Stari Grad

Stari Grad is a city at the northern side of the island of Hvar in Dalmatia, Croatia. One of the oldest towns in Europe, its function at the stop of a protracted, protected bay and next to high agricultural land has lengthy made it appealing for human settlement. Stari Grad is likewise a municipality within the Split-Dalmatia County. The most ancient part of Stari Grad falls within the UNESCO Protected World Heritage Site of the Stari Grad Plain, even as the entire municipality lies within the surrounding buffer quarter.

The place round present day Stari Grad was settled by using the neolithic tribes of the Hvar tradition who occupied the island between 3500 and 2500 BC, and who traded with different settlements around the Mediterranean. Remains of their pottery and other artifacts were determined, along side that of the Illyrian tribe that succeeded them. The settlement lay on the decrease quit of Stari Grad Bay, defended via strongholds on the north and south hillsides overlooking the harbour.