CROÁCIA - DALMATIA (CROATIA) - CROATIA

 «The Croats' arrival at the Adriatic Sea» Oton Iveković (before 1927):
After Roman Empire fall and the invasion of the Ostrogoths, Byzantine Empire control DALMATIA until the invasion of the Slavic Croats (meaning montain people) in the early 7th century and destroyed Roman towns. The city of RAGUSA (old RAGUSUM) was founded by the survivors of the Roman culture.
Medieval Croats states ruled until 925 when emerge the Kingdom of Croatia with the defeat of Bulgarians and Hungarians. But in 1097 the kingdom was defeated by Hungarians that impose an Union in 1102. PANNONIA linked again to DALMATIA (until 1526)! In 1527 begun the rule by Austrian Habsburg Monarchy until the end of I world war (1918). Republic of Venetia have a control between 1420 and 1797. Otoman Empire since 1493 until 1699. Since 1918 until 1941 (Axis oocupation, Protectorat of Italy until 1943 and then a State undercontrol of Germany) Croatia was a part of Kingdom of Yugoslavia, of the southern Slavs. In 1945 become a Republic of the federation of Yugoslavia until the it colapse by an horrible war. Croatia become independent in 1991 and joined European Union in 2013.

«Death of the last Croatian king Petar Svacic in the mountains near Gvozd, 1097» by Oton Ivekovic (before 1927)

«Map of Europe, ca. 1190 A.D.» William Robert Shepherd (1923-1926)


AMOR INSULA created by the laws of the Creator, now Galešnjak


The central Balkan tribes in pre-Roman times: Triballi, Autariatae, Dardanians, Scordisci and Moesians by Fanula Papazoglu,1978

DALMATIA in «Map of the Roman Empire during 116» Thomas Pusch (Wikipedia) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

Romans conquered HISTRIA in 177 b.C. and ILLYRIA in 168 b.C. that was split in two provinces: DALMATIA AND PANONNIA in 10 a.C with the defeat of Dalmatians and Pannonians united in revolt.

«Bird eye of a reconstruction of Diocletian's palace in Split/Spalato by the architect Ernest Hébrard. Photograph from E. Hébrard and J. Zeiller, Spalato, le Palais de Dioclétien, Paris, 1912» Wikipedia

SALONA (now Split with curious linkage in English with the split of ILLYRIA) the capital of Roman DALMATIA - Wikipedia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en


The Roman amphitheatre in Pola (HISTRIA) in photos by Boris Licina http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.enMarek69 - Wikipedia (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)


«Map of Venice, c. 1000 AD. Republic is in dark red, land borders in light red, approximated sea borders in dotted light red» Electionworld (Wikipedia) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

«Aerial view of Dubrovnik» Bjoertvedt (Wikipedia) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

RAGUSUM, now Dubrovnik by Greenweasel - Wikipedia (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en) have the motto: Non bene pro toto libertas venditur auro ("Liberty is not well sold for all the gold"). Was capital of the maritine Republic of Ragusa (1358-1807)

Painting of Ragusa from 1667

Remember always the Italian victims of Tyranny, Ignorance and Fanatism by Yoguslav partisans leaded by Tito, like in 1943 Albina Radecchi, Catherine Radecchi, Fosca Radecchi and Amalia Ardossi.

«Ethnic distribution in Istria in 1910:

   Istro-Romanians

   Slovenes

   Italians

   Croats» by Von Steiermark «Nationalitaten und Sprachen Karte Kustenland 1910»

Topographic map of Croatia (Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Croatia_topo.jpg