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Rovinj & Vrsar zanimljivosti | Points of Interest in Rovinj & Vrsar
Piše | Text by: Andrej Konestabo
Koversada - 50 godina nudističkog turizma
Koversada - 50 Years of Naked Tourism
Jedan od najvećih nudističkih
kampova na svijetu slavi pola stoljeća
postojanja...
One of the greatest nudist camps in
the world is celebrating half a century
of existence…
Kada je poznati ljubavnik i pustolov Giacomo Casanova
zbog svojih “nepodopština” morao bježati iz Venecije
sklonište mu je osigurao porečki biskup koji ga je
smjestio na biskupijsko imanje u Vrsaru. Dio tog
imanja, osim velike palače i maslinika, bio je i otočić
Koversada, na ulazu u Limski kanal. Kakve veze je
porečki biskup mogao imati s Casanovom ovoga nas
trenutka manje zanima od legende koja kaže da je
Casanova bio prvi naturist koji se gol golcat kupao na
Koversadi.
Prvi naturisti
Legenda je postala aktualna 1960. godine kada je
u Vrsar došao njemački učitelj plivanja i vlasnik
turističke agencije “Miramare” iz Münhena Rudolf
Halbig. Halbig je bio oduševljen Vrsarom i netaknutom
prirodom otočića Koversada koji je “nudio” i točno
jedan kilometar obale, koliko je opseg otoka. Ubrzo se
dogovorio s Vrsaranima (tada je u Vrsaru već postojalo
turističko poduzeće “Lim”) i naredne godine, 1961. na
Koversadu su stigli prvi naturisti. “Golaći” kako su ih
zvali domaći ljudi.
“Golaći” su spavali u Vrsaru, po kojem bi navečer šetali
u grupama, a tijekom dana bi boravili na Koversadi gdje
bi ih dovozili brodicama. Tako je počeo naturizam u
Hrvatskoj i na Jadranu. Već 1962. godine na Koversadu
dolaze i članovi ANITA-e (Asociazione Naturrista
Italiana). Počinju se podizati prvi šatori. Koversada
postaje sve poznatija, objavljuju se brojne reportaže, a
broj naturista iz godine u godinu sve je veći.
Broj jedan
Kamp se uskoro organizira na kopnu, otočić se
povezuje s kopnom stotinjak metara dugačkim
mostom, turističko društvo u Vrsaru mijenja ime u
“Anita” - i sve to doprinosi tome da Vrsar jako dobro
živi od “golaća”. Nakon dvadesetak godina, 1976.
godine Koversada postaje najveći naturistički kamp
na Mediteranu koji u jednom danu može ugostiti do
When the famous lover and adventurer Giacomo
Casanova had to flee from Venice due to his
improprieties, the bishop of Poreč provided him with
refuge by placing him at the bishop’s estate in Vrsar. A
part of that estate, besides a large palace and an olive
grove, was the isle of Koversada at the entrance to the
Limski Channel. What was the relation between the
bishop of Poreč and Casanova is at this moment less
important than the legend which says that Casanova
was the first naturist who bathed stark naked on
Koversada.
The First Naturists
The legend came to life in 1960, when a German
swimming instructor and the owner of the Miramare
tourist agency from Munich, Rudolf Halbig, came to
Vrsar. Halbig was thrilled with Vrsar and the intact
nature of the isle of Koversada, which offered exactly
one kilometer of coastline - which is its entire
circumference. He soon made an agreement with
the people of Vrsar (the Lim tourist company already
existed in Vrsar) and in the following year, 1961, the
first naturists came to Koversada. “Golaći” as the local
people used to call them.
The nudists slept in Vrsar, where they used to go for
walks in the evenings, and during the day, they would
stay on Koversada, where they would arrive in boats.
That is how naturism started in Croatia on the Adriatic.
The members of ANITA (Associazione Naturista
Italiana) came to Koversada as early as 1962. The first
tents were put up. Koversada became increasingly
famous, there were numerous stories published about
it, and the number of naturists kept increasing year
after year.
Number One
A camp was soon established on the coast, the island
was connected with the land by a hundred meter long
bridge, the tourist company in Vrsar changed its name
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