Territory of the Municipality of Brela connects the mountain and the sea, settlements Brela and Gornja Brela. The name Brela comes from the old word brelo, which means the same as vrelo (spring), and it is shared by twenty or so hamlets in the coastal region and several in the region behind Biokovo. The most important hamlets of Brela are: Novaci, Donje Selo, Kričak, Ribičići, Medići, Soline and Jakiruša. Local government and school are situated at Kričak, and Soline is known as a nautical centre. Gornja Brela consists of the following hamlets: Škrabići, Subotište, Carevići, Tomaši, Zaveterje and Bartulovići. That region has, according to the last census from 2001, population of 1,771 inhabitants (153 in Gornja Brela). After the Second World War, and especially after the penetration of the Adriatic Tourist Road, the famous Adriatic Highway, Brela became one of the most important tourist destinations on Makarska Riviera. Brela was mentioned for the first time in 950 in Greek language (to Beroylloa). Latin name Brolanenses was recorded in 1315 in a charter by which Juraj Šubić from the town of Klis acknowledges privileges members of Omiška Krajina had to the inhabitants of Brela. In the Croatian language name Brela was mentioned first time in 1601 in a letter from Alaga castellan of Zadvarje to “providur” (Venetian supervisor) of Omiš. Archaeological finds confirm the existence of life in Brela from prehistory till today. Particularly interesting archaeological remains found recently are those in the seabed of Jakiruša cove. Numerous preserved sacral monuments testify on the historical continuity during the Middle and Modern Age. There is an old parish church of St. Nicholas (14th century) in Gornja Brela. Nearby the hamlet of Carevići, at the foot of Poletnica, there is a single-aisle church of St. Ilija (Elias). Church of the Lady of Health in Gornja Brela was erected during the first years of the 18th century, and a church of the same name was also erected in the hamlet of Stubište in 1939. There is a medieval cemetery in Brela under St. Stjepan’s (Stephen’s) church from the 14th century. The church itself was mentioned in 1626, but destroyed in the beginning of the 17th century. A baroque church was built at its place, but it was destroyed when the erection of the today’s St. Stjepan’s church began in 1887. A church of the Lady of Victory (1715) is in Soline. There are also St. Juraj’s Brela, Tourist Board Brela (George’s) church (20th century), chapel of St. Rocco from 1858 and several other chapels in Brela. Among other monuments particularly interesting are Herceg’s fort and a complex of housing and farm buildings in Soline and at Kričak. The Nature Park Biokovo with numerous belvederes and horticultural peculiarities rounds up the whole of the natural and cultural heritage of Brela. Nevistina stina (the Bride’s Rock) and an old oak tree in Soline are the most common targets of the cameras and camcorders of many tourists.