Novo Selo

Modern Novo Selo has the air of an artists' commune, and that is exactly what the place was when it was founded between Illyrian drystone walls and Roman cisterns. A handful of stonemasons and sculptors settled here and tried out their new working techniques and ideas straight away on a huge boulder which today, decorated and hewn all over, marks the beginning of the village. Mockers may remark that ever since the stone was hewn the artists reach for the wine rather than for the tool - but that way they can tell visitors about the alternative years and the origins of the place in a far more relaxed manner…