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==External links==
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* {{hr icon}} [http://marijapropetog.hr/svetiste_hr.htm Blažena Marija Propetog Isusa Petković], marijapropetog.hr
* {{hr icon}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20071213190814/http://marijapropetog.hr/svetiste_hr.htm Blažena Marija Propetog Isusa Petković], marijapropetog.hr
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Prižba is located in Croatia
Prižba
Location of Prižba in Croatia

Prižba is a small village on the island of Korčula in Croatia. Korcula is part of the Dalmatian coast and it belongs to the Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Prizba is part of the Municipality of Blato.[1]

This village is located on the southern coast of Korčula, and its shape follows the coastline. Prižba is 10 km away from the town Blato, 16 km from Vela Luka, 4 km from Brna and 8 km from Smokvica. Prizba is made up of several smaller bays and two peninsulas, Ratak and Priscapac. Priscapac is also a small tourist resort with a small pebble beach.

Culture

In the center of Prižba there's a small Sisters of Mercy convent. In Prizba, the Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified Petković wrote the Constitution of her Order in 1920.

Economy

The village's economy is based on tourism[2] and associated activities, whereas originally it was almost exclusively fishing as this was a pure fishermen's village. At one end of Prizba is the tourist complex called Priscapac, which has a sports-diving centre.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ Municipality of Blato website, blato.hr; accessed 3 December 2015.
  2. ^ Prižba details, korculainfo.com; accessed 3 December 2015.

42°54′N 16°48′E / 42.900°N 16.800°E / 42.900; 16.800