Osor
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Osor (Italian: Ossero) is a town and a small port on the Cres island in Primorje-Gorski Kotar county in western Croatia.
Osor lies at a narrow channel that separates islands Cres and Lošinj. The channel was built in Roman times to make sailing possible. Now the islands are connected with a rotating bridge.
The first settlements of the area date in the prehistoric times. In Roman times, Osor, then called Apsoros, was a an important center of trade on the route to the ports of Northern Adriatic. After the fall of Roman Empire, Osor became a part of Byzantine Empire and was a seat of archdiocese since the 6th century. In 841 it was burned down by Saracens, in the 10th century, it came under Croatian rule.
Today, Osor is a tourist-oriented town, with sculptures of Ivan Meštrović scattered around the center. Several camping sites are located near.
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