Vela Luka is the largest town on the island, a municipality with almost 5000 residents from the town of Korcula island 42 kilometers of road, which ends here. The town developed in the early 19th century in a deep sheltered bay. In addition to residential houses has several hotels and spas for rheumatic diseases and rehabilitation Kalos. Residents are engaged in agriculture, fisheries, tourism, and the place was a shipyard Reef, Jadranka fish factory and other smaller industrial plants.
The cultural center is located in a renovated baroque building, the old summer castle has a valuable archaeological collection of prehistoric finds from the nearby Vela Neolithic caves, and Roman sites in the vicinity of the place. In addition there is also a collection of modern art: paintings, prints, sculptures of domestic and international umjemika donated Vela Luka seventies.
The parish church of St. Joseph classicist building was completed in 1848. Stations of the Cross - 15 small reliefs made by Anka Prizmić. Chapel St. Vicenza is the 1589th was rebuilt several times, it was a bust don Iva Oreb, a priest who was in the 20th century did a lot for the cultural development of this town, by Anka Prizmić. In the chapel is a bronze Pieta by the same author.
Culture and Art Society nurtures Hum music and folk dancing, and choral singing. However, in a series of choral gangs, famous crowd Ošjak and Klapa Reef by high artistic level achieved success at concerts at home and abroad. In the vicinity of Vela Luka are numerous coves suitable for swimming, and is particularly attractive nearby forested island Ošjak.
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