Archaeological Site on the Island of Gubavac

Gubavac is an island in the Pelješac Channel, in the Korčula-Lumbarda archipelago, opposite Lumbarda, in Dubrovnik-Neretva County. For visitors it is interesting as a small island location with traces of early Christianity and an ancient quarry.

At the Crkvište site are the remains of an early Christian church from the 5th century with a semicircular apse. On the far eastern cape of the island there is a quarry of smaller scale which was certainly already in use in antiquity.

A protected cultural good, entered in the Register of Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia under the code Z-5662. The combination of a church and a quarry on one small island shows how even small islands were used for work and religious life.

Data: Register of Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia (Ministry of Culture and Media), Open Licence.