... that Cavtat is the birth place of the great Croatian painter Vlaho Bukovac.
... that the seabed in the Cavtat area hides one of the biggest amphora sites in the Mediterranean.
... that Cavtat is a leading conference destination in Croatia.
... that three islands near Cavtat - Mrkan, Bobara and Supetar - are a protected ornithological reservation, as a nesting area for larus cachinnans, a type of seagull.
... that the Sunday folklore events have been held in Čilipi since 1967.
... that Cavtat was supplied with fresh water by a Roman aqueduct in the 1st century AD. It was brought from the Vodovađa source in the eastern Konavle.
... that the first quarantine (called lazareti) for protection against contagious diseases was founded by the Dubrovnik Republic in 1377 on the islands of Bobara and Supetar.
... that the Račić family mausoleum in Cavtat is the work of the great Croatian sculpturer Ivan Meštrović.
... that Snježnica, is the greatest mountain peak in Konavle, 1234 m high.

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