History Peljesac - Historical and Cultural Information About Peljesac
Peljesac peninsula has been inhabited since the Neolithic about what evidence numerous sites of old items from the cave. In the Iron age, here settled members of the Illyrian tribe Plereja, which brought the classical Mediterranean cultures. In 2nd century BC inhabited the Romans who built the famous coastal villa rustica and shared the fertile terrain for the cultivation of olive trees and vineyards.
In the early Middle Ages was under the Byzantine Empire and by that time preserved pre-Romanesque church of St. Mihael in Stone. In 1326 Dubrovnik citizens win Dubrovnik, and buy it from Serbian emperor and Bosnian governor in 1333. They lift the famous Ston walls which primarily protect the salt pans, which were a rich source of income, and the salt trade was one of the foundations of Dubrovnik resources. It was introduced the feudal system where they divided the country squire, and the inhabitants became serfs, who because of poverty are so they started increasingly turning to the sea. In the 14th century Republic of Dubrovnik was collapsed by Napoleon's rule, but state laws and feudalism remained unchanged. In the 19th century, Peljesac becomes part of Austria-Hungary, in the 20th century as part of Yugoslavia, where will remain until the independence of the Croatian state.
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