VLADIMIR NAZOR STREET AND THE ROCKS

Vladimir Nazor Street and the Rocks

Communication in the old part of the city of Metković, which was located on the slopes of the Predolac hill, mainly took place along narrow streets that, in the form of serpentines, moved up the hill and along narrower or slightly wider staircases that descended radially down the slopes. The way the streets and staircases were built was determined by the position of the settlement on the slope and the compactness of the settlement itself. Thus, one of the most important streets in the old part of the city is the one that today bears the name of Vladimir Nazor. This street connects the main city square, King Tomislav Square, the Church of St. Elijah and part of the settlement on the western slope of Predolac, and is connected to it by today's Lovački put street, next to the Church of St. Elijah. The main road today that connects King Tomislav Square, the Church of St. The streets of St. Elijah and the City Cemetery are paved with granite blocks, and there is an interesting story according to which the arrangement of these streets and paving was financed by Ivan Baburica, the heir of the famous Chilean industrialist and shipowner of Croatian origin Paško Baburica, while Ivan Baburica's mother was from Metković. The paving and arrangement were only completed in the 1960s. Another peculiarity of the old part of the city of Metković, located on the slope of Predolac, are the stairs, i.e. stairs, mostly stone or today concrete, which connect the houses and yards, the foot of the hill with the top of the hill and the cemetery, and the church of St. Elijah and the church of St. George.