Podgora () is a small town in the

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. It is located on the

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coastline of

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, 65 km south of

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and 135 km north of

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. Podgora has a largely tourism-based economy. With its five hotels, it has four times as many beds as inhabitants.

Population

In 2021, the municipality had 2233 residents in the following 5 settlements: * Drašnice, population 286 * Gornje Igrane, population 3 * Igrane, population 347 *Podgora, population 1,181 * Živogošće, population 416

History

In pashaluk censuses in 1624 and 1690, 80 and 125 houses respectively were recorded. An 1828 '' status animarum'' recorded 955 inhabitants living in 194 family households. Podgora is the birthplace of Don

Mihovil Pavlinović Mihovil Pavlinović (28 January 1831 – 18 May 1887) was a Croatian Roman Catholic priest, politician, and writer who led Croatian National Revival in the Kingdom of Dalmatia. He is known as a keen promoter of Croatian political thought in Dalma ...

, a priest, politician and writer, best known as the first person to speak Croatian in the Dalmatian parliament, seeking the unification of Dalmatia and Croatia. Organized tourism started in Podgora in 1922, when the first hotel "Praha" was built. During World War II, on September 10, 1942, the

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formed the Partisan Navy in Podgora. In 1962

Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito ( ; , ), was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who served in various positions of national leadership from 1943 unti ...

unveiled an impressive monument on a small hill above the port of Podgora, ''The wings of a seagull'', in remembrance of World War II events.

Gallery

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References

Bibliography

* Municipalities of Croatia Populated coastal places in Croatia Populated places in Split-Dalmatia County {{SplitDalmatia-geo-stub