Last modified: 2011-10-01 by ivan sache
Keywords: konavle | woman |
Links: FOTW homepage |
search |
disclaimer and copyright |
write us |
mirrors
![[Municipality flag]](../images/h/hr-du-ko.gif)
Flag of Konavle - Image by Željko Heimer, 25 April 2010
See also:
The municipality of Konavle is located some 25 km south of Dubrovnik, being the southernmost municipality of Croatia;
it includes the southernmost tip of the Privlaka peninsula with its tip
Oštro at the entrance to the Boka Kotorska bay. It is a rich region of fertile valleys, formerly the main source of food for the Republic of Ragusa (at time known in Italian as Canali or Valle dei Canali).
The municipality, with over 8,000 inhabitants, consists of some 30 odd small villages around the valley and on the
coast, including the town of Cavtat (2,000 inhabitants), the seat of the municipal administration. Cavtat was once a Greek colony known as
Epidaurum. The inhabitants of Epidaurum settled Dubrovnik after the
arrival of Slavic peoples; the two populations slowly merged together. Cavtat was subsequently known as Ragusavecchia or Civitas Vetus, since then Croatized to Cavtat.
Cavtat was the second biggest town in the Republic of Ragusa, and
provided for many captains. Later it gave a number of intellectuals,
among other Vlaho Bukovac, one of the most prominent Croatian painters
of the 19th century; the politician Fran Supilo, and Baltazar Bogišić, known as an important legislator in the Principality of Montenegro. Cavtat is today a tourist place. The Dubrovnik Airport is located a few kilometres
off Cavtat, near the village of Čilipi.
The municipality suffered much in the aggression of Serb and Montenegrine
forces in 1991, followed with pillaging and burning, thus a number of
villages are still rebuilding.
Željko Heimer, 25 April 2010
The symbols of Konavle (photos, municipal website) must have been designed by the Heraldic Art d.o.o. company, from Rijeka.
The flag is in proportions 1:2, white with the coat of arms, bordered yellow, in the middle.
Željko Heimer, 25 April 2010
![[Municipality coat of arms]](../images/h/hr)du-ko.gif)
Coat of arms of Konavle - Image by Željko Heimer, 25 April 2010
The coat of arms is "Gules a woman dressed in the local folk
costume issuant".
It depicts the folk costume of the Konavle region, with traditional
white headgear, golden lined black overcoat, blue girdle and white
apron.
Željko Heimer, 25 April 2010
![[Ceremonial flag]](../images/h/hr-du_ko.gif)
Ceremonial flag of Konavle - Image by Željko Heimer, 25 April 2010
The ceremonial flag is a white gonfalon ending triangularly with a golden fringe, with the coat of arms in the centre of it, topped with the inscription of the name of the municipality and with an olive and a grapevine branch beneath.
Željko Heimer, 25 April 2010