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In Latin '''vella''' means: country house, villa, country seat, suburbanum or farm. The closet city within the Republic with a Jewish population was Splato (modern Split). If this theory is correct it could be the Xuvellas were Conversos Jews or New Christians.</ref> as well as Christians from the Ottoman Empire which ruled the Balkans for centuries.<ref>[http://ukpmc.ac.uk/articles/PMC2121596;jsessionid=D7FB2EB2AF6E1C5733100CA2C94C626F.jvm1 The Land of 1000 Islands] ''by'' Igor Rudan Copyright © 2006 by the Croatian Medical Journal. All rights reserved.

In Latin '''vella''' means: country house, villa, country seat, suburbanum or farm. The closet city within the Republic with a Jewish population was Splato (modern Split). If this theory is correct it could be the Xuvellas were Conversos Jews or New Christians.</ref> as well as Christians from the Ottoman Empire which ruled the Balkans for centuries.<ref>[http://ukpmc.ac.uk/articles/PMC2121596;jsessionid=D7FB2EB2AF6E1C5733100CA2C94C626F.jvm1 The Land of 1000 Islands] ''by'' Igor Rudan Copyright © 2006 by the Croatian Medical Journal. All rights reserved.

*"''However, the clashes between the Ottoman Empire and Venetian Republic produced extensive migrations from the mainland areas, especially from today's Bosnia and Herzegovina, to the eastern parts of the islands of Brac, Hvar, Korcula, and Pag.''"</ref>

*"''However, the clashes between the Ottoman Empire and Venetian Republic produced extensive migrations from the mainland areas, especially from today's Bosnia and Herzegovina, to the eastern parts of the islands of Brac, Hvar, Korcula, and Pag.''"</ref>

[[File:Croatia Rasohatica .jpg|thumb|left|400px|Rasohatica-One of the first stone Zuvela (Xuvella) houses on the island (1600s)]]

[[File:Croatia Rasohatica .jpg|thumb|left|455px|Rasohatica-One of the first stone Zuvela (Xuvella) houses on the island (1600s)]]

Other circular dry stone buildings which are closest to Korčula are in southern Italy (Trullo). They are in and around the town of Alberobello (in the province of Bari). Also they are found in Istria, called ‘Kazun’ which is also in Croatia.

Other circular dry stone buildings which are closest to Korčula are in southern Italy (Trullo). They are in and around the town of Alberobello (in the province of Bari). Also they are found in Istria, called ‘Kazun’ which is also in Croatia.

[[File:PZ HERETOV Rotunda (1).jpg||thumb|left|505px|HERETOV Rotunda. A Zuvela circular dry stone building in Strmena. Locally they are referred to as a '''Vrtujak'''.]]

[[File:PZ HERETOV Rotunda (1).jpg||thumb|center|505px|HERETOV Rotunda. A Zuvela circular dry stone building in Strmena. Locally they are referred to as a '''Vrtujak'''.]]