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y Ivan Đakon (Johannes Diaconus) in his book “Chronicon
Venetum”, the Venetian doge Pietro Orseolo II. has,
during his attack on Dalmatia, destroyed Lastovo’s town
and fortress as means of revenge for the pirate attacks
on Venetians merchants. He did that to protect his free
passage into the Mediterranean. Over the next two and
a half centuries, Lastovo has fallen into the background.
The residents have dedicated themselves to agriculture
and cattle breeding, ignoring their nautical tradition
along the way. In the middle of the thirteenth century
(1252-1254), Lastovo has volunteered to join the Dubrovnik
Republic after its residents were promised to be
able to hold on to their traditional customs. During the
16th century, Lastovo resisted the Turkish attacks, and
by the eighteenth century, they had to deal with the
pirates from Ulcinj, the French with their leader Napoleon,
the Austrian army and, eventually, the Italians as
well. The Italian occupation of Lastovo was the result of
the secret London Pact, signed by Italy and Antanta in
1915. According to the Treaty of Rapallo from 1920, the
Italian Kingdom annexed Lastovo and included it into
their Zadar Region. The Italian control of Lastovo was
characterized by a significant amount of suffocating
the national identity, as well as the increased population
number, rapid construction and improved standard
of living. The Italian control over Lastovo ended in 1943
when Italy capitulated.
These days, the island of Lastovo is also referred to as
“the imperial island”, as the Romans called it in the old
days because of numerous fields, sumptuous forests, a
beautiful wreath of little islands and cliffs that surround
it, and numerous hidden lagoons and an abundance
of sea fish. Because Lastovo belongs to the most-south
island group in southern Dalmatia, its distance gives it a
certain lonesome dimension. The island is 10 kilometres
long and just 5,8 kilometres wide. The largest little town
on the island is Lastovo, located on a hill away from the
sea, and it is marked by numerous stone houses.
Because of its untouched nature, clean environment
and impressive underwater life, this island was declared
a park of nature by the Croatian Parliament in 2006.
According to the last population census in 2001, there
are 835 people living on the island, 451 of which live in
the town of Lastovo. However, the number that keeps
repeating itself when it comes to this island is: 46. That’s
how many inhabited islands there are in Lastovo, and
there are also 46 little churches (chapels), as well as hills
or slopes and lowland valleys (farm fields with olives, fruit
and wine grapes). With its advanced position on the
Adriatic and its numerous bays, the island is very attractive
to nautical people, and the divers have an awful
lot to look at in the surrounding underwater world. Lastovo
is swarming with numerous fish species, shellfish and
crabs, and the lobster is one of the main local specialties,
especially to tourists. Besides that, tourists are most
drawn to the fact that they are relaxing far away from
industrial civilization, surrounded by traditional Mediterranean
architecture. And who wouldn’t be thrilled by
the crystal-clear sea, as well as the peace and quiet of
untouched nature?
Still, it wasn’t till the Republic of Croatia declared its
independence in 1991 that the island’s tourism really
Adventure
Kamene kuće u Lastovu / Stone houses in Lastovo
Crkve na Lastovu / Churces in Lastovo
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