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Popular Things To Do | Other Things To Do Tips | All Tips (43) Final resting place overlooking the sea. Many cemeteries in Dalmatia are located on such spots, where soil, sea and wind meet. Engraved family names and titles, the size and design of the stone, it all tells a story of small community that was always connected with edges of the known world. Their captains and sailors brought back knowledge and exotic plants, spices and deadly diseases. Leave a Comment
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Cavtat was once a Greek colony, and it was the inhabitants of Cavtat (Epidaurus as it was known then) who founded Dubrovnik in the 7th Century. It was built according to the regulation plans prescribed by the Republic, and the result was the present-day look of the old part of Cavtat. The town became known aas Cavtat - originates from Civitas vetus, meaning the fugitives which the newly established Dubrovnik used to call their first habitation. Modern Dubrovnik is now just a few kilometres down the road and today Cavtat is a popular resort set behind a picturesque bay harbour and the tree-lined promenade with many pavement cafes, restaurants, bars and shops.
Many monuments of history and culture belong to the fine but modest Renaissance architecture with some traces of the Gothic style: the Rector's palace, fortifications, city walls round the city, squares, St. Nicholas' church, the church dedicated to Our Lady of Cavtat and the Franciscan monastery.
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Several companies offer sightseeing trips to the islands or to Dubrovnik. They all have stands at the quay.
I chose a one way trip to Dubrovnik with M/B Karuso, taking the bus back for the variation. Another reason is that they stop sailing relatively early in the afternoon during spring, and I didn't want to get stuck with a prepaid ticket. During the summer season their last return is around midnight. It was a nice and relaxing way of getting to Dubrovnik, with pretty views on the way. Nothing very special, but you get to see the shore from "the other side", and to arrive Dubrovnik right by the eastern gate that leads you right onto Stradun, the main street of Old Town Dubrovnik. And I prefer the boat trip 10 times compared to the overcrowded bus I took back! Dubrovnik is a must see for many tourists. And it is a historically very interesting city, especially if you have never been to any of the many old towns along the Dalmatian and Montenegrin coast. My personal opinion is that half a day is enough. For the stay I prefer the serenity of Cavtat.
Price one way: KN 50, return ticket KN 80. Leave a Comment
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This is one of the things I remember from my first visit to Cavtat: The promenades around the two peninsulas! The one around Rat is the best one, it goes all the way round, while the one around Sustjepan ends by the south-west lover level of Hotel Croatia. The pictures are from the one around Rat, starting from the Franciscan Monastery and ending at the bus station. It is an easy walk, not much up and down, nice walkway with benches to rest and street lamps. A lot of beautiful spots along the route! And small beaches, too. It took me about half an hour to get round, walking at a slow pace. Leave a Comment Address: Rat, Cavtat
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Here sits one of the great men of Cavtat. I was intrigued by the abundance of information about what he did, partly contradictory, but nothing about who he was. Searching the web I have found no information about wife and children, which either means he did not have any, or the historians don't find such information interesting.
Bogišic was born in Cavtat 7 dec 1834. He left Cavtat at the age of 22, and never came back to live there. He studied and / or worked in Venice, Vienna, Berlin, Munich, Giessen, Odessa, Kiev, Cetinje and Paris, was a member of several academic and scientific organisations. His main field was law, and his most known work is the civil law of Montenegro; Even though the law was autoritarian and patriarchal, it was a great step forward in Montenegro at the time.
Bogišic was a collector, who left his collections to the community of Cavtat. I get a little confused by the sources about Bogišices collections. One claims his letter collection consisted of private correspondence (10,092 letters!). Another source refers to letters exchanged between turkish and coastal lords concerning smaller and larger controversies at the time of the ottoman empire. These letters are written in the local language and are of great importance for researching cultural, legal and social history of the 16th and 17th centuries (http://www.almissa.com/povijestomiskekrajineipoljica_.htm).
The latter would be in accordance with what is else known about Bogišic (and who would write 10,000 letters in a lifetime!); He collected coins from Serbia, Kotor (Cattaro), Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Poland, Russia, Bohemia and other countries. He did sociological, ethnological and demographic research. He collected and got printed 76 "bugarštica" from the coastal area of Dalmatia, a very old and very special kind of folk songs. And he was an active contributor in the "zadruga" (slavic term for "compound family") debates. Leave a Comment
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Baltazar (Baldo) Bogišiċ, a scientist, a jurist of European fame, and a member of many intellectual societies, was born in Ċavtat on December 7, 1834. He learned successively in Venice, Vienna, Berlin, Munich and Giesen. He has been a professor in Odessa. In 1872 Montenegro's king Nikola invited him to produce the Civil laws. He went several times to Paris where he finally lived from 1898 to 1908. Baltazar Baldo Bogišiċ passed away in Rijeka on April 24, 1908 en route to his native Ċavtat.
The Bogišiċ museum exhibits 18,000 rare volumes from his collection, together with a great many artifacts unearthed in and around Ċavtat and that he had gathered. Leave a Comment
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By the side of the moastery you'll come acros some stone steps - just keep climbing up and you'll soon reach the mausoleum. Some nice little cafes here with glorious views over the town so you could always stop halfway up if you wish ;-) This is right in the heart of the old town with its beautiful stone houses.
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The cemetery stands on the hill that overhangs the city. On top, stands the monument of the Račiċ family, a wealthy family of Ċavtat's shipowners. It was built by the well-known Croatian sculptor Ivan Mestroviċ in 1921. We have not climbed to the cemetery (next time) but I have read that the work or Mestroviċ is full of symbolism and worth the visit. Leave a Comment
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Ċrkva Gospe od Snijega i samostan franjevaca (Church Our Lady of the Snows and Franciscan Monastery) was built in two periods: 1484 by the Franciscan brothers, and 1502 thanks to a grant from Franka Gučetiċa. It is possible to climb on top the clock tower but we have not done it as we were too short of time. Leave a Comment
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Take a walk up to the top of the hill to St. Roko cemetary. It is a bit steep, but not very long. A beautiful place for the eternal rest!!! (Pics. 1 and 2) And the view of Cavtat from above is lovely (pic. 5).
The Racic family Mausoleum is situated at this cemetary (pics. 3 and 4), created by the fameous croatian sculptor Ivan Mestrovic Cavtat has a long tradition of sailors and shipowners, and The Racic family owned a steamboat company founded in 1910. Rumours has it that Marija, the daughter of the family, had a love affair with Mestrovic (others claim that it was the mother Mare who was his mistress!). The whole family of four died within a short period of time around 1920. Leave a Comment
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