Every year in the summer, the river of Neretva is a big attraction. If you are perhaps in Metkovi\u0107 or Dubrovnik Neretva County, it is the social event not to be missed.\u00a0Men, women and children may take part. It takes place on the second Saturday in August.\u00a0The first Maraton La\u0111a took place in 1998 to revive a tradition.<\/p>\n
Maraton La\u0111a<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0is a cultural heritage and it is a popular.<\/p>\n The Boats Marathon on the river Neretva is a long tradition of the local inhabitants. The route is long 22 500 metres. It is very interesting that all boats must be traditional in shape and dimension. These wooden boats through the history have been used as the transport mean from the dwelling place to the market, shop or the agricultural lands along the river Neretva.<\/p>\n The route is strictly defined:<\/strong>\u00a0The starting point is the bridge in the town of Metkovi\u0107, the participants passe through the places Kula Norinska, Krvavac, Opuzen, Komin, Crna rijeka, Rogotin, \u010ceveljusa and Stablin.\u00a0The finish is in the town of Plo\u010de, where the Winning Shield and the medals are awarded .<\/p>\n Competitors can be only inhabitants from the towns along the river Neretva. The crew contains of members with 1 drummer and steersman. On the boat, there is a seating arrangement. During the competition, replacement of the 6 paddlers-members of the crew is allowed.\u00a0The paddlers must sit at the edge of the boat, the drummer must sit on the bow in the middle of the boat.<\/p>\n The winning crew gets the gold medals,\u00a0temporary shield of prince Domagoj<\/strong>\u00a027 kilograms of weight, the smaller shield to to the permanent property and the money prize.<\/p>\n The winning crew’s time is usually around 2 hours 15 minutes.<\/p>\n The Neretva<\/strong>\u00a0is the most important river of the Adriatic area. It\u00a0remains unique in its beauty and the diversity of its landscape.<\/p>\n Maraton La\u0111a<\/strong>\u00a0returns us in the history and it is a pity to miss it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every year in the summer, the river of Neretva is a big attraction. If you are perhaps in Metkovi\u0107 or Dubrovnik Neretva County, it is the social event not to be missed.\u00a0Men, women and children may take part. It takes place on the second Saturday in August.\u00a0The first Maraton La\u0111a took place in 1998 to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":4217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[1074,526,1075,1073,1076],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conte-adriatic.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conte-adriatic.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conte-adriatic.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conte-adriatic.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conte-adriatic.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/conte-adriatic.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10624,"href":"https:\/\/conte-adriatic.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4221\/revisions\/10624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conte-adriatic.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conte-adriatic.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conte-adriatic.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conte-adriatic.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}