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, […]

In addition to traditional masks and individual and group masquerade processions around houses and villages, the carnival period is rich in other carnival events. Numerous masked parties, processions, balls, children’s carnival events and the like are intensified by the passage of time towards the end of February, and culminate in the last three days of […]

Mato Medović, better known as Celestin Medović (1857 – 1920), a renowned Croatian painter from Kuna on Pelješac, was Bukovac’s contemporary and colleague. He was born on November 17, 1857 in a peasant family in the picturesque village of Kuna on Pelješac. He had four brothers and two sisters, and their lives became even more […]