Dubravica
Povijesno naselje na Verajinu repu i prapovjesen gomile, kapela sv. Ante i tradicionalna arhitektura.
Dubravica
(prapovijesno naselje na Verajinu repu i prapovijesne gomile, kapela sv. Ante i tradicijska arhitektura), Kapela sv. Ante
Dubravica se smjestila na lijevoj obali rijeke Neretve, na rubu krškog masiva uz dolinu. Najraniji su materijalni ostatci ljudske prisutnosti na ovom području prapovijesne gomile i naselje na položaju Verajin rep. Skupina kamenih grobnih gomila, tj. tumula nalazi se na vrhu Verajina repa te na sjevernoj i zapadnoj padini Verajina repa. Izgrađena je nasipanjem neobrađenog kamena na grob koji je izrađen od kamenih škrinja, a nastala je u razdoblju brončanog i željeznog doba o čemu svjedoče ulomci keramičkih posuda na gomilama. S njima u vezu dovodi se samo naselje te Bila gomila i gomila Kuk koje su na najdominantnijem položaju pa su vjerojatno imale obrambenu funkciju. Naselje u podnožju potječe iz kasnog brončanog i ranog željeznog doba. O tome svjedoče ostatci kamenog zida izrađenog u tehnici suhozida te brojni ulomci keramičkog posuđa. Na tzv. Napoleonovoj cesti sredinom 19. stoljeća obitelj Veraja iz Dubravice dala je sagraditi zavjetnu kapelicu posvećenu sv. Anti, koja je početkom 20. stoljeća obnovljena i dobila je današnji izgled. Prvotno je posvećena Gospi od Zdravlja i sv. Anti o čemu svjedoči reljef uzidan u pročelje, a podignuta je kao zavjetna kapela za zaštitu od goveđe kuge. Danas je ovo poznato hodočasničko mjesto za vjernike iz Metkovića i okolice. Kod starih dijelova naselja Dubravica vidljiv je raštrkani tip naselja karakterističan za dalmatinsko zaleđe u kojem su sačuvani brojni primjeri tradicijske arhitekture. Stambeni i gospodarski objekti grupiraju u manje zaseoke, međusobno fizički odvojene od drugog zaseoka. Osobite su kamene, stambene prizemne ili dvoetažne kuće te različiti gospodarski objekti poput štala, spremišta za žitarice i čatrnje, tj. cisterne zatvaraju prostor dvorišta, a potječu iz razdoblja od druge polovice 19. do sredine 20. stoljeća, a važan su dio tradicijske arhitekture i suhozidne međe.
Dubravica
(a prehistoric settlement in Verajin rep and prehistoric piles, the chapel of St. Anthony and traditional architecture),
Dubravica is located on the left bank of the Neretva river, on the edge of a karstic massif along the valley. The earliest material remnants of human presence in this area are the prehistoric piles and settlements at the position of Verajin rep. The group of stone burial cairns, i.e. tumuli, is at the top of Verajin rep and on the Northern and Western slope of the Verajin rep. It was built by filling rough stone into the grave made of stone chests and created in the period of the Bronze and Iron Age witnessing of which are parts of earthenware in the piles. They are related to the very settlement as well as to the Bila pile and the Kuk pile, which are in the most dominant position so that they probably had a defending function. The settlement in the foothill goes back to the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age. This is witnessed by the remnants of the stonewall made in the drywall technique and numerous earthenware fragments. On the so-called Napoleon road, in the mid-19th century, the Veraja family from Dubravica had a votive chapel built, devoted to St. Anthony, which was renovated at the beginning of the 20th century when it got its today’s look. It was primarily devoted to Our Lady of Health and St. Anthony, which is witnessed by the relief built into the front, raised as a votive chapel for protection against rinderpest. Today this is a well-known place of pilgrimage for believers from Metković and the surroundings. In the old parts of the Dubravica settlement, a scattered type of settlement is visible, typical for the Dalmatian hinterland in which many samples of traditional architecture have been preserved. The housing and farm buildings are grouped into smaller hamlets, physically divided among themselves. Standing out are the ground floor or two-story residential houses made of stone and different farm facilities such as stables, grain storage and cisterns closing up the yard area, dating back to the second half of the 19th up to the middle of the 20th century, that are an important part of traditional architecture and drywall boundaries.