Birthplace of Blaise Bukovac, one of the most famous Croatian painter and father of Croatian modern painting, has been open to the public after a thorough renovation. Monumental features Bukovac houses not only its architecture, garden space and accommodation in the heart of the town, but above all, the legacy of the great names hrvastkog painter. The arrangement of space Bukovac House is a typical bourgeois house 19th century, two-storey building with a courtyard entrance - Korte and spacious rear garden. Especially interesting are the newly discovered for the first time in the whole wall paintings which cover the old walls of the eastern part of the house, and by the young Bukovac before going to school in Paris. The former living room - Tinelli and the painter's studio is exposed to the most representative works from thirty Bukovac's legacy, along with a part of collection of furniture, decorative items and personal items from Bukovac time.
Cavtat Mausoleum of the famous ship-owners family Racic (sculptor Ivan Mestrovic 1883rd to 1962nd) at Cemetery St. Deadline in Cavtat, built in 1921. at the place of St.. Rocco from the fifteenth century, the will of the testatrix Mary Racic. The entire mausoleum, the entrance where there are two Karyatides over arch covered with angels' heads, the floor on which there is biblical history, which symbolize the four evangelists, the main altar and side naves, is full of symbolism that predstavljatri basic stages of human destiny: birth, life and death. At the bell founded by Meštrović's design is its beautiful reflection: "Learn the secret of love, you will solve the mystery of death and believe that life is eternal.
Konavle County was established in 1974. year. The building of the former village treasury, located in the central square, was collected and the ethnological holdings Konavle, presented in the space of a typical Konavle home. Ethnological collection now contains about 500 items, among which are the highest quality male and female costumes, embroidery and other textile handicrafts, jewelry, weapons, musical instruments and decorative items.
Fort Sokol, or Falcon City, the largest and its location on the mountain pass to the Bosnian hinterland very important fort from the time of the Dubrovnik Republic. It was built on the site of an Illyrian and Roman fortifications, as evidenced by the remains of pottery and Roman bricks in its walls. Its shape is adapted to the natural rock on which he built, and color stone coalesced into the environment. With Falcon City, under which there is a memorial and grobišna Church of Our Lady of Falcon, has a unique and most comprehensive view of the whole Konavle.
On the river Ljuta in Konavlima built system mill which consisted of eight flour mills, two mills and three oil mills. When the Dubrovnik Republic bought Konavle on the river in the upper course there were four mills. After the 1550th was built in the system called "lower mills", which is preserved until today.
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