Reason #136: there’s something special about this limestone
I bet if we asked a bunch of people here to use just one word to describe this island most of them would say – stone (Croatian: kamen)
Photo courtesy of the Tourist Board of Selca
As in limestone. As in, we’re surrounded by it, everything is made out of it, people work with it, live off of it, we love it, we hate it…. stone.
One of the many stone quarries on Brač.
Photos by Anton Whittle. A man who loves hanging out in Brački quarries :)
It’s not just Brač, a good portion of the entire country is made up of limestone. Here’s an article that explains it: Wisegeek.com – What is so special about Croatian limestone?
The article mentions that the White House (THE White House) is made of Croatian limestone. To be precise, it’s only the Oval Office, and it wasn’t just any Croatian limestone, it was the best kind. Yes, you guessed it – Brački kamen ;)
