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Kula Norinska
Kula Norinska is a village and a municipality in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County in southeastern Croatia. Geography The municipality is situated on the northern border of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County. It borders the City of Ploče, the City of Opuzen, the City of Metković, the Pojezerje Municipality, and the Zažablje Municipality. It borders Bosnia and Herzegovina to the north. History Kula Norinska Fort Kula Norinska (literally: Norin Fort) is a 16th-century Fortification, fort next to the Neretva, opposite the River mouth, mouth of the stream Norin, which was built by the Ottoman Empire, Ottomans to defend against Republic of Venice, Venetian incursions. It's a protected Cultural heritage, cultural good. Demographics According to the 2021 census, the population of the municipality was 1,414, with 205 people living in the village of Kula Norinska itself. Municipality In 2021, the municipality consisted of the following 9 naselje, settlements: *Borovci, Kula Norinska, Boro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stream
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to by a variety of local or regional names. Long, large streams are usually called rivers, while smaller, less voluminous and more intermittent river, intermittent streams are known, amongst others, as brook, creek, rivulet, rill, run, tributary, feeder, freshet, narrow river, and streamlet. The flow of a stream is controlled by three inputs – surface runoff (from precipitation or meltwater), daylighting (streams), daylighted subterranean river, subterranean water, and surfaced groundwater (Spring (hydrology), spring water). The surface and subterranean water are highly variable between periods of rainfall. Groundwater, on the other hand, has a relatively constant input and is controlled more by long-term patterns of pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podrujnica
Podrujnica is a village in the Kula Norinska municipality. Architecture Chapel and Church of Saint Roch The 11x6 metre Church of Saint Roch had started construction during the time of pastor Zrinko Brković, and it was completed in 2008 when Nikola Bodrožić was pastor. It replaced the old chapel. The 8x4 metre concrete chapel had been built during the time of pastor Špirko Vuković. It was Blessing#Christianity, blessed by bishop Ivo Gugić on 10 September 1972. The Belfry (architecture), belfry had three bells and a cross. It had continued the tradition of the old chapel of Saint Roch on Rujnica in Desne, from where a large chunk of the populace moved to Podrujnica in the beginning of the 20th century. Demographics References External links {{Settlements in the Kula Norinska municipality Populated places in Dubrovnik-Neretva County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nova Sela, Kula Norinska
Nova Sela is a village between Metković and Vrgorac in the Kula Norinska municipality. History The locality contains stećci from the 15th century. Emigrants from Herzegovina led by serdar Mate Bebić settled in Nova Sela after the Ottomans lost the village. Italian soldiers burnt down the original parish church in 1943 during World War II. After the conflict, Nova Sela was in the Borovci parish. A renovated building served as the church of the undivided parish. Today's Nova Sela parish was established on 26 September 1957. Architecture Church of Saint Anthony The church is located in the nearby Kulina. A chapel used to be there since at least 1774, when a marriage is recorded. It was torn down in 1830 and today's church was built. Its dimensions are 15x6 metres. The apse is squared and there's a sixteen-pointed rosette on the front. The belfry has three bells. A new altar was placed in 1965 when the bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momići
Momići is a village in the Kula Norinska municipality. Demographics Church of Our Lady of Fatima The 12x12 metre church started construction in 1973 during the time of pastor Špirko Vuković, and it was completed in 1982 during the time of pastor Joza Varvodić. It was blessed by bishop Marko Perić on the holiday of Our Lady of Fatima, on 13 May. Above the altar is the painting ''Igra križa, sunca i zvijezda''(The play of the cross, Sun and stars) by pastor Ivan Marijan Čagalj. When Stjepan Barišić was pastor, in 1995, a belfry was built. She is the patron of Momići. Culture On 7 May 1939 a Croatian reference library was opened by the leader of HSS in Metković, dr. Niko Bjelovučić. It stopped working during the Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matijevići, Kula Norinska
Matijevići is a village in the Kula Norinska municipality, near Metković Metković () is a town in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County of Croatia, located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the river Neretva and on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Climate Since records began in 1997, the highest temper .... It is situated between the village of Kula Norinska and Momići. Demographics References {{Settlements in the Kula Norinska municipality Populated places in Dubrovnik-Neretva County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krvavac II
Krvavac II is a village in the Kula Norinska Kula Norinska is a village and a municipality in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County in southeastern Croatia. Geography The municipality is situated on the northern border of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County. It borders the City of Ploče, the City of Opu ... municipality. Demographics References Populated places in Dubrovnik-Neretva County {{DubrovnikNeretva-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krvavac
Krvavac is a village in the Kula Norinska municipality. Demographics Architecture and parish The parish was created by the Yugoslav Ministry of Religion on 5 August 1921, by dividing the parish Desne-Bagalovići. Parish church of Our Lady of Carmel Bagalović The 20.7x8 metre church was built in Bagalović in 1865 in place of the older chapel built in 1790. It was financed by the pastors and the government in Zadar. It was built with improperly cut stone. During the time of pastor Mirko Bašićin 1926, a belfry with three bells was built. It was renovated in 1991 when Stjepan Barišić was pastor. Church of Saint Martin of Porers The 10x6.15 meter church is located in the place of the former church tavern. When Barišić was pastor in 1997, a belfry was constructed, and the roof renovated. Education A volksschule was opened on 7 October 1922, as the 20th school in the then Metković kotar(district). The first teacher was Urica Batinović from Opuzen Opuzen () i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desne
Desne is one of nine villages of the Municipality of Kula Norinska, in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County, on Croatia's Dalmatian coast. Former speaker of the Croatian Parliament Luka Bebić and the well-known Croatian-American winemaker Mike Grgich were born in Desne. Architecture Parish church of Saint George The church was built in the late 17th or early 18th century, after the Ottoman Croatia, Ottomans lost the village. It was too small to accommodate all the denizens, so the Makarska bishop Fabijan Blašković in 1779 ordered a chapel of the same size to be built. This didn't happen, and the church started deteriorating and became dangerous for entrants. In 1837, service was banned until it was fixed. It was repaired in 1845 and expanded to 16.5x8 metres. The Belfry (architecture), belfry was built after World War I. A renovation happened in 1990 when Dušan Brečić was pastor. Afterwards, archbishop Ante Jurić Consecrated#Christianity, consecrated the church on the holiday o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borovci, Kula Norinska
Borovci is a village near Metković in the Kula Norinska municipality with a population of 29 ( 2021 census). Geography Borovci is in a long and – wide polje that lies in a northwestern-southeasterly direction. The altitude is . The polje has little arable land. It is surrounded by hills, Tikvina and Gradina from the northeast, and Rujnica from the southeast. Archaeology and architecture Stećci There is a medieval necropolis with stećci in Zanoga, southeast of Borovci. 44 stone blocks are north and west of the stone pile. There are mostly undecorated coffins. A necropolis is also in Mravnici, near Zanoga. They are decorated with the star and crescent. Medieval Vratar fort Near today's village of Vratar is a five-sided medieval fort with two towers, on Gradina, at an altitude of . It was built in the 15th century and is a cultural good of the Republic of Croatia. Parish Church of st. Nicholas The parish church was first mentioned by the bishop Lišnjić in 1672 wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naselje
Settlements in Croatia, in Croatian ''naselje'' ( pl. ''naselja'') are the third-level spatial division of the country, and usually indicate existing or former human settlement. Each Croatian city or town (''grad'', pl. ''gradovi'') or municipality (''općina'', pl. ''općine'') consists of one or more settlements. A settlement can be part of only one second-level spatial division, whose territory is the sum of exclusive settlement territories. Settlements are not necessarily incorporated places, as second-level local authorities (towns and municipalities), known as ''jedinice lokalne samouprave'', delegate some of their functions to so-called ''jedinice mjesne samouprave'' (''gradski kotar'', ''gradska četvrt'', or ''područje mjesnog odbora''). The Croatian Bureau of Statistics publishes their decennial census data on the basis of official settlement (naselje) data from the Register of Spatial Units by the State Geodetic Administration. , there are 6 757 settlements in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
