Broce Tourist Information
BROCE, a village and small harbour on the western coast of the narrow part of the Ston Channel on the Peljesac Peninsula, 3 km south of Ston; population 107. Chief occupations are farming and fishing. Pine forests characterize the surroundings. A local road connects Broce with Ston.
The first settlement was established by the inhabitants of Dubrovnik in 1349. According to the design by a Frenchman, Olivier, an extension of the town ramparts of Ston in the direction of Broce started in 1478; however, the works were suspended. A Dominican monastery with a church was built in 1629, close to several houses in Gothic and Renaissance style. Other churches are The Annunciation, St. Felix and All Saints with a cemetery. Southeast of Broce are the ruins of the house and chapel of Ivan Rabljanin, the most famous Dubrovnik gun founder.
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