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Čara
Čara is a village on the island of Korčula in Croatia. Korčula the island, is part of the Dalmatian coast and it belongs to the Dubrovnik-Neretva county. The village is situated twenty-five kilometers west of the old town of Korčula (town), Korčula and is just above a field Čarsko Polje. In the center of the village is the parish church of St Peter, which was built in the 16th century. The church has a painting by the Renaissance Venice, Venetian painter Leandro Bassano which is called ''"Visitation of Jesus Christ to His Disciples"''. The painting is placed above the church altar. Čara is 13 km west of Pupnat and 3.35 km east of Smokvica, Korčula, Smokvica. Čara is part of a wine growing region and it produces Pošip and Marastina dry wines. Cultivation of olives is also part of Čara's rich agricultural palette. The wine cellar is located south of Čara towards the bays of Zavalatica and Zitna. The bays have become a tourist attraction in recent modern times. Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smokvica, Korčula
Smokvica is a village on the island of Korčula and a municipality in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County in Croatia. Smokvica is located in the centre of the island of Korčula, about 4 kilometers west of Čara, 13 kilometers east of Blato, Korčula, Blato and 4 kilometers north from Brna. It is known as the birthplace of one of the best-known Croatian wines - Pošip. The large Neo-Romanesque church of the ''Purification of Our Lady'' was designed by Oton Iveković and built in 1920 on the site of an older church which was built in 1666. Beside it is a "loggia", a baroque building surrounded by columns on all sides. In the village there are several old patrician summer houses, and nearby there are several small early-medieval churches. The Ante Cefera cultural and performing society in the village nurtures the music and local folk dance called Kumpanija. Smokvica has several fertile fields that are named Krusevo, Prapratna, Stiniva, Banja, Sitnica, Livin Dol and Cipojino polje. The seasi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korčula
Korčula () is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea. It has an area of , is long and on average wide, and lies just off the Dalmatian coast. Its 15,522 inhabitants (2011) make it the second most populous Adriatic island after Krk. The population are almost entirely ethnic Croats (95.74%). The island is Twin towns and sister cities, twinned with Rothesay, Bute, Rothesay in Scotland. It is known for Grk, a white wine that is only produced on the island and not exported due to limited production. Geography The island of Korčula belongs to the central Dalmatian archipelago, separated from the Pelješac peninsula by a narrow Strait of Pelješac, between wide. It stretches in the east–west direction, in length of ; on average, it is wide. With an area of , it is the sixth largest List of islands in the Adriatic, Adriatic island. The highest peaks are ''Klupca'', and ''Kom'', high. Main settlements on the island are towns of Korčula (town), Korčula, Blato, Korčula, Blat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pupnat
Pupnat is a village on the island of Korčula in Croatia on the Dalmatian coast within the Dubrovnik-Neretva county. The village is situated 12 kilometres west of the old town of Korčula, 8 kilometres west of Žrnovo and 13 kilometres east of Čara. According to some interpreters, the name Pupnat derives from "pampinata" aka vine leaves. Finds from Illyrian and Roman times have been found in the village. Demographics According to the 2021 census, its population was 381. In 2001 it had 439 residents. The inhabitants of Pupnat are mostly Croatians of Slavic roots. Common Surnames within the village include - Farac, Stanišić, Tvrdeić, Vlašić, Poša, Perdija, Ciprian, Mušin, Šapić, Radovanović and Šain. After World War II, many people migrated to New Zealand and Australia. The most famous native of Pupnat was the 18th Century Franciscan priest, the Blessed Marko Tvrdeiċ (1733–1785); his remains were brought back from Rimini to Pupnat in 1877. Pupnat has three church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pošip
Pošip is an autochthonous white wine grape that is primarily grown in the Dalmatian region of Croatia on the island of Korčula, although small amounts are also being grown on the Pelješac Peninsula. While found in many areas around the Korčula, the primary and most productive growing regions are in and around the municipalities of Čara Čara is a village on the island of Korčula in Croatia. Korčula the island, is part of the Dalmatian coast and it belongs to the Dubrovnik-Neretva county. The village is situated twenty-five kilometers west of the old town of Korčula (town), Ko ... and Smokvica. The wines produced from this variety of grape in each region have their own distinct characteristics. There are limited amounts of red wines (primarily Plavac Mali) grown on Korčula, but the island produces principally the white pošip wines and smaller outputs of Grk whites. Pošip is generally light bodied, around 12-13% in alcohol. The best Smokvica wines are served at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korčula (town)
Korčula is a town on the east coast of the island of Korčula, in Croatia, in the Adriatic. Population The City of Korčula has a total population of 5,634, in the following individual settlements: * Čara, population 616 * Korčula, population 2,856 * Pupnat, population 391 * Račišće, population 432 * Žrnovo population 1,368 Climate Since records began in 1981, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station was , on 5 August 2013. The coldest temperature was , on both 6 March 1987 and 8 January 2017. Construction The old city is surrounded by walls, and the streets are arranged in a herringbone pattern allowing free circulation of air but protecting against strong winds. Korčula is tightly built on a promontory that guards the narrow sound between the island and the mainland. Building outside the walls was forbidden until the 18th century, and the wooden drawbridge was only replaced in 1863. All of Korčula's narrow streets are stepped with the notabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lumbarda Psephisma
The Lumbarda Psephisma (), also known as Lumbardian Decree, is an ancient Greek stone inscription dating from the 3rd or 4th century BC. The artifact was discovered in 1877 in Lumbarda, a small village on the eastern tip of the island of Korčula in modern-day Croatia, and talks about the founding of a Greek settlement on that location by colonists from Issa (today's island of Vis). "Psephisma" () is a term used in ancient Greece for a resolution arrived at by voting. The artifact is considered the oldest written document ever found in Croatia, and is today kept at the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb. The inscription The island of Korčula (), already had a Greek settlement on its western side, founded by settlers from Knidos, at the time the inscription was made. The document, titled descriptively by scholars as "Decree of Issa concerning a colony on Korkyra Melaina" details the agreement reached by an assembly to establish and distribute land parcels to Greek colonists who a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petar Kanavelić
Pietro Canavelli (in Italian, his personal spelling; known as Petar Kanavelić in Croatian; 27 December 1637 – 16 January 1719) was a Croatian writer who wrote poems in Croatian and Italian. He is regarded as one of the greatest Croatian writers of the 17th century. Biography Canavelli was born in Curzola (Korčula), part of the Republic of Venice (now modern Croatia), the last male descendant of an old, wealthy and distinguished noble family of the town. In Curzola he attended local schools. He undertook clerical studies. He also studied law in Padua. This was a quite common practice for the time for patricians from all over the Republic of Venice. He worked in a series of town offices, mostly in legal matters, trade and the management of property. He was also a teacher, lawyer and in 1665 became a member of the Great Council. In Zara (Zadar), he was Chancellor of the Venetian ''Governor General'' of Dalmatia, C. Cornaro and A. Priuli (1665–68). In 1673 he became the repr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greeks
Greeks or Hellenes (; , ) are an ethnic group and nation native to Greece, Greek Cypriots, Cyprus, Greeks in Albania, southern Albania, Greeks in Turkey#History, Anatolia, parts of Greeks in Italy, Italy and Egyptian Greeks, Egypt, and to a lesser extent, other countries surrounding the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. They also form a significant Greek diaspora, diaspora (), with many Greek communities established around the world.. Greek colonies and communities have been historically established on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, but the Greek people themselves have always been centered on the Aegean Sea, Aegean and Ionian Sea, Ionian seas, where the Greek language has been spoken since the Bronze Age.. Until the early 20th century, Greeks were distributed between the Greek peninsula, the western coast of Asia Minor, the Black Sea coast, Cappadocia in central Anatolia, Egypt, the Balkans, Cyprus, and Constantinople. Many of these regions coincided to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek Dark Ages, Dark Ages (), the Archaic Greece, Archaic or Homeric Greek, Homeric period (), and the Classical Greece, Classical period (). Ancient Greek was the language of Homer and of fifth-century Athens, fifth-century Athenian historians, playwrights, and Ancient Greek philosophy, philosophers. It has contributed many words to English vocabulary and has been a standard subject of study in educational institutions of the Western world since the Renaissance. This article primarily contains information about the Homeric Greek, Epic and Classical periods of the language, which are the best-attested periods and considered most typical of Ancient Greek. From the Hellenistic period (), Ancient Greek was followed by Koine Greek, which is regar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian Language
Croatian (; ) is the standard language, standardised Variety (linguistics)#Standard varieties, variety of the Serbo-Croatian pluricentric language mainly used by Croats. It is the national official language and literary standard of Croatia, one of the official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, the Serbian province of Vojvodina, the European Union and a recognized minority language elsewhere in Serbia and other neighbouring countries. In the mid-18th century, the first attempts to provide a Croatian literary standard began on the basis of the Neo-Shtokavian dialect that served as a supraregional lingua franca – pushing back regional Chakavian, Kajkavian, and Shtokavian vernaculars. The decisive role was played by Croatian Vukovians, who cemented the usage of Ijekavian Neo-Shtokavian as the literary standard in the late 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, in addition to designing a phonological orthography. Croatian is written in Gaj's Latin alphabet. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Migration Period
The Migration Period ( 300 to 600 AD), also known as the Barbarian Invasions, was a period in European history marked by large-scale migrations that saw the fall of the Western Roman Empire and subsequent settlement of its former territories by various tribes, and the establishment of post-Roman kingdoms there. The term refers to the important role played by the migration, invasion, and settlement of various tribes, notably the Burgundians, Vandals, Goths, Alemanni, Alans, Huns, early Slavs, Pannonian Avars, Bulgars and Magyars within or into the territories of Europe as a whole and of the Western Roman Empire in particular. Historiography traditionally takes the period as beginning in AD 375 (possibly as early as 300) and ending in 568. Various factors contributed to this phenomenon of migration and invasion, and their role and significance are still widely discussed. Historians differ as to the dates for the beginning and ending of the Migration Period. The beginni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
