In 2011, during archaeological research and conservation work on the church of St. Vid in the Klis fortress, conservator R. Bužančić came across pre-Romanesque fragments among the blocks of its western facade with the remains of royal inscriptions, four of them that can be interconnected.
Category Archives: Historical curiosities
The lost silver coins of King Colloman
The year is 1878, and the head of the Benkovac political district, Stefan Barbieri, is approached by a peasant, Pero Pavlović, from nearby Donji Lepur in Ravni Kotar near Zadar. He gives him a silver coin and says: “I found another 2,000 coins in the ground…” Barbieri looked at the coin, which looked a bit strange, authentic, and a cross was visible on it…
Who were the Vlachs in Croatia?
“Vlachs” is a collective name for several smaller related ethnic groups from Southeast Europe who were descendants of Roman colonists and Romanized local ancient peoples such as Illyrians and Thracians.
HISTORY OF CROATIA and related history 