Theme Week Croatian Adriatic Coast – Pag Town

26 May 2016 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  9 minutes

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Pag is the largest town on the island of Pag, with a population of 4,000. Medieval Pag emerged near the salterns where the abandoned Old Town used to be, 3 kilometres (2 miles) south of the present location. According to historical documents, the name Pag was mentioned for the first time in the 10th century. In 976, the Croatian king Stjepan Držislav took Pag from the Byzantine authority and appointed a Croatian district Prefect as the administrator of the town.   read more…

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