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Multi-periodSite Name: Brac IslandCountry: Croatia
NOTE: This site is 12.878 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Latitude: 43.328000N Longitude: 16.543000E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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The large Adriatic island of Brac, which gets over 2700 hours of sunshine a year, is known worldwide for its white marble stone, which has been used for millennia in the creation of important buildings, two famous examples being the Diocletian Palace in Split, and the White House in Washington DC.
The island has been continuously populated since Neolithic times, with evidence of inhabitation found in caves such as Kopacina dating back to even the Mesolithic period.
There is more evidence of human settlement on the island during the Bronze Age, with a number of hilltop sites to be found across the island, and also many stone burial mounds. The first monuments on this rocky island are the piles of stone: stone shelters, tumuli, and forts.
More evidence exists of the Illyrian people living here during the Iron Age, of which a series of huge defended hillforts dating to this period have been found. The largest and the most significant of these were the hill forts built at various strategic points: Rat in the western part of the island near Lozisca, Kostilo above Bol, and the eastern most, Gracisce near Novo Selo. Remains of the Illyrian walls can also still be seen at Skrip, the oldest settlement on the island. The huge ruins in Skrip follow the Greek style but they were raised by the local Illyrian people, probably to resist the Greek occupation of the island.
It is thought that, unlike Hvar and other neighbouring islands, the Greeks never really colonised Brac, the Illyrians remaining dominant until the coming of the Romans. Once the Romans had complete control they consolidated their power in the newly-founded province of Dalmatia, whose capital, Solin (Salona), boasted a population of no less than 60,000. Roman domination lasted until the decline of the Western Roman Empire in 476. During this Roman period, hundreds of slaves toiled in the quarries of Brac island and left records of their life and worship on stones and sacrificial altars.
Christianisation then came to the Romans, and they were followed by the Byzantines, Slavs, Venetians, Turks, Austrians, French, English, Russians…… the rest is a long and complicated history.
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