Korčula
| Korčula Island | ||
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| Waters | the Adrian Sea | |
| Geographical location | 42 ° 56 ' N , 16 ° 51' E | |
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| length | 46.8 km | |
| width | 7.8 km | |
| surface | 279 km² | |
| Highest elevation | Klupca 568 m |
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| Residents | 17,038 (2001) 61 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Korčula (town) | |
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Korčula [ ˈkɔːrtʃula ] (German outdated Kurzel, Italian Curzola , ancient Greek Μέλαινα Κόρκυρα Melaina Korkyra "Black Corfu " [after the dark pine forests], Latin Corcyra Nigra ) is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of southern Dalmatia .
description
The island belongs to the Croatian Dubrovnik-Neretva County , has an area of 279.03 km² (length 46.8 km, width 5.3–7.8 km) and has a population of 17,038. The highest peaks are the small mountains Klupca with 568 m and Kom with 510 m. The Pelješkikanal inlet between Korčula and the Pelješac peninsula is about two kilometers wide.
places
The three largest places on Korčula are the town of Korčula and the villages of Blato in the interior and Vela Luka in the west of the island. Other places are Žrnovo , Smokvica , Čara , Pupnat and Lumbarda .
In the town of Korčula you can visit the alleged birth house of Marco Polo , because despite Marco Polo's own statements to the contrary ( Venice ) in his book Il Milione in Croatia there are contradicting opinions about the place of his birth. However, there is no valid evidence of the supposed place of birth Korčula .
climate
The climate is mild, the average temperature in January is 9.8 ° C (in the town of Korčula) and 26.9 ° C in July. The average rainfall is 1100 mm. There are 2671 hours of sunshine per year (in Vela Luka).
history
On September 8, 1298, the naval battle of Curzola between the fleets of Venice and Genoa was fought near the island . This overshadowed Andrea Dandolo captured by the Genoese.
Between 1963 and 1974, an internationally acclaimed unorthodox- Marxist conference was held on Korčula with the “summer school” of the practice group .
Sports
The water polo players of the Korčulanski PK were 1979 winners in the 2003 European Cup Winners' Cup.
Web links
- Korčula's history on the tourist board's website; accessed on October 1, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ CORCY'RA NIGRA . In: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography , 1854, perseus.tufts.edu; accessed on October 5, 2017.
- ↑ gutenberg.org , bibliotecaitaliana.it ( Memento of November 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), resident.it ( Memento of September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Wilhelm Adolf Lindau : Dalmatia and Montenegro. [...] . Leipzig 1849, p. 161