Pag (town)

The town of Pag ( German outdated. Baag, it Pago ) is the most important town on the Croatian Adriatic island of Pag. It has 3,846 inhabitants ( 2011) and belongs to the Zadar County.

History

Pag already existed in Roman times and was known as Pagus. Even before the Romans settled there the Lirburni, an Illyrian people. The initial written mention of Pag dated to the year 1070. 1244 the city from the Hungarian King Béla IV was declared a free royal city. In 1376 it was granted by King Louis I of Hungary 's autonomy. 1510 raged in Pag the plague and the city was burned down and rebuilt north of its original position. From the old town of Pag, only the St. George's Church is preserved. In it there is a statue of Mary, which survived the fire. Every year there is a procession from the old church to the new St. Mary's Church on August 15.

The city wall still preserved, was built with its towers in Gothic and Renaissance style. Pag has countless small, for a square pattern distributed on the streets of the city and is a popular tourist destination.

Personalities

• Bartol Kašić, (1575 - 1650), Croatian linguist