Drijeva

Drijeva, also known as Narenta, was a market and customs town on the lower Neretva, where the river approached the Adriatic. The ancient city of Narona stood in the surrounding region. In 1186 the Serbian ruler Stefan Nemanja granted merchants from Ragusa freedom to trade at the market; their records also called it Narenti or forum Narenti. Salt warehouses and a customs house served the trade passing between the coast and the Bosnian interior.

In 1326 the Bosnian ban Stjepan II brought the surrounding land of Hum under his rule. Ragusan merchants established a community at Drijeva and traded in salt, livestock products and metals; some brought salt from Valona. The market also saw the sale of enslaved people. Its valuable revenues drew the attention of Bosnian nobles and the Hungarian king. The Ottomans burned the town in 1448, and four years later the Venetians established a settlement across the river.