Slano

Also known as Slano (Chorvatsko)

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.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Slano
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Mjesto Slano 2020.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Slano
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.pushpin_map: Croatia
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: County
Settlement.subdivision_name1: border|23px Dubrovnik-Neretva County
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Dubrovačko Primorje

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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== thumb|280px|Franciscan church in Slano 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). 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.