Rožat is a small village in Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

 near Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...

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Geografic position

Rožat is located close to the Adriatic tourist road between the villages Komolac and Prijevor

Prijevor, Dubrovnik

Prijevor is small village in Rijeka dubrovačka, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Republic of Croatia.- Demography :* predominantly Croats...

. Rožat is located on the north coast of the Rijeka Dubrovnik bay, and is about 5 kilometers northwest of the city of Dubrovnik.

History

In Rožat there is one Catholic church and the Franciscan Monastery of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Our Lady of Visitation). The monastery was built 1393rd , and built by the Bosnian Franciscans.