History Brac - Historical and Cultural Information About Brac
The island of Brac, whose protector is St. George, has a very rich history. The evidence of life existence dates back even to the stone-ages (3000 B. C.). In the 4th century B.C. the island was settled by the Illyrian tribe Delmata after whom was Dalmatia named.
Greek colonization was not present like on the other islands, but in the Roman time were formed many Roman settlements, thanks to the exploitation of the well known stone. From this white stone was built the Diocletian’s palace in the town of Split.
In the 7th century came Croats and Venice had big influence on the island because it ruled almost 4 centuries. The danger of the Turks on the mainland was the reason that Brac had more and more immigrants. In the time of French ruling, thanks to the numerous reforms, life on the island became better for its habitants, and then in the time of Austrian Habsburg monarchy in the 19th century important settlements on the island were connected by roads.
In the biggining of the 20th century vineyards were slowly distroyed by the disease and this was the reason for a massive emigration to oversea countries, especially to Chile. In the 1st and in the 2nd World War the life on the island was very difficult. After liberation from the fascism island Brac became part of the socialistic Yugoslavia. From 1991. island Brac is part of the independent Republic of Croatia.
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