Moreska dance
by canaglic
The town of Korcula Croatia is well known for MORESKA – a traditional sword dance and drama that was common through the Mediterranean in 12th and 13th century, reaching Korcula in 16th century from Italy and Dubrovnik.
The dance originated in Spain and is associated to the conflict between Moors and Christians. In Dalmatia its popularity was almost certainly linked with the struggles against Ottoman Empire, above all with the victory over a Battle of Lepanto, the first major Ottoman defeat by the Christian powers, which ended the myth of Ottoman naval invincibility. Through the centuries Moreska vanished from the Mediterranean and now days is only to be find in Korcula, where it is performed for over 400 year.
Borak
by JLBG
This is not really Off The Beaten Path but off the old town, hence off what is usually visited in Korčula.
Borak is the eastern district of Korcula, south to the old town. It is mostly pedestrian only. Photo 1 shows an amazing kind of amphitheater with an entrance framed by two pinnacles. The semi-circular place has a flat, paved area and a stone bench around. It has to be designed for some kind of show.
Photo 2 and 3 show the stone carving standing at each end. It is all in Latin and as my knowledge of Latin is limited, I was last to translate it properly. As far as I have understood it Petro Lowen built it in 1815 for use and pleasure of the citizens of Curzola (Korčula in Venetian and Italian). Korčula was under the rule of the British Navy from 1813 to 1815. From 1815 to 1818, it was part of the kingdom of Dalmatia that was attributed to the Austrian crown.
Photo 4 is a glimpse into the yard of a private yard of a house in Borak. What a nice place!
Visit Big Cave near Vela Luka
by canaglic
On the south slope of the hill Pinski rat there is an extraordinary archaelogical site Vela Spila, one of the most important prehistoric finds in Europe, providing us with a picture of life on the Mediterannean in the last twenty thousand years. The excavated objects are exhibitited in the museum collection of the Culture centre.
Marco Polo's house
by solopes
One of the highlights of the island is the house were Marco Polo seems to have lived. For the moment it is only a ruin, with the recuperation works disturbed by the flocks of tourists that constantly invade the place.
Nothing in particular to see, just a detail in the walk across the small city.
Kula Kanalević
by JLBG
Kula Kanalević (Kanalević’s Tower), as locals name it is also named Balbi Tower, after Alviso Balbi, Doge of Venice, that ruled Korčula at the time when it was built. Locals name it Kula Kanalević after a XVIth century Korčula poet that lived in a neighboring house and used to stand on top of the tower to gaze at the landscape.
Kula Kanalević stands on the north-west of Korčula. It was built between in the late XVth and underwent heavy repairs in 2007.
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Kula Zakerjan
Main entrance into Katedrala Sv Marka
Konoba Moski Konjić
Borak
