The island of Korcula was inhabited in prehistoric times, and traces of ancient life were discovered in many places. The oldest finds from the Neolithic stone knives Badija on an island near the town of Korcula. The richest and most thoroughly researched the Neolithic cave site Vela, Vela Luka.
In the sixth century BC the island was inhabited by Greeks, first in Vela Luka and called the island of Corcyra Melaina (black). Some time later at the other end of the island, the Greeks of today Lombarda come from the island of Vis (Issa), establishing a significant settlement. In the first century AD the island was like the whole of Dalmatia was conquered by the Romans and called Illyricum. In the 7th century to the Adriatic coast penetrate Slavs - Croats, and soon formed their own state, which was the first principality, and the 925th The first coronation of King Tomislav becomes a kingdom.
In the framework of that country was and Korcula. In 1000th Venetian Doge Peter II. Orseolo occupies the Dalmatian towns and islands, and then came under the rule of Venice and Korcula. When Napoleon fell Venetian Republic Dalmatia on the shorter time taken by Austria, but soon come the French, then English, to finally Dalmatia came under Austrian administration under which it remained until the end of World War II (1918.).
After democratic elections in 1990. The referendum on the Croatian population opted to exit from Yugoslavia and declared the independent state of the Republic of Croatia. The turbulent history of Korcula remained written in stone and is visible on each piece of this unique island.
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