Directory talk:Zuvela

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• The most extensive migrations to these islands occurred during the Cypriote (1571-1573), Candian (1645-1669), and Morean wars (1684-1699) (between Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire).

The Land of 1000 Islands by Igor Rudan

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First time the surname Xuvella was mention was in a document dated 2/2/1642, Blato (Blatta).

(Vela Luka od 1490 do 1834 by Zvonko Maricic-p168)

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Timeline

• Xuvella's arrived on the west end of the island of Korcula in the 1600s.
• First mention in Blatta (Blato) documents in 1642 (Antonio Xuvella-today in Croatian: Ante).

(according to Zvonko Maričić, Xuvella'a built cottages in the Vallegrande-Vela Luka around 1690)

• Stone Cross built in 1761- Vincidur (Vinčidur).
• Stone Cross built in 1818- near Rasohatija (Rasohatica-Kruševo).
• House built in 1837 in Vallegrande.
• A Xuvella Giacobbo di Francesco (Frank-today in Croatian: Franko) was enrolled in School year of 1862./63.; III. r. (grade)

Original name of the school: Imp. re. Scuola elementare-Minore di Tre Classi (Teresi Castellani) ref from:Osnovna Škola "Vela Luka" Vela Luka Zbornik-150 Godina Školstva u Velaoj Luci (p48)