{"id":3754,"date":"2022-09-11T09:45:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T09:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ston-dvor.com\/?p=3754"},"modified":"2023-07-20T16:47:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T14:47:56","slug":"iz-medija-jos-traje-festival-soli-na-peljescu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ston-dvor.com\/en\/2022\/09\/11\/iz-medija-jos-traje-festival-soli-na-peljescu\/","title":{"rendered":"[FROM THE MEDIA] THE SALT FESTIVAL ON PELJE\u0160AC IS STILL ONGOING"},"content":{"rendered":"
All pools in Ston Saltworks are named after saints, except for one \u2013 there's a good reason for that!<\/h5>\n
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It's not too late to head to Pelje\u0161ac, where the Salt Festival is ongoing until September the 20th. Visit the saltworks in Ston and discover how the production of salt, whose value was once so high that this town had to be surrounded by monumental walls, the longest after the Great Wall of China, has become one of the major attractions of the Dalmatian south.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
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Does the sea tempt you perfectly for swimming, delightful Dalmatian cuisine, and the finest Plavac wines on the magical peninsula? Add one more reason to head south \u2013 the Salt Festival. You'll need to hurry because its sixth edition, started in August, lasts until September the 20th. However, with the Pelje\u0161ac Bridge, which has become a true tourist attraction, crossing over is not just a journey but a pleasure. The central festival events are in Ston, where you can discover how salt is harvested and its flower at the oldest saltworks in the Mediterranean. Visit the Rector's Palace, where on September the 10th, as part of the festival, an exhibition of paintings from the \"Art Park Komarda\" art colony was opened.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
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Ston saltworks \u2013 workers in preparation<\/div>\n
Photo: Archive of the Tourist board of Ston municipality<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Festival menus from Ston to Trpanj<\/h5>\n
The Salt Festival is the last of three summer festivals on Pelje\u0161ac organized by all four tourist boards from the peninsula \u2013 Ston, Janjina, Orebi\u0107, and Trpanj. It's an opportunity to not only enjoy a glass of Plavac Mali but also savor the finest specialties, including the renowned Ston oysters. Pelje\u0161ac's taverns, wineries, shellfish farmers, restaurants, and family-owned agricultural estates, numbering more than forty, have ensured that you can relish delicious local delicacies and beloved Plavac wines at favourable festival prices. Restaurant chefs have crafted two special menus, priced at 19,90 and 30,50 euros, while participating wineries offer their wines at up to 20% discounted prices.<\/h5>\n
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Ston saltworks \u2013 pool preparation<\/div>\n
Photo: Archive of the Tourist board of Ston municipality<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The only salt in the world without additives.<\/h5>\n
Rich in mineral content, sea salt is of the highest quality, and Ston salt has been among the best for centuries... It is the only salt in the world without additives, produced in the same way as during ancient Rome, an essential seasoning and still the only preservative for delicacies like Dalmatian prosciutto. Ston Saltworks produces around 330 tons of salt annually; it's interesting that this is nearly half as much as the record-breaking 6,011 tons extracted in distant 1611. This was during the time of the Dubrovnik Republic when Ston salt held strategic importance and its kilogram was valued as highly as a kilogram of gold, hence encircled by monumental walls, the longest after the Great Wall of China, making it one of the greatest attractions of Dalmatian south today.<\/h5>\n
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Ston saltworks \u2013 salt pool ready for the harvest<\/div>\n
Photo: Archive of the Tourist board of Ston municipality<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The pools still bear the names of saints.<\/h5>\n
For the sale of salt, the rector of the Dubrovnik Republic in Ston established a special office, strict records were maintained, and salt was issued only in the presence of two notaries and a scribe, who, along with the rector, were the sole possessors of the keys to its storage. During salt extraction, mobilization was in effect, and workers were paid in gold or salt; their duty was to bring donkeys and horses for carts. Names for the crystallization pools were carved into stone during the time of the Dubrovnik Republic. Even today, salt is extracted from pools named after saints: St. Blaise, St. Francis, St. Nicholas, St. Anthony, St. John, St. Peter and Paul, Mary and Joseph. Only one pool is not named after a saint. Its name is Mundo, translating to \"world\" or \"people,\" and its salt was kept in a separate storage. From it, the prince received a small portion, a few bags went to the church, and everything else was distributed to the population that couldn't afford to buy salt.<\/h5>\n
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The old nucleus inside the ancient Ston walls<\/div>\n
Photo: Archive of the Tourist board of Ston municipality<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Set out on a journey!<\/h5>\n
It's not too late to visit Pelje\u0161ac. A perfect opportunity to make the most of the last days of summer and pair exquisite Plavac wines with delightful dishes that are enhanced by the exceptionally high-quality sea salt or salt blossom from Ston Saltworks, an indispensable seasoning!<\/h5>\n
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Svi bazeni u Solani Ston nose imena po svecima, osim jednog \u2013 postoji dobar razlog za to! Jo\u0161 nije kasno da se zaputite na Pelje\u0161ac na kojem do 20. rujna…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3754","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-novosti"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ston-dvor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ston-dvor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ston-dvor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ston-dvor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ston-dvor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ston-dvor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3756,"href":"https:\/\/ston-dvor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3754\/revisions\/3756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ston-dvor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ston-dvor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ston-dvor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ston-dvor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}