Krasici
Encyclopedia
Krašići is a town in Montenegro
, located at 42°24′21"N 18°38′26"E on the Luštica
peninsula
.
Krašići 2 lies before the Krašići (closer to the peninsula's isthmus
). Krašići 2/1 is located after it. Krašići lies after 2/1, and K3 is even further.
of the battle of Lepetane which was taken from the church in the old village.
The village has one pier
, with a navigational light, which encloses a small harbour; there is one more smaller harbour in the village.
The beach is concrete
beach
with gravel
sea floor. There are four bar
s on the beach, Zanzibar, Paradiso, Princ and Poseidon.
side, a few kilometers from its present location.
This place is now called Gornji Krašići (Upper Krašići) or Stari Krašići (Old Krašići) and current village is sometimes called Donji Krašići (Lower Krašići).
The village graveyard
is still located in the old village. Villagers lived mostly from planting olive
s and vine
s and producing olive oil
and wine
.
After the great 1979 Montenegro earthquake
, the village was heavily damaged and people have resettled on the current location at sea shore, which was prior to the earthquake used for small-scale fishing
. In addition to their former occupations, they increased fishing, and, recently, tourism
.
In the 1970s, some tourists started building houses around the village in larger numbers.
This boomed and now they by far outnumber locals. The first tourist settlement is Krašići 1; after it, Krašići 2 was built. Tourists have also built the beach
(which was a stony beach before that), streets and infrastructure in the settlement. Currently it has electricity
, telephone
and sewage
, but no water
; individual rainwater tanks are used as technical water and drinking water has to be bought. It is not quite correct, Krasici has random water supply.
Houses in Krašići 1 and 2 are self-built by tourists; but after noticing the popularity of this location, the construction company Šumadija built a planned settlement in 1980 which is now called Krašići 2/2 (former Krašići 2 is now called Krašići 2/1) or sometimes Krašići - Šumadija or Krašići - Maslinjak (Maslinjak - olive
plantation; because it is built in place of one). After that some people have self-built houses in Krašići 3.
village on Luštica
though the families are celebrating slava
.
Original Krašići has some 15 houses; now, in addition to that, there are several small hotel
s held by locals. Krašići 2/1 has around 80 houses.
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
, located at 42°24′21"N 18°38′26"E on the Luštica
Luštica
Luštica is a peninsula on the south Adriatic Sea, located at the entrance of the Bay of Kotor also known as the Boka Kotorska or the Boka. It effectively separates Tivat Bay from the Adriatic....
peninsula
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
.
Geography
Krašići is located on the Luštica, on the southern shore of the Bay of Tivat in the Boka Kotorska, between the places Franciskovići and Mitrovići.Krašići 2 lies before the Krašići (closer to the peninsula's isthmus
Isthmus
An isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas usually with waterforms on either side.Canals are often built through isthmuses where they may be particularly advantageous to create a shortcut for marine transportation...
). Krašići 2/1 is located after it. Krašići lies after 2/1, and K3 is even further.
Tourism
Village church has reliefRelief
Relief is a sculptural technique. The term relief is from the Latin verb levo, to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is thus to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane...
of the battle of Lepetane which was taken from the church in the old village.
The village has one pier
Pier
A pier is a raised structure, including bridge and building supports and walkways, over water, typically supported by widely spread piles or pillars...
, with a navigational light, which encloses a small harbour; there is one more smaller harbour in the village.
The beach is concrete
Concrete
Concrete is a composite construction material, composed of cement and other cementitious materials such as fly ash and slag cement, aggregate , water and chemical admixtures.The word concrete comes from the Latin word...
beach
Beach
A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles or cobblestones...
with gravel
Gravel
Gravel is composed of unconsolidated rock fragments that have a general particle size range and include size classes from granule- to boulder-sized fragments. Gravel can be sub-categorized into granule and cobble...
sea floor. There are four bar
Bar (establishment)
A bar is a business establishment that serves alcoholic drinks — beer, wine, liquor, and cocktails — for consumption on the premises.Bars provide stools or chairs that are placed at tables or counters for their patrons. Some bars have entertainment on a stage, such as a live band, comedians, go-go...
s on the beach, Zanzibar, Paradiso, Princ and Poseidon.
History
Krašići was located at mountainMountain
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side, a few kilometers from its present location.
This place is now called Gornji Krašići (Upper Krašići) or Stari Krašići (Old Krašići) and current village is sometimes called Donji Krašići (Lower Krašići).
The village graveyard
Graveyard
A graveyard is any place set aside for long-term burial of the dead, with or without monuments such as headstones...
is still located in the old village. Villagers lived mostly from planting olive
Olive
The olive , Olea europaea), is a species of a small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin as well as northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea.Its fruit, also called the olive, is of major agricultural importance in the...
s and vine
Vine
A vine in the narrowest sense is the grapevine , but more generally it can refer to any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent, that is to say climbing, stems or runners...
s and producing olive oil
Olive oil
Olive oil is an oil obtained from the olive , a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin. It is commonly used in cooking, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and soaps and as a fuel for traditional oil lamps...
and wine
Wine
Wine is an alcoholic beverage, made of fermented fruit juice, usually from grapes. The natural chemical balance of grapes lets them ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, or other nutrients. Grape wine is produced by fermenting crushed grapes using various types of yeast. Yeast...
.
After the great 1979 Montenegro earthquake
1979 Montenegro earthquake
The 1979 Montenegro earthquake was the most devastating earthquake on the territory of present-day Montenegro, then part of SFR Yugoslavia.- Earthquake :...
, the village was heavily damaged and people have resettled on the current location at sea shore, which was prior to the earthquake used for small-scale fishing
Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....
. In addition to their former occupations, they increased fishing, and, recently, tourism
Tourism
Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...
.
In the 1970s, some tourists started building houses around the village in larger numbers.
This boomed and now they by far outnumber locals. The first tourist settlement is Krašići 1; after it, Krašići 2 was built. Tourists have also built the beach
Beach
A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles or cobblestones...
(which was a stony beach before that), streets and infrastructure in the settlement. Currently it has electricity
Electricity
Electricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire...
, telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
and sewage
Sewage
Sewage is water-carried waste, in solution or suspension, that is intended to be removed from a community. Also known as wastewater, it is more than 99% water and is characterized by volume or rate of flow, physical condition, chemical constituents and the bacteriological organisms that it contains...
, but no water
Water
Water is a chemical substance with the chemical formula H2O. A water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at ambient conditions, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state, ice, and gaseous state . Water also exists in a...
; individual rainwater tanks are used as technical water and drinking water has to be bought. It is not quite correct, Krasici has random water supply.
Houses in Krašići 1 and 2 are self-built by tourists; but after noticing the popularity of this location, the construction company Šumadija built a planned settlement in 1980 which is now called Krašići 2/2 (former Krašići 2 is now called Krašići 2/1) or sometimes Krašići - Šumadija or Krašići - Maslinjak (Maslinjak - olive
Olive
The olive , Olea europaea), is a species of a small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin as well as northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea.Its fruit, also called the olive, is of major agricultural importance in the...
plantation; because it is built in place of one). After that some people have self-built houses in Krašići 3.
Demographics
The only families which lived in the village were Francisković, Slavović and Petrović. It was the only CatholicCatholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
village on Luštica
Luštica
Luštica is a peninsula on the south Adriatic Sea, located at the entrance of the Bay of Kotor also known as the Boka Kotorska or the Boka. It effectively separates Tivat Bay from the Adriatic....
though the families are celebrating slava
Slava
The Slava , also called Krsna Slava and Krsno ime , is the Serbian Orthodox tradition of the ritual celebration and veneration of a family's own patron saint. The family celebrates the Slava annually on the patron saint's feast day...
.
Original Krašići has some 15 houses; now, in addition to that, there are several small hotel
Hotel
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms...
s held by locals. Krašići 2/1 has around 80 houses.