Royal vineyards are situated on the rocky slopes near the petrcane village they were replanted on the land gifted to the benedictine sister from the monastery of st mary in zadar by king peter kresimir the iv in the 11th century grapes have grown for many centuries on those rocky slopes above petrcane the vineyards overlook the zadar archipelago and velebit mountain spreading on 40 hectares and counting more than 300 000 vines royal vineyards are among biggest vineyards in zadar region