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"The Danube is most beautiful at Ilok", stated our poet A. G. Matoš, born in Srijem. In travelling far from his native Tovarnik, he would conclude that nature and freedom are the great and eternal principles of Switzerland, while we would add peace, long periods of peace - which this Srijem and Slavonian region have never experienced. Though the Ilok and surrounding regions have been inhabited since the Copper Age, there have always been fortresses and citadels.
In the Roman period it was the cavalry fortress Cuccium, but already then, renowned vineyards were already growing on the slopes of Fruške gora, which actually from that point on would never stop. The oldest believed mention of Ilok is that from 1318, found in the documents issued by the owner of the city, the Magistrate Nikola from the Czak lineage, and one would later become Nicola of Ilok, King of Bosnia who would be ruler of Ilok and father of the fanous Lovro (lawrence). Nikola was vice-roy of Croatia, owner of seventy-two cities and support of the King Matija Korvin. Lovro was, however, ruler of Ilok, a proud and whimsical Croatian noble who, as they say, mocked the Emperors and spited the power-holders, aware of the power he had and that he had inherited from his father. The Franciscans and the remaining Catholic orders have been in this region since 14th century. The numerous churches such as the Church of St. Peter and Paul in Šarengrad and the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Bapska prove this. Nikola of Ilok himself joined the Franciscian Church shortly after death of Saint Ivan of Capistrano. The name of this saint and courageous priest have been inseparably tied to Ilok since the times when he and the army of Ivan Hunjadi defended Belgrade from Mohamed and the Turks, and with that, defended the whole of Europe. The Church was consecrated in 1700 to Saint John of Capistrano who, by tradition, died in one of its cells, perhaps in that very chapel under the tower which is ornamented with the painting by Mirko Rački entitled "The final blessing of Saint John of Capistrano". Ilok also keeps the historically important text of the "destiny of Brother John of Capistrano". In Turkish times, Ilok was the cetre of the Turkish administration (sandžak), while the preserved Turkish grave (turbe) and the ritual baths (hamam) testify to its Turkish past.
Following the departure of the Turks, the Austrian government rewarded those, most frequently in money, as lives were not counted, who had assisted in the war against Ottomans. This is how Ilok came under the ownership of the Odescalchi family, who restored the Ilok Rector s manor and modernized the entire estate, and constructed a wine cellar eightly meters long under the manor and fortress.
The Danube, the medieval walls and Church, the vineyards and much faith in the future also belohg to the people of Ilok today. The most well-known among them are Julije Benešić, poet and interpreter; Josip Lakatoš, scientist; Ferdo Nikolić, literary historian. At Ilok, the region of the Vukovar-Srijem County begins or ends-today it is also the border above the Danube - a city whose main symbols (as sketched long ago by Julije Klović) are two lions and ... a fortress.
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