Ivica Profaca

Ivica Profaca is a journalist with decades of experience, and strong connection with Split, city where he was born, and where and with which he still lives. With this series of blogs he shows Split as he see it, and as he would like you to see it. Contact writer via: iprofaca@gmail.com
  • Release Brakes, It's Carnival!

    It's a Carnival time! Go out to streets, alleys and squares, put your mask on face and act crazy for that one day! And have fun, of course. This Saturday, as we know, a 10-days Carnival fest in Split begins. It's a continuity of tradition that is inseparable part of Split identity for centuries. When Carnival flag got raised on a city pole at the main square, all the brakes will be gone, and Split will prove how much it love insanities of all kind. Of course, we are thinking on those benign ... More

  • In Search Of Soul of Split

    Some would say that there wouldn't be Split, if there wasn't Diocletian. However, would there be a Diocletian's Palace if there wasn't scenery that attracted retired Roman emperor to build his Palace here? Sometimes a hill, valley, river or other similar point can be so much more than just a geographical fact. Marjan is exactly such a case. After all, one of the most common descriptions of Split is "a city under Marjan". No matter which direction the one is coming from, this small - ... More

  • Feel and Taste Split

    Small things make a city. They make it unique, and make its citizens love it. It's a reason good enough to make visitors discover all those things which will allow them to love some place in a way those who live there love it. Split has Diocletian's Palace, it has Marjan, beautiful sea and coast, it has history. Thus, people who live at the spot so strongly filled with heritage become part of the same heritage, and heritage becomes part of your everyday life. But there is more. If there ... More

  • Weather Powered City

    Split is a climate-powered city. Same is with its citizens. It's enough that clouds and rain cover city's sky, and the very third day a flow of people fills every available open space, with the single conversation topic: "Finally, we barely survived". If, by any chance, sun disappeared for some longer period of time, outcome on Split streets is hard to predict. No long enjoying over coffee at Riva, no picigin at Bačvice beach, and no sunglasses covering faces. The only comfort would ... More