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Dry Stone Walls on Korcula Island

Dry Stone Walls on Korcula Island Dry stone walls built a hundred years ago, are a feature of the Korcula island. Most of them are in Defora region of the island. Having a lot of available stone on the island, people in Korcula villages continued for long years to built their …

Stonemasonry on Korcula island

Korcula and Stone Masonry The skills of stone masonry and stone cutting are Korcula’s heritage developed for hundreds of years, dating back from the times when Illyrians were inhabiting this area. In Pupnat and on the island of Majsan (Korcula archipelago) are still to be found remains of simple dry-stone …

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Video: Stonemasonry on Badija in 1967

Video: Stonemasonry on Badija in 1967 This is archive footage of local stonemasons on the island of Badija (Korcula archipelago). This location is nowadays a lovely shingle/pebble beach on Badija. The footage is an excerpt from a TV documentary broadcast shot in 1967. Another footage from the same documentary is …

Video: Water @ Korcula in 1960s

This is archive footage of water supply, collection, and distribution on Korcula island (Korcula Town and Zrnovo) in the 1960s. It is an excerpt from a TV documentary broadcast and shot in 1967. The whole documentary is here: youtube.com/watch?v=F7aZTzhRPMQ Some stills from the video: check other videos of Korcula island

Video: Wine-making on Korcula island

Video: Wine @ 1960s This is archive footage of some stages of vineyards, wine-making / production of�wine on Korcula island (Zrnovo & Lumbarda) in the 1960s. It is an excerpt from TV documentary broadcast and shot in the late 1960s. The whole documentary is here: youtube.com/watch?v=F7aZTzhRPMQ More info and photos …

Video: ‘Jadranka’ – Sardine Canning Factory – Vela Luka in 1960s

Video: ‘Jadranka’ – Sardine Canning Factory – Vela Luka, 1960s This is archive footage of ‘Jadranka’ the local sardine canning factory in Vela Luka. It is an excerpt from a TV documentary broadcast and shot in 1967. The whole documentary is here: youtube.com/watch?v=F7aZTzhRPMQ Some stills from the video: about fishing …

Bratovstine

Korcula Fraternities (Brotherhoods) – Korculanske Bratovstine There are three fraternal groups in Korcula: Sasvetani (Brotherhood of All Saints), Mihovilci (Brotherhood of Our Lady of Consolation) and Rokovci (Brotherhood of St Rocco), religious associations of laymen, the organizations that date back to the Middle Ages: All Saint’s founded in 1301, St. …

Neven Fazinic: Korculanska brodogradnja u drvu skveri i mestri

Gradski muzej Korcula ima cast pozvati Vas na predstavljanje knjige KORCULANSKA BRODOGRADNJA U DRVU SKVERI I MESTRI (ZAPISI, CRTICE, PRICE) urednika Nevena Fazinica Gradska vijecnica Grada Korcule 17. kolovoza 2015. u 20 sati =================================== Knjiga urednika Nevena Fazinica: KORCULANSKA BRODOGRADNJA U DRVU – SKVERI I MESTRI (ZAPISI, CRTICE, PRICE) je …

History of Tourism

Collection of images from the history of tourism and travel in Korcula More images of the history of tourism in Korcula: hotels in Korcula – old images ferries – some old images Local women from nearby villages as Fruit and Veg Sellers @ Riva, Korcula port (the 1950s) people in …

Bicentenary of British empire’s occupation of Korcula

Bicentenary of British empire’s occupation of Korcula (by Vicko Marelic) Two hundred years ago this week, the British navy occupied the island of Korcula during the Adriatic campaign against Napoleon’s revolutionary France. The Royal Navy’s knowledge of the region probably went no further than the setting of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. …