History Baska - Historical and Cultural Information about Baska
The ancient inhabitants were the Illyrians, mainly the Iapod tribe. A Roman settlement by the sea developed in the same area that was inhabited by the Illyrian tribes in the 2nd century B.C., but Baska grew into a settlement later, in 418 A.D., on the hill of St.John which overlooks today’s resort. Baska as a fortified castle was first mentioned in 1232 (Castelum Besca).
Baska shares its past with the rest of the island. Following the Illyrian period and Roman times, it came under the rulership of Byzantium and later under Hungaro-Croatian sovereignty. In the Middle Ages, after the powerful Princess of Krk, the Frankopans, Baska came under Venice, then Austria, and finally Napoleon’s Illyria. With the fall of Napoleon, Baška and Krk are once more under the rulership of Austria till the end of World War 1 (1918) when the island was incorporated in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
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