting of the Vitturis with an image of St. Roko who holds a park on his palm witness that. The park dates around the year 1760. Today this park is known as the Vitturi Park. It is situated at the seaside in Kaštel Lukšić. The area of the park is 7450 square meters. Time of its raise could be seen from its classicistic frame and the Renaissance-Baroque groves of box-wood (Buxus sempervirens L.).

It was declared a monument of nature and culture in 1968. In the explanation of the Regional Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments was written: "The Vitturi Park with its space and its access from the sea presents a unique monument of our old horticulture. Such parks are rarely preserved in Dalmatia. Due to this fact this park along with Gučetić's at Trstenu, Garanjin's at Trogiru and Borelli's at St. Filip and Jakov is a rare monument of our garden architecture".

Box-wood groves, old specimen of cypress trees, Aleppo pine, Italian stone pine, laurel (Cupressus L., Pinus halepensis L., Pinus pinea L., Laurus nobilis L.) and other plants are preserved even today in the park. Especially interesting are exotic trees like firmiana (Firmiana simplex Bois.) from the cocoa-tree family, scented callicantus and other trees. The garden was uncared for decades. Fortunately, its area is intact and maintained regularly.

Project documentation is needed for restoration of the park. The next steps would be restitution and revitalization of the park. Such a park would become one of our tourist attractions.