Pond

(prehistoric mounds, Roman road and architecture and traditional architecture)

Prud is a settlement located on the right bank of the Neretva River, right next to the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Although it was mentioned in the Middle Ages, the earliest remains of human habitation date back to prehistoric times, as evidenced by stone burial mounds at the Krivače sites and in Prudska draga, which date back to the Bronze and Iron Ages. They were used to bury the deceased in a stone chest-shaped grave that would be covered with a mound of unworked stone, forming a mound that in some cases had a stone rim. In addition to the rim, which according to some had a cultic role to protect the burial space, fragments of prehistoric ceramic vessels have also been found on the mounds, indicating funeral rituals. In ancient times, the Roman road connecting Salona and Narona and the road connecting Narona and Epidaurum (Cavtat) also passed through today's Prud, and their remains are located in Prudska draga and at the Krivače site. Thus, at the Krivače site, the remains of a building believed to be a way station on the Narona – Epidaurum road were discovered. Also, a large number of Roman remains in the Prud area have been mentioned since the 18th century, which indicates that Narona also extended into the area of today's Prud. In Prud, there are also several examples of traditional architecture created in the late 19th or early 20th century. The buildings are grouped into smaller hamlets in which blood relatives lived, and two- or three-story elongated residential buildings in which several members of the extended family lived, living in a family cooperative, are common. There are also small single-story residential buildings that, like the significantly larger ones, have a whole series of farm buildings in their vicinity, such as stables, grain storage and a rainwater cistern.