Vid on the remains of the ancient city of Narona

Vid is a small town about 3 km northwest of Metković on the road that leads from Metković to Ljubusko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The place was built on the remains of the ancient city Narona. It developed at the foot of the hill were the little river Norin flows, which is also called Norilj by locals.

After the fall of Narona (probably in the 7th century.) there is no written evidence of the settlement of this place. It is believed that this place is named due to the holy Vid from the 14th century, which is frequently mentioned in historical sources.

Narona was an ancient trading town and Roman colony located on the Naro River in ancient Dalmatia in southern Croatia.

The first systematic excavations were carried out at the end of the 19th century by the Austrian archaeologist Carl Patsch. He identified the location of the forum and the city walls and found a number of coins, amphoras and inscriptions. After the Second World War, experts from the Split Archaeological Museum carried out excavations again. They discovered a mosaic near the forum. In 1978, Cambi found a white limestone head of the Roman Emperor Vespasian from 75 AD.