= Cres = '''Cres''' is a town in Croatia, on an island also named Cres. <> ---- == History == The Greeks called this island ''Chersos''. Later this became ''Cresta''. In the early 9th century Slavs began settling here. It developed as a [[WorldHistory/DalmatianCityStates|city-state]] under the protection of the [[WorldHistory/ByzantineEmpire|Byzantines]]. The [[WorldHistory/RepublicOfVenice|Venetians]] came to dominate Cres and neighboring islands in the 10th and 11th centuries. Following a brief [[WorldHistory/NapoleonicWars|Napoleonic conquest]], Dubrovnik was ceded to direct [[Austria/Monarchs#Austrian_Empire|Austrian]] rule as a part of [[WorldHistory/Illyria|Illyria]] in 1797 ---- CategoryRicottone CategoryCityState