Hrvatski
Silba je jedino selo na otoku. U prošlosti su na ovom otoku žene, starci i djeca bili uglavnom pastiri, a muškarci su cijeli svoj život živjeli na moru, plovili svim morskim putevima i pod starost se vraćali na otok, ako ih more prije toga ne bi progutalo. Vraćali bi se da umru. Poznavali su obje Amerike, zemlje Dalekog istoka, hridi sjevernih mora, obale Afrike i Australije, ali nikada ne bi zaboravili pjesmu o otoku nalik raju i legendu vezanu za toretu na Silbi.
Taj toranj na vrhu sela, smješten usred parka, silbanski je spomenik jedne ljubavi koja je učinila čuvenim sivozeleni otok utonuo u šutnju. Toranj se visoko uzdiže i s njega se pruža prekrasan vidik. Uz njega se vezuje priča o ljubavi jednog morskog vuka koji je za sobom ostavio kuću, toranj i grob na kojemu je još za života dao uklesati natpis: “Petar Marinić, kapetan, 1891. Jao onomu tko makne ove kosti.
Bio je mlad, kaže priča, još mornar. I mlada, lijepa bila je njegova zaručnica Antonija Mauro. “Kad se vratim s ovog dugog putovanja, rekao joj je jednog dana prije odlaska, vjenčat ćemo se! Zasadit ću vrt oko kuće, a usred vrta sagradit ću tornjić s kojeg će se vidjeti cijeli otok i more.” Poljubio je djevojku i otplovio.
Dugo je plovio oceanima, a kada se konačno vratio, mnogo je djece dotrčalo na silbansko pristanište. Među njima je bila i jedna posebno ljupka djevojčica. Petar Marinić joj se nasmiješi, uzme je u naručje, pomiluje je i upita ljude okupljene na pristaništu:
– Čije je ovo dijete?
– To je kći Antonije Mauro, tvoje zaručnice, koja se udala za tvog prijatelja. Djevojčica se također zove Antonija! Rastuži se pomorac, zagrli djevojčicu i zakle se:
– Antonija me nije čekala, ali ako majka nije mogla postati mojom ženom, postat ce to kći. Čekat ću dok se ovo dijete ne razvije u ženu.
Bio je uporan i čekao dugih dvadeset godina. Dao je sagraditi tornjić usred sela, uz svoju kuću, na najvišoj uzvisini Silbe. Sagradio ga je od živog kamena i kamenim je zidom opasao vrt oko njega. Antonija Mauro nikada nije tamo zakoraknula. Ušla je u tu ogradu njezina kći, s rukom u ruci kapetana Petra Marinića, s vjenčanim prstenom na prstu. Ona u cvijetu mladosti, guste crne kose, velikih sjajnih očiju; on trideset godina stariji, s prorijeđenom kosom, ali krepak, uspravan, još lijep u ozbiljnoj zrelosti svoga života.
I gledali su s tornja otok, brodove i more. Toranj na uzvisini vrta, poškropljen slanoćom mora koju vjetar nosi za olujnih dana, stoji i danas kao spomenik ljubavi. Mještani ga zovu – Marinićeva toreta!
Vaš zadatak je popeti se na vrh torete i fotografirati se držeći svoje geocache korisničko ime napisano na komadu papira. Neophodno je da se na fotografiji vidii neki lako prepoznatljiv detalj torete, poput ograde ili pogleda na Olib ili Premudu. Ako ste sramežljivi, možete fotografirati samo svoje korisničko ime (naravno napisano na nečemu).
English
Silba is the only village on the island. In the past, women, the elderly, and children on this island mainly were shepherds, and men lived all their lives at sea, sailed all the sea routes, and returned to the island in old age if the sea had not swallowed them before. They would come back to die. They knew both Americas, the countries of the Far East, the cliffs of the North Seas, the coasts of Africa, and Australia. Still, they would never forget a song about a paradise-like island and a legend related to a Toreta on Silba.
That tower at the top of the village, located in the middle of the park, is a Silbans monument of a love that made famous the gray-green island sank into silence. The tower rises high and offers a beautiful view. He is associated with the story of the love of a sea wolf who left behind a house, a tower, and a grave on which he had an inscription carved while he was still alive: “Petar Marinić, captain, 1891. Woe to him who removes these bones.
He was young, the story goes, still a sailor. And young, beautiful was his fiancée Antonia Mauro. “When I come back from this long journey - he told her one day before leaving - we will get married! I will plant a garden around the house, and in the middle of the garden, I will build a tower from which you can see the whole island and the sea. " He kissed the girl and sailed away.
He sailed the oceans for a long time, and when he finally returned, many children ran to the Silba port. Among them was an adorable girl. Petar Marinić smiled at her, took her into his arms, pardoned her, and asked the people gathered at the pier:
- Whose child is this?
- This is the daughter of Antonia Mauro, your fiancée, who married your friend. The girl's name is also - Antonia! The sailor was saddened, hugged the girl, and swore:
- Antonija was not waiting for me, but if her mother could not become my wife, her daughter will. I will wait until this child develops into a woman.
He was persistent and waited for twenty long years. He had a tower built in the middle of the village, next to his house, on the highest hill of Silba. He built it of stones and surrounded the garden around it with a stone wall. Antonia Mauro never stepped there. Her daughter entered the fence - hand in hand with Captain Petar Marinić, with a wedding ring on her finger. She in the flower of youth, thick black hair, big shining eyes; he — thirty years older, with thinning hair, but stout, erect, still handsome in the serious maturity of his life.
And they watched from the tower the island, the ships, and the sea. The tower on the hill of the garden, sprinkled with the salty sea that the wind carries during stormy days, still stands today as a monument of love. The locals call him - Marinić's toreta!
Your task is to climb to the top of the toreta and photograph yourself holding your geocache username written on a piece of paper. It is essential to see in the photograph some easily recognizable detail of the toreta, such as a fence or a view of Olib or Premuda. If you are shy, you can photograph your username, (ofc written on something).
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