In
the 3rd century BC, Tragurion was founded by Greek colonists from
the island of Vis, and it developed into a major port until the
Roman period.
The sudden prosperity of Salona deprived Trogir of its importance.
During the migration of Slavs-Croats, the citizens of the destroyed
Salona escaped to Trogir.
From the 9th century on, Trogir paid tribute to Croatian rulers.
The diocese of Trogir was established in the 11th century (abolished
in 1828) and in 1107 it was chartered by the Hungarian-Croatian
king Coloman, gaining thus its autonomy as a town.
In 1123, it was conquered and almost completely demolished by the
Saracens. However, Trogir recovered in a short period to experience
powerful economic prosperity in the 12th and the 13th centuries.
In 1242 King Béla IV found refuge there as he fled the Tatars. In
the 13th and the 14th centuries, members of the ubiĉ family were
most frequently elected dukes by the citizens of Trogir; Mladen
III (1348), according to the inscription on the sepulchral slab
in the Cathedral of Trogir called "the shield of the Croats",
was one of the most prominent ubiĉs.
In 1420 the period of a long-term Venetian rule began. On the fall
of Venice in 1797, Trogir became a part of the Habsburg Empire which
ruled over the city until 1918, with the exception of French occupation
from 1806 to 1814. After World War I, Trogir, together with Croatia,
became a part of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs and subsequently
the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. During World War II, Trogir was occupied
by Italy and liberated in 1944. Since then it was a part of Yugoslav
republic Croatia, and from 1991 of Croatia. |
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