Krvavac
settlement in the Municipality of Kula Norinska, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia
Krvavac is a village in the Kula Norinska municipality.
Demographics
Architecture and parish
The parish was created by the Yugoslav Ministry of Religion on 5 August 1921, by dividing the parish Desne-Bagalovići.
Parish church of Our Lady of Carmel Bagalović
The 20.7x8 metre church was built in Bagalović in 1865 in place of the older chapel built in 1790. It was financed by the pastors and the government in Zadar. It was built with improperly cut stone. During the time of pastor Mirko Bašićin 1926, a belfry with three bells was built. It was renovated in 1991 when Stjepan Barišić was pastor.
Church of Saint Martin of Porers
The 10x6.15 meter church is located in the place of the former church tavern. When Barišić was pastor in 1997, a belfry was constructed, and the roof renovated.
Education
A volksschule was opened on 7 October 1922, as the 20th school in the then Metković kotar(district).
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Krvavac” as settlement in the Municipality of Kula Norinska, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as settlement in the Municipality of Kula Norinska, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 4, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q12634991. Authority coordinates are 43.027, 17.590. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1921, 1865, 1790 and 1926.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
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- Jurisdictional context
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Krvavac” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.