The peninsula Peljesac is placed between Neretva and Mali Ston bay. It has been settled since the ancient times, and is famous by navigators and quality vines. The old edifices from prehistoric period are perceptible. After Roman and Byzantine reign, Peljesac fell under the domination of Neretva. There left numerous monuments. The special monuments are the Lady of Luzani, St.Mihovil in Ston and St.George in Janjina. Peljesac became a constituent part of Dubrovnik Republic, and it is also famous by shipbuliding. The economic prosperity of pelješac happened in the seventeenth century. A great number of edifices, such as captain houses, church in Orebic, Viganj and Kuciste originate from that period. Orebic has once been a maritime centre. There lived a count who was under the patronage of  Dubrovnik. Various pictures and models of ships are exposed in a maritime museum. Not far away there is a Franciscan monastery form the fifteenth century. There are votive pictures made in wood, and also a relief of Madonna. In Peljesac canal there is a small island called Badija. There is a monastery near which a church had been built that was turned into a resting-place in the second world war.