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 Pridvorje, a village in Konavle, is actually comprised of several small hamlets, shown here with colored arrows: Red arrow is the Franciscan monastery. The old Rector's Palace was near here. This was the center of Konavle government when Konavle was part of the Dubrovnik Republic (1420s-1806). The Rector was appointed one year at a time from among the nobility of Dubrovnik. [Names in brackets, below, are possible or known spelling variants. They are there to be caught by the search engines. Often people who are searching don't know the original spelling.] White arrow is Podvor (Pod Dvorom). Surnames from here are Prokurica, Leventa, Maslac", Urjevic', and Dimnic'. [Lavent, Laventa, Maslach, Urevich, Yurevich, Dimnich, Dimich] Yellow arrow is Rudez". Surnames from here are Caput, Zlovec"era, and Majc"ica. [Saput] Green arrow is Natrice. Surnames are C"agalj, Dragic', and Mihoc"evic'. [Chagall, Chagal, Dragich, Miochevich] Pink arrow is Oprasi. Surnames are Obad, Veselic', C"eovic', Kovac"ic', and Skvic"alo. [Obod, Veselich, Cheovich, Chiovich, Kovacich, Kovachich, Skvicalo] Blue arrow is Dragavine. Surnames are Baro, Karaman, D'uric', Pekoc", Kokot, Marinovic' and Sukurica. The Marinovich families of Watsonville, California, come from here. [Barro, Caraman, Jurich, Gjurich, Pekoch, Sakuritsa] Other surnames from this area are Popjevalo, Bogdan, Kralj, and C"ulic'. [Popevalo, Kral, Chulich] The mountain to the right is called Kis"nik. To the left are the lower reaches of Snijez"nica, the highest mountain in the area at 3700 feet. Information provided by Niko Kapetanic' who is a native of Lovorno, the next village to the right (out of sight). This view is looking northeast. Here is a highway map of the area. Photo taken in 2003. |
