History Kornati - Historical and Cultural Information About Kornati
First inhabitants on Kornati were the Illyrians, which have built square dwellings and accumulations. Today, those lefts can be seen on the entire island, and they testimony about inhabitation in prehistoric times. Kornati were often a harbor for sailors and fisherman, which were hiding there from the bed weather. Roman population is confirmed by many underwater findings of an ancient buildings. From the times of Byzantine reign, today can be seen a military fort Tureta from the 6th century and an early Christian basilica as well as ruins of a building which used to be a monastery. Turbulent past has changed people who want to rule the island, so we find many churches and historic traces of many civilizations.
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