Slano
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| subdivision_name1 = File:Flag of Dubrovnik-Neretva County.png Dubrovnik-Neretva County
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Slano is a village in southern Croatia with a small harbour in the bay of the same name. It is located 27 km northwest of Dubrovnik.
History
File:SLANO FRANCISCAN CHURCH, CROATIA.jpg
The area of Slano was already populated in the prehistoric period (ruins of a hill-fort and tumuli on the nearby hills) and in ancient times (a Roman castrum on the hill Gradina; early Christian sarcophagi, today exhibited in front of the Franciscan church).[https://books.google.com/books?id=N1647OyYAqMC&dq=Slano+dubrovnik+dalmatia&pg=PA93 Croatia: Aspects of Art, Architecture and Cultural Heritage] by John Julius Norwich In 1399, Slano fell under the rule of the Republic of Ragusa; once the duke's seat (duke's palace, reconstructed at the end of the 19th century). The summer villa of the Ohmučević family is situated in the vicinity.
The present Franciscan church was built in the 16th century; the main altar is adorned with a polyptych by Lovro Dobričević. The parish church of Saint Blaise from 1407 was reconstructed in the Baroque period. The churches of the Annunciation and of St. Peter, both dating back to the 13th century, are located in Banja.
Demographics
According to the 2021 census, its population was 577. It was 579 in 2011.{{Croatian Census 2011|S|19|5983}}
Today
Farming, olive-growing, viniculture, fruit-growing, tobacco, herbs (sage, laurel), fishing and tourism are the main occupations. Slano lies on the main coastal road (M2, E65). Yachts can anchor in the small protected Banja cove and an anchoring-ground for larger yachts lies off the entrance to the cove, to the southwest of Cape Gornji.
Gallery
File:Zavjetna crkva.jpg
File:Crkva u Slanom.jpg
File:Groblje u Slanom.jpg
File:Crkva svetoga Vlaha.jpg
File:Crkva u Slanome.jpg
File:Banja, Slano.jpg
References
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{{Dubrovačko Primorje municipality}}
{{Commons category|Slano}}
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