Drašnice (pronounced: drashnitze) is a tourist locality in southern Dalmatia, Croatia, located between Makarska and Ploče. Dalmatia ( Croatian: Dalmacija, see names in other languages) is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, situated mostly in modern Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between Makarska ( Italian: Macarsca; German: Macharscha) is a small town on the Adriatic coastline of Croatia, about 60 km southeast Ploče is a town and a notable Seaport in the Dubrovnik-Neretva county of Croatia, population 6537 (2001 total municipality population 10834 (2001 First time mentioned in 1477 in Turkish document.
‘‘‘Drashnitze’’’ is situated some ten kilometers to the south from Makarska in the direction to Dubrovnik. Makarska ( Italian: Macarsca; German: Macharscha) is a small town on the Adriatic coastline of Croatia, about 60 km southeast ||-||-||-||-||-||-||} Dubrovnik (ˈdǔbro̞ːʋniːk Dalmatian: Ragusa; Latin: Ragusium, also Rhausium, Rhaugia; It has a resident population of some three hundred people, but at the end of the nineteenth century it had a population more than 900 people!
The toponym ‘‘‘Drashnitze’’’ comes from the name of a thorny grass sort called "dracha zhesticza", which has appeared in great quantities in the wider land area of Dalmatia. Dalmatia ( Croatian: Dalmacija, see names in other languages) is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, situated mostly in modern The place itself was first mentioned in some Turkish documents dating from the end of the 15th century. Apart from these written documents we have proofs that life has existed in this area since ancient times.
The remains of material culture in the area of ‘‘‘Drashnitze’’’ have existed since 8000 years, when an our coast and in the whole Mediterranean area the culture of the New Stone Age or the Neolithic expanded. The Neolithic (from Greek νεολιθικός — neolithikos from νέος neos, "new" + λίθος lithos The Neolithic (from Greek νεολιθικός — neolithikos from νέος neos, "new" + λίθος lithos
Hill forts and tumuli are remains of the Illyrians, the ancient population of the Balkan Peninsula. Illyrians has come to refer to a broad ill-defined " Indo-European " group of peoples who inhabited the western Balkans ( Illyria, roughly The hill forts were built for residential and defensive purposes, and the tumuli are in fact mounds of stones over ancient Illyrian burial sites. Except for their sepulchral purpose, the tumuli also served for reconnaissance. A minority of tumuli is situated in the coastal area, and most of them are situated behind the mountain of Biokovo where you can also find many hill forts.
Life was going on in two zones; the mountainous in the summer and the coastal in winter. Life at the seaside was not so intensive like today, because these were troubled times. This alternating way of life survived until the 19th century!
The island of Hvar is situated in front of ‘‘‘Drashnitze’’’. Hvar ( local Croatian dialect: Hvor or For, Pharos Φαρος Pharina Lesina is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, located off A couple of centuries B. C. , the Greeks colonized some of our islands Hvar being among them. The Greeks ( Greek: Έλληνες) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions Hvar ( local Croatian dialect: Hvor or For, Pharos Φαρος Pharina Lesina is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, located off So, the name Hvar comes from the Greek name Pharos. Hvar ( local Croatian dialect: Hvor or For, Pharos Φαρος Pharina Lesina is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, located off The Romans, who took the Greek colonies and colonized the eastern coast of the Adriatic, used the weakening of Greek predominance. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC
Having taken possession of the eastern coast they established their rule over this area and stayed here for about five hundred years!!! Life under Roman rule became less turbulent and was less or more peaceful so many new settlements developed in the area of Makarskan coast land among them this real pearl of ‘‘‘Drashnitze’’’. The remains of such a settlement is still possible to see not far from ‘‘‘Drashnitze’’’ in the direction to Dubrovnik. ||-||-||-||-||-||-||} Dubrovnik (ˈdǔbro̞ːʋniːk Dalmatian: Ragusa; Latin: Ragusium, also Rhausium, Rhaugia;
On a rather large land area covered by olive trees today, there used to be a settlement dating from the Roman times.
On this area you can trace the continuity of life and settlements dating back to prehistory. Not far from a rather big reconnaissance tumulus there was an antique settlement. On this area you can gather with your hands either building or kitchen pottery material within seconds.
As the legend says, this settlement was ruined by unknown barbarians, who just rushed through this area to the area of Italy and France after the fall of the Roman empire. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial
The early middle ages, i. e. the period from the eighth to the eleventh century is not quite well known concerning historical events on the Makarskan coast land. Here are only sporadically some indications referring to some historical events. Not far from the area mentioned above where life and settlements were developing rapidly in Roman period, more precisely above the neighboring place of lgrane, St. Michael's church was built in the beginning of the 12th century.
Towards the end of the 15th century the Turks invaded Bosnia and caused migrations of the Bosnian population that mostly took refuge in the coastal area. The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish Historically and geographically the Region known as Bosnia (natively Bosna; Cyrillic: Босна lies mainly in the Dinaric Alps, ranging Among them were the Franciscans, who found it quite suitable to build a little church and a monastery in Drashnitze. The term Franciscan is commonly used to refer to members of Catholic As they were not used to a strong wind (called the bora), which sometimes blows very violently under the mountain of Biokovo, they went ten kilometers further to the south, to the village of Živogošće.
From the 17th century there is a little St. Stephen's church, which was probably built on the old church site. Among others, let's mention the existing church buildings: St. George's, the patron saint of ‘‘‘Drashnitze’’’, St. Catherine's, St George's in the middle of the village, St. Roch's on the part called lzbitac, and a small chapel of St. Nicholas in the hamlet of Urlichs.
What is characteristic for ‘‘‘Drashnitze’’’, is a life until the great earthquake in 1962. In the same year the building of the coastal road called ˝Jadranska magistrala˝ started, and this change caused that many people moved to the coastal part of ‘‘‘Drashnitze’’’. At the same time the tourist industry becomes the main source of living for the native population and they "overnight" move to the coast. ‘‘‘Drashnitze’’’ can be presented as Croatian Pompeii an a small scale, because you can feel the spirit of the times prevailing for centuries in this area. Pompeii is a ruined and partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples and Caserta in the Italian region of Campania, in
Here you can see old stone houses, equipped with the old olive mills, with the authentic interior inside each house.
In ‘‘‘Drashnitze’’’, there is a cave called "Medvidine" which comes from the monk seals (sea-bears) /medvjedica/ (pronounced: medvieditza) that used to come there. It is known that they are a big problem for fishermen because they destroy their fishing nets. This was the reason why fishermen pitilessly exterminated them. Nowadays, in the coastal area of Makarska there are no Mediterranean monk seals, but the last ones were seen in the area of ‘‘‘Drashnitze’’’.
External links
- Info,accommodation, galleries and history of Drasnice
- Official website of Tourist Board of Drasnice
- Info and accommodation in Drasnice
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