Unveiling the Diaspora: Understanding the exodus from Dalmatia’s coastal towns | Croatia Week

Unveiling the Diaspora: Understanding the exodus from Dalmatia’s coastal towns | Croatia Week: By Igor Goleš What prompted generations of Dalmatians to leave their hometowns since the middle of the 19th century? At that time, Dalmatia, as the easternmost province of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, was quite neglected. The government in Vienna did not invest too much effort in its development, nor was it attentive to the problems faced by