Splendissima Civitas Curictarum - The Glorious Town of the People of Krk
According to belief, the founders of the town of Krk were members of an Illyrian-Liburnian tribe, the Curicta, and the town was thus named after them. The town was an urban center 3,000 years ago and proudly bore the title Splendissima Civitas Curictarum - The Glorious Town of the People of Krk, as can be read on the stone inscription from the beginning of the 4th century. During the expansion of the Roman Empire, the town of Krk became a Municipum. It is assumed that Krk had no less than 2 thermae and their floor mosaics are in part still visible today.
Parts of the town’s walls in the northern part of the town, next to the Franciscan monastery have been preserved from the Roman period, while the walls one can see today date mainly from the Middle Ages. The Counts of Krk, the House of Frankopan, also left significant traces in the history of the town and the island of Krk. A vast number of landmarks stems from the time when Krk was under direct Venetian rule (1480-1797), and the town of Krk, along with the entire island and the Republic of Croatia, shares a very interesting and tumultuous history.