Desne is one of nine villages of the Municipality of Kula Norinska, in the

Dubrovnik-Neretva County The Dubrovnik-Neretva County (; hr, Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija, ) is the southernmost county of Croatia, located in south Dalmatia. The county seat is Dubrovnik and other large towns are Korčula, Metković, Opuzen and Ploče. The Muni ...

, on

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's Dalmatian coast. Former speaker of the Croatian Parliament Luka Bebić and the well-known Croatian-American winemaker Mike Grgich were born in Desne.

Architecture

Parish church of Saint George

The church was built at the end of or the beginning of the 18th century, after the Ottomans lost the village. It was too small to accommodate all the denizens, so the Makarska

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Fabijan Blašković in 1779 ordered a

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of the same size to be built. This didn't happen, and the church started deteriorating and became dangerous for entrants. In 1837, service was banned until it was fixed. It was repaired in 1845 and expanded to 16.5x8 metres. The belfry was built after

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. A renovation happened in 1990 when Dušan Brečić was

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. Afterwards, archbishop Ante Jurić, consecrated the church on the holiday of Saint Liborius, on 23 July 1991.

Chapel of Saint Nicholas

The 6.7x5.3 metre chapel was built after the foundation of the parish in 1921, next to the

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, in the part of the village called Kod Kuća. Since the populace from nearby

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left,

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is held only during the holiday of Saint Nicholas and by need.

Chapel of Saint Roch on Rujnica

The earliest mention of this 9.15x4 metre chapel is in 1761 when a

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was recorded. The pastor settled on the mountain Rujnica that year. The village in which the chapel has been was

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by 1910. Today, mass is held there only on the holiday of

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, the third day of

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, and the third day of Pentecost. The descendants of the former populace then congregate. The chapel's roof was renovated which saved it from further deterioration.

Nearby chapels

There are two small chapels, both dedicated to the Virgin Mary, near the village. The first is in the hamlet Medaca, and the second is in the hamlet Bebići.

Demographics

References

External links

www.desne.net
{{Settlements in the Kula Norinska municipality Populated places in Dubrovnik-Neretva County