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===History===

===History===

Korčula was a Bishopric<ref>Bishopric or Diocese is an ecclesiastical region run by a bishop in the Roman Catholic, Orthodox Christian, Anglican and some Lutheran churches.</ref> from 1300 to 1828. Up till 1900s the Italians (Venetians) constituted over half the population of Korcula town (and the nearby village of Petrara/Vrnik). <ref>[http://www.skoji.net/vrnik.html Skoji Islands - Korcula Archipelago:] "Vrnik is the second largest island in Skoji Archipelago. This is populated island, with the village of the same name. Vrnik is the site of the oldest and most famous Korčula quarry. There are only couple of families that presently live in this picturesque village, and some of them let rooms and apartments to tourists."</ref> Gradually decreasing their number went with the island's annexation by the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The massacres of [[Croatia|Croatians]] after World War II caused the flight of the last remaining native Italians in the city.  

Korčula was a Bishopric<ref>Bishopric or Diocese is an ecclesiastical region run by a bishop in the Roman Catholic, Orthodox Christian, Anglican and some Lutheran churches.</ref> from 1300 to 1828. Up till 1900s the Italians (Venetians) <ref> Concerning the Number of Italians/Pro-Italians in Dalmatia in the XIXth Century by Šime Peričić

* "It is true, then a small colony of Italians where in Sibenik, on the island of Korcula, Hvar and Vis, and other places of the province."</ref> constituted over half the population of Korcula town (and the nearby village of Petrara/Vrnik). <ref>[http://www.skoji.net/vrnik.html Skoji Islands - Korcula Archipelago:] "Vrnik is the second largest island in Skoji Archipelago. This is populated island, with the village of the same name. Vrnik is the site of the oldest and most famous Korčula quarry. There are only couple of families that presently live in this picturesque village, and some of them let rooms and apartments to tourists."</ref> Gradually decreasing their number went with the island's annexation by the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The massacres of [[Croatia|Croatians]] after World War II caused the flight of the last remaining native Italians in the city.  

   

   

====Italians from Korcula in the nineteenth and twentieth century====

====Italians from Korcula in the nineteenth and twentieth century====

Korčula · Metcovich (Metković) · Fort Opus (Opuzen) · Porto Toler (Ploče) · Ragusa (Dubrovnik)

Korčula · Metcovich (Metković) · Fort Opus (Opuzen) · Porto Toler (Ploče) · Ragusa (Dubrovnik)

Common: Blatta (Blato) · Dubrovačko Primorje · Iagnina (Janjina) · Valley Channels (Konavle) · Norino Tower (Kula Norinska) · Lastovo (Lastovo) · Lombarda (Lumbarda) · Mljet (Mljet) · Pojezerje · Sabbioncello (Orebić ) · Slivno · Smoquizza (Smokvica) · Pond (Stone) · Trpanj (Trpanj) · Vallegrande (Vela Luka) · Zažablje · Župa dubrovačka ·

Common: Blatta (Blato) · Dubrovačko Primorje · Iagnina (Janjina) · Valley Channels (Konavle) · Norino Tower (Kula Norinska) · Lastovo (Lastovo) · Lombarda (Lumbarda) · Mljet (Mljet) · Pojezerje · Sabbioncello (Orebić ) · Slivno · Smoquizza (Smokvica) · Pond (Stone) · Trpanj (Trpanj) · Vallegrande (Vela Luka) · Zažablje · Župa dubrovačka ·

==References==

==References==