At the site of today's Cavtat, there was Greek colony Epidaurum the 228th BC, coming under the rule of the Romans who founded a colony Epidaurus. Former residents to leave town of Cavtat, retreating before the onslaught of the Slavs 614th year old Illyrian ruins today in the parish of Dubrovnik, and the foot slopes of Sr probably already have a fort, a castle. That set up a village later distorted the Latin name Ragusa, from whose nucleus has emerged today Dubrovnik.
Slavic Cavtat was subsequently annexed Travunja and 1426th year, the Duke Radosava Pavlovic it redeems the Republic of Dubrovnik, Cavtat and then becomes another center of the Republic and has an important role in social life.
With the fall of the Dubrovnik Republic 1807th year, Konavle under French administration, and then came under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, under which it will stay until its dissolution 1918th and the formation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. After World War II Konavle are within the limits of SR Croatian, an integral part of Socialist Yugoslavia, and today, after the endured in the war of aggression (from 1991 to 1995.) Enjoy the fruits of Croatian independence.
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