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Church of Our Lady of the Pirates
Church of Our Lady of the Pirates is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, who gives her name to the legend in which pirates stole Our Lady's wooden statue from the church during their ravage on ... more

Komiška falkuša (Komiža fishing boat)
A hurricane from the west drowned the last falkuša in Porat inlet on the island of Biševo. This happened in 1986 on the night between the 25th and the 26th of August. Complete ... more

Komiža’s fishermen
It was interesting the way in which fishermen reached their posts! In a precise day, they began a race in their gajete falkuše (fishing boats), and the place order would mark a given ... more

The boat firing
According to tradition, this has been held over many centuries, in front of the parish church of St Nicholas in Komiža, every year on the 6th of December or on St Nicholas day. A wooden boat is ... more

The Pope’s visit
Komiža was the first place that the Pope visited in Croatia. In 1177 a ship transporting Pope Alexander III was overtaken by a storm, and it harboured on Palagruža, from where the fishermen ... more

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