Prehistoric inhabitants of our regions were engaged in agriculture since the Neolithic and Bronze Ages, cultivating grains such as wheat, barley, and other cereal. They didn’t know how to grind the grains, and would, instead, crush them by using a sort of a pestle, which was designed to be held in the hand. This technique […]
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The site of St. Barbara is located in the village of Dubravka, in the northeast part of the Konavle region, where Croatia shares borders with Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The site is situated at the very beginning of a pass that forms a gap between the mountain of Sokoline on the west and Kočine, […]
Before morning the fishermen wake up, the sea knows them, the sea knows these people… Although the sea knows these people, fewer and fewer of us can count the fishermen of this area, which is confirmed by our storyteller from Cavtat: Cavtat is becoming a tourist destination and there are less and less professional fishermen […]
Along with the Art of Making Konavle Embroidery, which acquired the status of a protected intangible cultural good in 2015, Konavle is richer for another good, the Konavle wedding toast. Namely, back in 2017, the Museums and Galleries of Konavle submitted to the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia an application form for […]
Ernest (Nesti) Katić Jr., a lawyer, playwright, collector, but also a dedicated worker in the field of culture, was born in Dubrovnik on February 6, 1883. He received his primary and secondary education in his hometown, and in 1901, after graduating, he went to Graz (Austria) to study law. He received his doctorate in 1906, […]