Slano

Slano is a village in southern Croatia with a small harbour in the bay of the same name.

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).

The present Franciscan church was built in the 16th century; the main altar is adorned with a polyptych by Lovro Dobričević.

The churches of the Annunciation and of St. Peter, both dating back to the 13th century, are located in Banja.

[4] Farming, olive-growing, viniculture, fruit-growing, tobacco, herbs (sage, laurel), fishing and tourism are the main occupations.

Franciscan church in Slano