 The island includes a monastery dedicated to Archangel Michael, built in the early 13th century by Saint Sava, the medieval seat of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro.It was a tourist resort for Yugoslav military personnel, closed for the general public in the Socialist Yugoslavia period.In the Middle Ages the two adjacent islands, Island of flowers and Sveti Marko Island, were named Islands of Sveti Mihailo and Sveti Gavrilo respectively, after the two holy archangels.