Korčula
Korčula is an island in the Adriatic Sea, in Southern Dalmatia, near Dubrovnik. According to some sources, Marco Polo may have been born here. Korčula has about 3140 residents.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Cathedral of St. Mark
Church
The Cathedral of St. Mark also called Korčula Cathedral, is the Roman Catholic cathedral of Korčula, Croatia. Photo: Cosal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Baretica
Islet
Baretica is situated 2½ km southeast of Korčula. Photo: Ante Pletikosić, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Localities in the Area
Orebić
Orebić is a port town and municipality in the Dubrovnik-Neretva county in Croatia. Photo: Quahadi, CC BY 3.0.Lumbarda
Lumbarda is a small village and a municipality located on the eastern tip of Korčula in Croatia, seven kilometers away from the town of Korčula. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.Korčula
Town
Korčula is a historic fortified town on the protected east coast of the island of Korčula, in Croatia, in the Adriatic. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Korčula
- Description: island in Croatia
- Location: Dubrovnik-Neretva, Dalmatia, Croatia, Balkans, Europe
- Population: 3140
- United Nations Location Code: HR KOR
- Latitude: 42.9604° or 42° 57' 37.4" north
- Longitude: 17.1353° or 17° 8' 6.9" east
- Elevation: 6 meters (20 feet)
- GeoNames ID: 3197710
Also Known As
- Albanian: Korčula
- Azerbaijani: Kоrçulа
- Basque: Korčula
- Belarusian: Корчула
- Bosnian: Korčula
- Breton: Korčula
- Bulgarian: Корчула
- Catalan: Korčula
- Cebuano: Otok Korčula
- Chinese: 科爾丘拉島
- Croatian: Korčula
- Czech: Korčula
- Dutch: Korčula
- Esperanto: Korčula
- Estonian: Korčula (saar)
- Estonian: Korčula
- Finnish: Korčula
- French: Korčula
- French: Île de Korčula
- German: Curzola
- German: Korcula
- German: Korčula
- German: Melaina Korkyra
- Greek: Κόρκυρα Μέλαινα
- Greek: Κόρτσουλα
- Hebrew: קורצ'ולה
- Hungarian: Korčula
- Indonesian: Korčula
- Italian: Curzola
- Italian: Isola di Curzola
- Japanese: コルチュラ島
- Korean: 코르출라섬
- Latin: Corcyra Nigra
- Latvian: Korčula
- Lithuanian: Korčula
- Luxembourgish: Korčula
- Macedonian: Корчула
- Norwegian: Korčula
- Norwegian Bokmål: Korčula
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Korčula
- Occitan (post 1500): Korčula
- Ossetian: Корчулæ
- Ossetian: Корчула
- Persian: کورچولا
- Polish: Korčula
- Portuguese: Korčula
- Romanian: Korčula
- Russian: Корчула
- Scots: Korčula
- Serbian: Korčula
- Serbian: Корчула
- Serbo-Croatian: Korčula
- Slovak: Korčula
- Slovenian: Korčula
- Spanish: Korčula
- Swedish: Korčula
- Turkish: Korčula
- Ukrainian: Корчула
- Upper Sorbian: Korčula
In the Area
Localities
- BilineNeighborhood
- Punta JuranaNeighborhood
- BuculinNeighborhood
- Stari gradSuburb
- Sv. NikolaNeighborhood
- BetlemNeighborhood
Notable Places
- Small Governor's TowerFort
- Large Governor's TowerTower
- Marco PoloRestaurant
- Leda ShipyardIndustrial park, 1½ km southeast
- RogačičIslet, 3 km east
- Kamenjak 1Islet, 3 km southeast
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