Sibenik, unlike other cities along the Adriatic…

Sibenik, unlike other cities along the Adriatic coast, which had been established by Greeks, Illyrians and Romans, is founded by Croats.

Excavations of the castle of Saint Michael, have since proven that the place had ben inhabited long before the actual arrival of the Croats.

It is mentioned for the first time under its present name in 1066 in a charter of the Croatian King Peter Kresimir IV and, for a period of time, it will be a seat of this Croatian King.

For that reason, Sibenik is also called "Kresimirov grad" (Kresimir's city).

It is the oldest native Croatian town on the eastern shores of the Adriatic.