Golf Park Dubrovnik - DalCasa

50o t o c ii s l a n d sJedna od posljedicaboravka JNAje i jedva 4000stanovnika,za razliku odoko 10 tisuća izvremena najvećegprosperiteta u dobaAustro-Ugarske.One of the biggestconsequences of thestay of JNA is thesmall number ofinhabitants, onlyaround 4000 ofthem compared toas many as 10000in the time of theAustrian-Hungarianprosperity.lands. Due to this reason its history is more „difficult”than the history of other Dalmatian islands.The Vis of today still feels the burden of the timespast - both in a positive aspect and a negative one - itis very attractive as a tourist destination thanks toits past, starting from the antic era and the town ofIssa and continuing all the way to the modern era andTito and his partisans. On the other hand, Vis wasneglected and forgotten for decades, apart from themassive complex construction of the former JNA (YugoslavianNational Army), which caused much troubleto the local population and caused many to leave theirhome island.And then a miracle happened in the last coupleof years. This long period of oblivion became an advantagefor the island. A new breed of tourists hasstarted looking for everything this island has to offer- peace and tranquility and asomewhat wild beauty. Vis becamea God-given sanctuary forall those who prefer authenticityto huge concrete hotels andapartments.Many a state and society haschanged on Vis. After all, it isone of our few islands inhabitedeven in the prehistoric era.The remains of the antic townof Issa give witness to the famousancient Greek period. Thetown later fell to the Romansand became a part of the oldCroatian kingdom in the middleages. Later the Venetians came,after them the French, the Englishfor a short period of time,who left fortresses with carvedUnion Jack flags and a rarelyseen affection for cricket. Andwhen all of them were gone theisland fell into the hands of theHabsburg Monarchy as a part ofthe imperial Dalmatia. The Austrians and their navystopped the Italian grasp and desire for Vis for a longtime, until the breakup of the Austrian-HungarianMonarchy, upon defeating the Italian navy close to Visin the year 1866.The great naval defeat gave Vis almost mythic statusin the minds of the Italians so they desired to possesit even after WWI when they joined the winningside in the latter stages of the war. But, according tosome historic gossip, Rome agreed to take the islandof Lastovo and leave the island of Vis in the hands ofthe Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and the Slovenians. Accordingto some historic sources this was the resultof the efforts of the famous Croatian politician AnteTrumbić who was a parliament representative of theisland of Vis at the time. But although Trumbić desiredonly good for his electoral base, Belgrade andSerbia had other plans - they promised to give awayland to the inhabitants of the islands who convertedto eastern orthodox Christianity. A number of islandersdecided to do so. A big eastern orthodox churchwas built on the island in 1933 and with it came disagreementand even physical violence between theislanders. But things returned to normal with foundationof Banovina Hrvatska…The true glory days of the newer history of Viscame with WWII when Vis was an ally and a partisanbase. When Italy capitulated in 1943 all attempts oftaking the island were stopped so it was anotherchance gone for vengeance for the naval defeat of1866. The fall of Mussolini did not bring Germans tothe island so it became the only part of the formerYugoslavia which did not fall in German hands. AfterJosip Broz Tito also took shelter on the island, Visbecame a starting point for ally air attacks on Germantargets. A big airport (today vineyards stand wherethere was a runway once) was constructed on theisland and the pilots who stayed here during the warhave likely made their final visit to the graves of their