Walk on the Wall of China Croatian peninsula

• Walk on the Wall of China Croatian peninsula

This place we have noticed even in our very first visit to Croatia. On the way to a. Korcula, my attention was attracted by an unusual wall around the mountain ... But then the route was so dense and rich on-site and transfers that fit into it one more point was not possible. But, nevertheless, I said to myself this place, wrote in her notebook and promised myself definitely come back ... Someday ...

And we're back! A few years later, I have traveled all over Croatia and down, we returned to the edge of the quiet and relaxing holiday ... And, of course, these walls stood proud at number 1 in our cultural program!

Ston - a small (well ooooochen small) town in southern Dalmatia, on the Peljesac peninsula, almost exactly at the point of connection with the mainland. It was founded in 1333 grams and consists of 2 parts of Mali Ston and Ston Veli, who settled down in the long run around one mountain, the one, which is enclosed by a wall.

"Ston walls - the longest defense system in Europe, the second longest in the world after the Great Wall of China. Building them began in 1334 for the protection of the Dubrovnik Republic, which included the peninsula of Peljesac, of invasion from the mountains, mainly in order to protect them from capture economically important basins Ston salt. "- read as the Internet. And although I can not imagine how the mountain wall around the device could prevent an attack from the mountains to me personally absolutely not obvious, but perhaps it is only because of the lack of adequate awareness in military affairs that in general be forgiven for girls!

I prefer another legend of the origin of these walls. This region is very rich in salt mines ... Salt was mined here since time immemorial, and all the production site kept a closely guarded secret, as wanting to steal a little bit of expensive goods was more than enough!

To calculate the location of hidden copies thieves climbed a high mountain in the neighborhood, where the entire territory is visible at a glance, and then it was a trick! To combat this scourge, and the wall was built! On encircles the entire mountain, making it impossible to reach the top of th. Climb over it almost impossible, and anyone who tried sentinel easily calculated (and distilled) ...

There is a third version of the appearance of the wall. Legend has it that the local salt were special, and therefore highly prized and pricey. And local landowners in order to increase their own profits, came up with a simple manipulation. They brought cheaper salt from other places, and mixed them with their expensive ... A wall built to no one saw ...

The wall is preserved to this day, despite the fact that according to rumors in the region is quite a lot of earthquakes. And recently it has been restored and opened to the public. You can climb the narrow paths of polished stone for centuries ...

... and see for themselves that the top really see everything at a glance! Including oooooochen small town, which itself is fully fit in the picture ...

The length of the wall - a little more than 5 kilometers. A pleasant, but quite a long walk!

You can climb on one side and down the other ...

And what kinds there !!!

Or walk around and get to another part of town, overlooking the strait. We did not go there, but even the bottom views, the road was impressive !!!

There are grown oysters! They say it's the most delicious oysters in Europe and the local restaurants are actively using this slogan, and actively trying to attract tourists to dinner. I did not try…. I do not eat moregadov, but my husband, I remember, was very pleased with ...