
Selca, a village in
the interior of the island of Brac; elevation 114
m. Chief occupations include farming, olive and fruit
growing, and stone working (stone pits in the vicinity).
Situated on the regional road running along the island.
Ferry connection with Makarska from nearby Sumartin.
On Hum Hill, near Selca,
traces of a prehistoric hill-fort have been found.
The monumental parish church features a representation
of Christ (by I. Mestrovic), and the statues of L.
N. Tolstoy (by the Czech sculptor Jaroslav Barda,
1913), S. Radic (by A. Augustincic), H. D. Genscher,
the German politician (by Jose Gomes, 1994), Pope
John Paul II (by K. Kovacic, 1995) are in the park.