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7 unusual facts about Korčula


Alen Vitasović

In 1995, he was nominated for five Porin music awards, and was also the winner of the festivals in Split, Zadar, Pula, Vodice, and Korčula.

Jeannie Peterson

Jeannie retired in 2001, to the island-country of Cyprus and to Korčula, an island off the Dalmatian Coast of Croatia.

Korčula

Sir Fitzroy Maclean, (1911–1996), soldier, writer and politician, from Scotland.

The festival will showcase a selection of the world's leading ensembles and soloists specialized in Baroque music, including the Academy of Ancient Music (Great Britain), Le Parlament de Musique (France), Currende and Erik Van Nevel (Belgium), La Venexiana (Italy), Red Priest (Great Britain), Croatian Baroque Ensemble (Croatia) and others.

Paracentrotus lividus

The gonads are considered a delicacy in France, Italy, Spain and parts of Croatia, most notably on the island of Korčula, and are also eaten to a lesser extent in Greece.

Petar Kanavelić

Petar Kanavelic was born in Korčula, Republic of Venice, now modern Croatia, the last male descendant of an old, wealthy and distinguished noble family of the town.

Petar Omčikus

Since 1965, they occasionally stay in Vela Luka on Korčula, where organized numerous international meetings of artists, philosophers and critics.


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Bracera

She was damaged in bombardment during the '90s war while docked in Dubrovnik after which she was renewed in Korčula shipyard.

Horst Weber

She later took part in the capture of the island of Leros (Dodecanese Islands, Aegean Sea) in the autumn of 1943 and was finally sunk on 10 January 1944 by allied bombing (one of her torpedoes exploded) at Korcŭla (Croatia) on the Adriatic Sea.

Pošip

While found in many areas around the Korčula, the primary and most productive growing regions are in and around the municipalities of Čara and Smokvica.

Postup

Postup straddles the Adriatic Sea with views across the Pelješac Channel to the islands of Korčula and Badija as well as across the Mljet Channel to the islands of Mljet and Lastovo.


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