Korita
S obzirom da je naselje Žare bilo izloženo pogledu s mora, a uokolo nije bilo pogodnog mjesta za obranu, stanovnici Žare ubrzo sele par kilometara zapadnije u prirodnu udolinu između brda Planjaka i okolnih brda. Naselje odmah dobiva ime Korita, koje je sačuvano do danas. Dokaz da su naselje naselili Žarani vidi se iz Lamente Mljetske kancelarije iz 1474. godine, u kojoj se Žarani tuže na razne ljude koji im prave štetu u njihovom selu Korita, dok sebe u istom trenutku još uvijek nazivaju ljudima iz Žare. Drugi primjer da nije bilo razlike između ljudi iz naselja Žare i Korita je iz 1502. godine kad otočna univerzija donosi zaključak da se izaberu dva čovjeka za ubiranje nekih davanja. Tada zbor iz Babinog Polja i Blata bira svog čovjeka, a zbor Korićana svog izabranika označuje kao "čovjeka iz Žare".
Tijekom 17. i 18. stoljeća Korita se razvijaju u lijepo poluurbano naselje. U to vrijeme, a posebno poslije katastrofalnog potresa u Dubrovniku 1667. godine, u Korita se doseljava pet uglednih dubrovačkih gradskih obitelji, koje u mjestu grade lijepe kamene kuće, nalik na one u Dubrovniku. U isto vrijeme, dubrovačke klarise imaju svoju kuću u Koritima, dok dubrovački franjevci grade samostan i crkvu sv. Marka. Lokalni se stanovnici polako, ali sigurno, urbaniziraju te Korita postaju mali urbani gadić koji, među ostalim ima i vlastitu zlatarnicu a i postojalo je i više trgovina finom robom. U obližnjoj se uvali grade magazini za ribu, ribarnica i mala luka za izvoz ribe u Dubrovnik, Bari i Brindisi.
Kula, izgrađena za praćenje i nadzor nad Mljetskim kanalom, kao središte gradića se obnavlja te Korita postaju od velikog značaja za Dubrovačku Republiku, koja je u Koritima napravila karantenu za ljude oboljele od kuge. Upravo iz tog razloga, Korita postaju ishodišno mjesto za mljetsku bolest.
U selu je postojala i Mlinca u kojoj se prerađivala maslina u poznato mljetsko ulje, no i u kojoj su se tijekom zimskih mjeseci odvijao sveokupni život sela. Mladići se ogledavali za djevojkama, a vrlo često se do dugo u noć mogla čuti pjesma...
Postojalo je i nekoliko bačvarskih radnji, koje su izrađivale bačve a u selu je djelovalo i Guvno (Gumno) mjesto za vršidbu ili mlaćenje žita.
Poslije 1770. godine započinje siromašenje Korita i njegovih obitelji. Zamiru ribarstvo, trgovina i pomorstvo, tako da krajem 18. stoljeća Korita prestaju biti gradić i postaju napušteno selo. Dodatni uzrok napuštanja sela je bila epidemija kuge koja je poptuno poharala naselje i okolicu.
Kasnijim naseljavanjem nekoliko obitelji iz dubrovačkog primorja Korita su opet zaživjela, no nikad nisu povratila stari sjaj. Od malog gradića, danas je to malo, izolirano i siromašno mjesto.
Zanimljivo je kako stanovnici Korita i naselja Saplunara, gdje se preselila većina stanovnika Korita i dan danas govore posebnim, dubrovačkim naglaskom i služe se arhaičnim riječima Grada Dubrovnika, što se više ni u samome Gradu ne može čuti. Tako, nekada mali i bogati gradić, danas je skoro napušteno selo sa samo 34 stanovnika
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E 17° 42.DxExF+501
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Since the village of Žare was exposed to the view from the sea, and there was no suitable place for defense around, the inhabitants of Žare soon moved a few kilometers west into the natural valley between the hills of Planjak and the surrounding hills. The settlement was immediately given the name Korita, which has been preserved to this day. Evidence that the settlement was inhabited by the people of Žara can be seen from the Lament of the Mljet Office from 1474, in which the people of Žara complain about various people who harm them in their village Korita, while at the same time they still call themselves people from Žara. Another example that there was no difference between the people from the settlements of Žare and Korita is from 1502 when the island university came to the conclusion that two men should be chosen to collect some donations. Then the choir from Babino Polje and Blato chooses its man, and the choir of Koricans marks its chosen one as "the man from Zara".
During the 17th and 18th centuries, the Korita developed into a beautiful semi-urban settlement. At that time, and especially after the catastrophic earthquake in Dubrovnik in 1667, five prominent Dubrovnik city families moved to Korita, building beautiful stone houses in the place, similar to those in Dubrovnik. At the same time, the Dubrovnik Poor Clares have their house in Korita, while the Dubrovnik Franciscans are building a monastery and the church of St. Brand. The locals are slowly but surely urbanizing, and Korita is becoming a small urban gadić who, among other things, has its own jewelry store and there were several shops selling fine goods. In a nearby bay, fish shops, a fish market and a small port for exporting fish to Dubrovnik, Bari and Brindisi are being built.
The tower, built to monitor and control the Mljet Channel, is being renovated as the center of the town, and Korita is becoming of great importance for the Republic of Dubrovnik, which has established a quarantine for people suffering from plague in Korita. Precisely for this reason, Korita is becoming a starting point for Mljet disease.
There was also Mlinca in the village, where olives were processed into the famous Mljet oil, but also where the overall life of the village took place during the winter months. The young men looked after the girls, and very often until late at night a song could be heard ...
There were also several cooperage shops, which made barrels, and in the village there was also a Guvno (Gumno) place for threshing or threshing grain.
After 1770, the impoverishment of Korita and his families began. Fishing, trade and seafaring ceased, so that at the end of the 18th century the Korita ceased to be a small town and became an abandoned village. An additional cause of leaving the village was the plague epidemic that completely devastated the settlement and its surroundings.
With the later settlement, several families from the Dubrovnik coast of Korita came to life again, but never regained their old glory. From a small town, today it is a small, isolated and poor place.
It is interesting how the inhabitants of Korita and the settlement of Saplunara, where most of the inhabitants of Korita moved, still speak with a special, Dubrovnik accent and use the archaic words of the City of Dubrovnik, which can no longer be heard in the City itself. Thus, once a small and rich town, today it is an almost abandoned village with only 34 inhabitants
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N 42° 42.((AxB)+C)x15
E 17° 42.DxExF+501