Konavle

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Konavle

Croatia

Cavtat Cilipi

 

a canal

 Konavle, the southernmost region of Croatia, derives its name from CANALIS (latin for canals, i.e. irrigation).

 

diverts water from the stream

 

waterwheels produce power from the moving water

 


Romans built the canals to bring water to Cavtat from Vodovađa. The canal's remains can still be seen.

 

water race for the waterwheel

 

the waterwheel

 

the canal to the mill

 

the miller in country costume

 

stone grinding wheel

 

for grinding corn to cornmeal

 

the miller explains the process

 

 

grinding the corn

 

the cornmeal

 

woven bag for the cornmeal

 

ready to go to the market

 

 

local fabrics on display

 

the water in the channel turns the wheel in the mill

 

and exits below

Some two dozen communities exist in Konavle today settled on the lands between Duboka Ljuta (roughly midway between Cavtat and Dubrovnik) and Ponta Oštra (Prevlaka point).

 

Cavtat on the Adriatic

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A nature's paradise, the whole region - starting from the slopes of the mount Sniježnica and stretching all the way down to the rugged rocks overlooking Adriatic - is rich in evergreens and Mediterranean vegetation.

 

cooking "under the dome"
(the meat is in a pot covered with a dome, on which the hot embers are placed)

 

house with a pigeon rookery at the back

 

pigeon rookery
(pigeons were raised for eating)

 

girl in country costume in Cilipi

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