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RIVER LJUTA Have you ever asked yourself for how long has a river in a certain region been in existence? There are several indications that the River Ljuta did not exist in Antiquity. According to oral history, still alive in Herzegovina, the River Ljuta emerged in Konavle in the 10th Century in the area of the present day Zubci, where the River Sutjeska used to flow. AS THE STORY GOES, TWO SOURCES, NAMED THE RIKALO AND THE OKA, EMERGED AFTER SEVENTEEN DAYS OF UNDERGROUND NOISE AT THE FOOT OF THE HILL RUNJAVI, AND THEN A THIRD SOURCE EMERGED AT THE FOOT OF SNJEĊ½NICA IN KONAVLE, GIVING BIRTH TO RIVER LJUTA. There is a popular saying: "Rikalo gave birth to his children, Oka and Ljuta." According to another oral history in Konavle, the river emerged in the 11th Century, causing long-lasting floods in the Konavle Field, which made its inhabitants run away and relocate. Many established themselves in new homes just below the hills, outside the reach of flooding water, engaging mainly in cattle-breeding. This is supported by the position of the Konavle villages at the beginning of the 15th Century. We notice the absence of settlements from Ljuta to Uskopje, where originally stood Roman farmhouses (villae rusticae), directly above the fields at the elevation of today's church in Lovorno. All of the present settlements are located to the north, below the hills. Also, during the reconstruction of the mills between 2001 and 2011, no traces were found from Antiquity in this area.
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RIJEKA LJUTA Da li ste se ikada zapitali otkada neka rijeka postoji na nekom području? Za rijeku Ljutu ima više indicija da nije postojala u doba Antike. Prema predaji sačuvanoj u Hercegovini rijeka Ljuta je u Konavlima izbila u 10. st. s područja današnjih Zubaca, gdje je tekla rijeka Sutjeska. PREMA PREDAJI, NAKON SEDAMNAEST DANA PODZEMNE TUTNJAVE U PODNOŽJU BRDA RUNJAVOG IZBIŠE DVA IZVORA, KOJE SU NAZVALI RIKALO I OKA, A ISPOD SNJEŽNICE U KONAVLIMA TREĆI, OD KOJEGA POTEČE RIJEKA LJUTA. U narodu postoji izreka: “Rikalo se okotilo i njegova su djeca Oka i Ljuta“. U Konavlima postoji predaja po kojoj je rijeka provrela u 11. stoljeću. Zbog toga je polje dugo bilo pod vodom pa se dio stanovništva razbježao i odselio. Znatan ih je broj ostao ispod brda, izvan dosega vode, baveći se uglavnom stočarstvom. U prilog tome govori i raspored konavoskih naselja s početka 15. stoljeća. Uočavamo kako od Ljute do Uskopja, na mjestu nekadašnjih rimskih poljoprivrednih imanja (villa rustica) koja su se nalazile neposredno iznad polja, u visini današnje crkve u Lovornu, nema niti jednog naselja. Sva su naselja smještena sjevernije, ispod brda. U prilog predaji ide i činjenica da prigodom obnove mlinova između 2001. i 2011. na tom prostoru nije pronađen nikakav trag iz vremena antike.