{"id":1403,"date":"2021-11-04T11:17:56","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T10:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluecave-bisevo.com\/?page_id=1403"},"modified":"2021-11-30T11:10:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T10:10:46","slug":"about-the-island","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bluecave-bisevo.com\/en\/about-the-island\/","title":{"rendered":"About the island"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row thb_full_width=”true” thb_row_padding=”true” thb_column_padding=”true” content_placement=”middle” thb_scroll_bottom=”true” thb_scroll_bottom_style=”style3″ thb_scroll_bottom_color=”light” thb_shape_divider=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1624948981415{padding-top: 30vh !important;padding-bottom: 25vh !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/bluecave-bisevo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/o-otoku.jpg?id=503) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}” divider_shape=”triangle” thb_divider_color=”#ffffff”][vc_column thb_color=”thb-light-column”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_col-lg-8 vc_col-md-8″]\t
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About the island<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”align-center”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-8 vc_col-md-8″ css=”.vc_custom_1617197869899{padding-right: 2vh !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”60px”][vc_column_text animation=”animation fade-in”]Bi\u0161evo is located 5 kilometres to the SW of the Vis island, right across the Bi\u0161evo Channel. Administratively it belongs to the Town of Komi\u017ea. Stra\u017ebenica dominates the hilly landscape as its highest point, reaching 239 metres above sea level at its SE end.<\/p>\n

There is a series of presumptions as to the origin of the island\u2019s name. The most likely is the one saying that its name originates from the Italian word \u201cbusi\u201d, meaning \u201choles\u201d. It is supported by the fact that Komi\u017ea dialect calls wood full of wormholes \u201cbi\u0161ovo\u201d. Similarly to the wood being full of holes, so is Bi\u0161evo. It abounds in holes, i.e. speleological objects, caves and grottoes.<\/p>\n

Numerous archaeological findings confirm that the island has been inhabited since prehistoric times. Today, Bi\u0161evo is faced with depopulation lasting since the beginning of the last century. In 1961, Bi\u0161evo had a population of 115, which dwindled to only 15 inhabitants in 2011. The depopulation of the island is closely followed by the change in the dominant cultural, agricultural and natural values. While the former two dominated in times of high population density, the latter dominate today, creating a vegetation cover of macchia, garrigue and the Aleppo pine. The repopulation of the island remains the primary challenge, taking into consideration the need to revitalise its anthropogenic values without jeopardising its precious natural features.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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