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The island of Dugi otok is a meeting place of people, nature and interesting cultural monuments. On the island there are amazing puddles with accumulated water that can be found in all places on the island of Dugi otok, resembling antique theatres. Don't be surprised to see remains of monuments from Paleolithic – remains of gravestones, Illyrian period – stone mounds, or from Roman period – Villa rustica in Mala Proversa.
The island of Dugi otok was first mentioned in the mid-10th century by Byzantine emperor Constantine Porfirogenet, who refers to it in his work “De administrando imperio”, under the name of Pizuh. Furthermore, at the beginning of 11th century the island was called Insula Tilagus in written documents and that name was preserved in the name of bay-cove, today's nature park Telašćica.
The island was inhabited very early, which is confirmed by archaeological excavations from Krševanje polje and Veli Rat, dating back to the Old and Middle Stone Age (Paleolithic and Mesolithic). The island has remains of Illyrian settlements (Omišenjak, Koženjak, Veli Brčastac…) with or without castle ruins (Vrtlaci), there are also numerous tumuli (Gominjak, Čuh polje…) and one graveyard on the flatland (Dugo polje).
Numerous remains of scattered ceramic fragments, smaller monuments (sarcophagi, votive monuments) and remains of farm buildings (villa rustica) witness to the existence of Antique period. Among these, special attention has to be paid to farm complex in Mala Proversa, as well as to votive monument of Empire age of Euhemer in honor of Goddess Diane that indicates the existence of imperial property on the area of the lake Žmanjsko jezero.
Early Christian and pre-Romanesque periods are accompanied with numerous churches, many of which are well preserved, such as the church of St. Pelegrin in Savar.
As to secular housing architecture several examples from the period between the 16th and 18th century are preserved. These buildings make a valuable contribution to insular, as well as to secular architecture of the city of Zadar from Mannerism and Baroque.
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