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Korcula Island destinations

Destinations: The island of Korcula was inhabited already in pre-historic times, and the trails of pre-historic life were discovered on many places. The oldest funds are the stone knives from the Neolithic found on the small island of Badija next to the town of Korcula. The richest and best investigated fund place from the Neolithic is the Vela spila (the big cave) in Vela Luka. They found and investigated there several stratums of pre-historic life with fire places, ceramic pieces, graves (5000-3000 before Christ).

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Korcula - the Town and the Island

The Island of Korcula is the largest of the green islands of the Adriatic. From time immemorial it has been forested, which was why it was given the name Black Korcula during the colonisation of the ancient Greeks. The forests have for centuries been carefully protected as the timber was necessary for the valuable shipbuilding industry. Maritime contact with other parts of the Mediterranean existed two to three centuries before the time of Christ. Artisans of the ancient world used the famed stone from the small island of Vrnik. This stone was used to build many lovely Dalmatian cities as well as some of the most famous buildings such as the Basilica of St.Sofie in Carigrad, the parliament in Vienna and the townhall in Stockholm.

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Vela Luka

Situated on the western side of the island of Korcula (Croatia) in a large bay dotted with many tiny islets and surrounded by tranquil inlets, Town of Vela Luka is an oasis of Dalmatia and Mediterranean influences: mild climate, unpolluted sea and air, olive groves, fig trees, tuneful melodies.Vela Luka is surrounded by the richness and beauty of Nature. It is the 2nd largest settlement on the Adriatic islands, a safe harbour for seafarers. The cultural identity of Vela Luka arises from the traditional merging of man and nature.

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Lumbarda

Lumbarda, a village and harbour in the easternmost part of the island of Korcula, between the coves of Przina and Bili Zal, 6 km southeast of the town of Korcula; population 1,102. East of the village is the Lumbarda field, consisting of reddish and yellowish soils (Pleistocene sand), which offer excellent conditions for viticulture (famous wine Grk). Economy is based on farming, fishing, processing of stone and tourism. Underwater fishing is possible from Bili Zal to Vrbovica.

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The town of Blato

Blato: (4.093 inhabitants) is situated in the middle of the island on the main island road, 40 km from Korcula. This is a traditional agricultiral centre and the centre of all agricultural products of the island. Surrounded by fertile fields and rich woodland, early agricultural cultivation was flourishing here as early as greek and Roman times already (Potirna and Znjan). Archeological finds witness to the existence of a settlement in Blato in the prehistoric and Illyrian times. The prehistoric inhabitiant of Blato was a shepherd, hunter and fisherman.

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Smokvica

Smokvica is one of five old settlements on the island of Korcula where people have been living from prehistoric times up to now. It is situated in the central part of the island underneath the sloping and curving hills of Vela and Mala Obala. The town of Smokvica lies on the widest part of the island and this is the spot where the landscape happens to be the most diverse, offering thus the excellent communication among the residents during prehistoric era. Smokvica is sheltered from the north winds by several rocky cliffs stretching from the east to the west and it is open towards the south along with the sun and the sea; therefore the winters are unusually mild and warm.

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