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IMG_9217 - Early June flowers in Croatia
IMG_9219 - The winery
IMG_9223 - Back above the southern Pelješac coast toward Ston and the saltworks, looking east to the Dalmatian coast
IMG_9226 - Ston was founded in these lowlands, on the site of Stagnum, a Roman settlement from 167 BC.
IMG_9228 - Stagnum was named for the stagnant, salty water in its bay, which was gradually used to develop salt evaporation ponds.
IMG_9230 - The importance of the salt led the town of Ston to be an important centre of the Republic of Ragusa (State of Dubrovnik.)
IMG_9231 - Notice the nearest, light-coloured pool of dry salt.
IMG_9232 - There are 58 pools in 5 groups for the 5 stages of 1-2 months in the drying process.
IMG_9233 - Ston, and its defensive walls which connect over the mountain to the ones we saw above Mali Ston