On the nearby hill Okit during the Turkish invasions, refugees founded a settlement and on its top the chapel of Our Lady of Mount Carmel was built in 1660, which was ruined in 1942 by the Italian Navy.

[4] On August 30, 2007, twelwe firefighters died in attempts to localise and stop eruptive fire on the island of Kornat.

This field is most known for the small church of Saint John, damages from the Patriotic 1991-95 war can be sen, the grassland near it is known for having 1 May celebrations every year.

[citation needed] At the request of the manager of the church of the Holy Cross, priest Ante Hlapčić, and by the decision of the episcopal vicar Juraj Šižgorić, on 13 May 1484 Vodice became a chaplaincy, and in 1564 parish to which the settlements Kamene, Okit and Pišća join.

Master builder from Šibenik Ivan Skoko, worked in 1725 on the chapel and the main altar, which were later embedded into the apse of the church.

Under the rosette is inscription in stone board in Latin about dedication of the church to the Holy Cross: INCARNATO DEI FILIO/ IN CRVIS VEXILLO TRIVMPHANTI/ OB PERRPETVAM AMORIS SYNGRAPHAM/ PRIMORES POPVLVSOVE VODICIIARUM/ HOC TEMPLUM OPLYMPIADE VNA/ FVNDITVS EXTRVXERUNT/ ANO DOMINI MDCCXLIXIn translation: To the incarnate Son of God who is triumphant on the flag of the cross, as a bond of eternal love.

It is single-nave shape church, built in Dalmatian Baroque style, with 27 m length, 11 m width and 11 m height.

One of them was made by Petar Bazo in Venice, weighing 852 Viennese pounds, and consercrated and dedicated to Saint Joseph by bishop Ivan Berčić on 24 April 1853.

[11] The baroque main altar made of black and white marble is dedicated to the Holy Cross.

On the altars of the Sacred Heart and the Holy Family there are altarpieces made by Eugenio Moretti Larese.

On the ceiling of the church nave is a painting representing The Holy Trinity, coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Helen with a cross in her hand.

[17] Beginnings of public libraries in Vodice date back to the 19th century and Croatian National Reviwal in Dalmatia.