Vis is a town on the island of the same name in Croatia, population 1,776 (as of 2001). It is the center of the Vis municipality and part of Split-Dalmatia County.
The first settlement in the place of today's town of Vis was built in the fourth century BC by Greek colonists from Sicily under the name of Issa. Greeks were attracted by Issa's geographical position because it enabled control of shiping in the Adriatic Sea. Antique Issa developed as ...
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Vis is a town on the island of the same name in Croatia, population 1,776 (as of 2001). It is the center of the Vis municipality and part of Split-Dalmatia County.
The first settlement in the place of today's town of Vis was built in the fourth century BC by Greek colonists from Sicily under the name of Issa. Greeks were attracted by Issa's geographical position because it enabled control of shiping in the Adriatic Sea. Antique Issa developed as the urban and economic center of Dalmatia and also served as a military base for colonization of places near the present-day town of Split, such as Stobreč (Epetion) and Trogir (Tragurion). Issa functioned as an independent polis until the first century BCE, when it was conquered by the Roman Empire. After the Roman conquest Issa lost its significance until the late Middle Ages when it was mentioned in several historical sources.
The town of Vis is located in a relatively large and protected bay (Croatian: uvala Svetog Jurja, English: Bay of...
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