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4 Stari Grad

Stari grad has a long history. After Demetrius’ failure in 219
There was a village here even B.C., the town became depend-
as far back as prehistoric times, ent on Rome and remained so
however the first documented until late antiquity. There are nu-
traces were found in 384 B.C. merous monuments that are ev-
when settlers from the Greek idence of the town’s turbulent
island of Paros founded the history which can be seen in
polis or city-state of Faros. Stari numerous points during a walk
grad’s most famous ancient through the old city centre as
habitant is general Demetrius, well as in the museums.
a short-term governor of the Il- Medieval history starts with the
lyrian state and an associate of arrival of the Slavs – Croats during
powerful Hannibal from Kartaga. the 6th and 7th centuries with
the town inheriting an ancient
tradition. It was the seat of the
Medieval diocese of Hvar which
later became Novi Grad back in
1278 when the diocese and its
administration was transferred,
whilst the old Hvar (Faros, Phar-
ia) took the name Stari Grad,
which is still carries today.