Korčula Walls

Arriving by ferry at the walled town of Korčula. It was known as Corcyra Nigra in Roman times and as Curzola. "Cúrzola, the capital of the partly wooded island of Cúrzola (Croat . Korčula), the Corcyra Nigra of antiquity. Part of the old town-wall and a tower of 1420 are still preserved. The Gothic cathedral of San Marco (1438-65) contains a painting attributed to Tintoretto (behind the high-altar . ... In 1298 the Genoese here captured the Venetian admiral Andrea Dandolo and the famous navigator Marco Polo".--Baedeker 1911. EE1975239

In the Adriatic Sea

August 11th 1975
Now we would travel north along the Dalamatian coast from Dubrovnik to Split. The journey was via an ocean-going ferry, Liburnija, operated by Jadrolinija. A clamshell bow opened to admit cars and trucks. A long queue of cars awaited loading at Gruž, the Durbrovnik port. The upper deck of the ship was packed with sunseekers all in, shall we say brief, swimsuits, like the Lido Deck on a contempora ... read more

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The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a feder... ... read more

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