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This green island has two settlements: Gornje Čelo and Donje Čelo. People there grow vineyards, olives, figs, carobs, pomegranate, citrus fruits and vegetables. Beautiful gravel and sand beaches were famous resort and always attracted of the inhabitants and visitors of Dubrovnik.
According to the antique historical sources, it is the island of Calaphodia, one of the seven Elaphite islands. After the Southern Slavs came here, it became part of Travunija, and since the 11th century, of the Republic of Dubrovnik. In the Statute of Dubrovnik, it is mentioned for the first time in 1272. Coral diving was an important branch of economy from the 14th to the 18th century. In Donje Čelo, a few fragments of the Roman marble sculpture were built in the walls of the parish church together with the fragments of the early medieval wattle-work stone ornaments. Its building began in the 13th century, and was finished by the local masters in the 15th century. There are a few ruined and preserved small churches on the island that were built in the Pre-Roma-nesque period. |
