Durability of urban life in the modern city of Sisak has more than 2000 years. As such, it is one of the oldest settlements in this area. In 4th century BC, in what is now Sisak, where she has been inhabited by indigenous Illyrian tribes, breaking the Celts. Illyrian-Celtic settlement Segestica Roman army tried to take a number of occasions. It finally succeeded Octavian, 35 BC. From originally built military camps, the Roman Siscija quickly rises to the status of the city with very strong military, transport and administrative functions, developed commerce and trade, and later the famous mint. Money coined it was used throughout the Roman Empire, thanks to this Siscija name became known and other such over the centuries, until today.
The expansion of Christianity in Siscia established early Christian communities and dioceses in the third century. Of all the famous Sisak Bishop Bishop Kvirin which seat from 284 the 303rd when he was at the time of the last great Roman persecution of Christians arrested and murdered. Siščani the bishops adopted this as their patron.
From medieval anonymity, Sisak will emerge during the battles with the Turks, especially after the construction of the famous Sisak stiffer 1544th year. Siska his glory will experience the culmination of the great Christian army victory over the Turks, after the third siege 1593rd year.
Sisak is separated from the Kupa River, and in the 18th and early 19th century lives the life of two separate settlements, poorly connected, which negatively affects their development. On the left bank of the Civic Coupe is located in Sisak, which is still under the Cathedral Chapter, and on the right bank extends military Sisak, under the direction of Banska Krajina. Significant moment in the development of Siska is 1874th years ago, when after many years of unsuccessful attempts to come to unify civil and military Siska into a single urban center that receives the status of free royal town.
At the turn of the 19th the 20th century, when the city began to fight for power trade and industry, Sisak got looking city that we recognize today. The delay of development of trade, caused traffic pragmatics of Hungarian Railways, which has remained outside the city gradually main lines of operation, it has the advantage of the industry, so the spout in the 20th century came to a decisive mechanism for bootstrapping the development of industry takes.
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