Official Name: | Slano |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Croatia |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Coordinates: | 42.7869°N 17.89°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Dubrovnik-Neretva County |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Dubrovačko Primorje |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 12.3 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 577 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 20232 Slano |
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.
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).[2] 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.
The present Franciscan church was built in the 16th century; the main altar is adorned with a polyptych by Lovro Dobričević. The parish church of Saint Blaise from 1407 was reconstructed in the Baroque period. The churches of the Annunciation and of St. Peter, both dating back to the 13th century, are located in Banja.
According to the 2021 census, its population was 577. It was 579 in 2011.
Farming, olive-growing, viniculture, fruit-growing, tobacco, herbs (sage, laurel), fishing and tourism are the main occupations. Slano lies on the main coastal road (M2, E65). Yachts can anchor in the small protected Banja cove and an anchoring-ground for larger yachts lies off the entrance to the cove, to the southwest of Cape Gornji.