1. King Edward stayed in Cavtat
and leisured on his yacht beside the promenade for his
vacation right before he went home and abdicated.
2. The present Ston was founded in 1333, as soon as Dubrovnik
got hold of Peljesac. The town was fortified by 980 m long
walls, forming an irregular pentagon, with more massive towers
on the corners. The total length of walls is about 5 km (about
3miles). The huge fortified complex was built by Dubrovnik
between 1333 and 1506. Famous masters include: Zupan Bunic
1455, Bernardin from Parma 1461, Olivier the French 1472-1478
and Paskoje Milicevic 1488-1506.
3. The chapel of Our Lady of the Snows in Trsteno keeps
an altarpiece of Madonna with Child by Pieter Coecke van
Aelst.
4. Mljet's is mentioned in the legends
of Odyssey (Ullyses) and St. Paul. According to
legend hero Odyssey was shipwrecked near Melita and lured
by nymph Calypso to an islet named Ogygia. The cave named
Odysseus (Ullyses)
cave can be found today near the Mljet's town of Babino
Polje. There is also an islet named Ogiranj. Just coincidence
or something more? The story of St.
Paul mentiones a groundng on an island
in the Adriatic Sea suspiciously similar
to Mljet.
5. Endangered species of Mediterranean
Monk Seal can be ocasionally seen near the coast of Mljet.
6. In Ston and Mali Ston more than hundred families grow
mussels and oysters. These sea-shells alongside wine are
the best product od the peninsula Pelješac.
7. Picigin is a Croatian game
played in knee deep shallow water. The team of players stand
in circle and are trying to keep the fist sized ball always
in the air by hitting it in any way possible while making
an attractive performance which includes jumping, plunging
and other various breakneck stunts. The best terrain for
this game is the sandy beach of Šunj on Lopud island.
8. All streets in Korčula's Old Town have steps, that is
all but one, which is called "The Street of Thoughts" as
you can stroll heedlesly without tripping over.
9. The great Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović made the
Mausoleum of the family Račić from
Cavtat beside the place of St. Roch's church from 15t century
in 1921.
The mausoleum is built of snow white stone from Brač in
the form of cupola. No other material was used except bronze
for the door, bell and the angel.
The whole mausoleum is full of symbolic representiations
of three basic stages of
human fate, namely : birth, life and death.
Bell founded by Meštrović's design embodies a
beautiful
reflection:
"Comprehend the secret of love, you will
solve
the secret of death and believe that the life is eternal."
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