Opuzen

Opuzen is a small town in Dubrovnik-Neretva County in Croatia. The city is positioned 12 kilometres upstream from the mouth of the river Neretva, in southern Dalmatia. This agreement is known as a first-rate middle of tangerine production in Croatia. Opuzen got its call from its fort, Fort Opus. The fort turned into constructed with the aid of the Republic of Venice in 1684. Ruins of the citadel that stay are known as Recycle and are part of the antique town wall. The center of the antique a part of Opuzen is a conventional Roman Forum. In the Middle Ages, Opuzen became known as Posrednica.

The Republic of Ragusa inside the 14th century had fundamental buying and selling markets in Opuzen. The markets were given burnt down in 1472. The first Community School become opened in 1798 and changed into the handiest college inside the Neretva location till 1845. In the city is located Opuzen's Parish church of St. Stephen and it is inside the essential rectangular. Important cultural and recreation occasions related to Opuzen and the neighborhood geographical region are "The Melodies of the Croatian South" and Opuzen Boat Marathon. The marathon is held on the river Neretva and approximately 35 boats participate each year.