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| '''Vrlika''' |
'''Vrlika''' is a small town in inland ], ]. The closest larger towns are ], ], and ]. | ||
| ==History== | ==History== | ||
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| During the ] period Vrlika, as with the rest of the ] experienced the invasion and subsequent occupation by the ] ]. During the Ottoman rule the local population of Vrlika was forced to convert to ] or forced to leave. Many of the original settlers from Vrlika left for the island ] in the ] off the Croatian coast. | During the ] period Vrlika, as with the rest of the ] experienced the invasion and subsequent occupation by the ] ]. During the Ottoman rule the local population of Vrlika was forced to convert to ] or forced to leave. Many of the original settlers from Vrlika left for the island ] in the ] off the Croatian coast. | ||
| During the ], Vrlika was attacked by rebel Serb forces, and the entire population fled.<ref>http://www.vrlika.hr/podstranice/povijest.html</ref> The people finally returned after ] freed the city, and began to repair the damages of the war. | |||
| ==Religion in Vrlika== | |||
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| ===Croatian Roman Catholic Parish Church (1898)=== | |||
| The ] parish church in Vrlika dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin Mary (]: Župna crkva Gospe Ružarice) was built from the year ] to ]. This simple stone church dominates the Vrlika centre square. During the ], the Catholic church in Vrlika sustained significant damage. In the front of the church a bronze bust dedicated to ], born in the nearby village of Vinalić and who died in ], ] as a Croatian national hero. The exterior dimensions of the parish church is 27x10,30 metres. The holy day of Gospe Ružarice, the protector of the Vrlika Catholic community is celebrated annually during the first week of October. <ref>http://www.vrlika.hr/podstranice/zupni_ured.html</ref> | |||
| Vrlika town has a population of 959, while the municipality has a total of 2705, with ] making up 92% and ] 4%. | |||
| ===Serbian Orthodox Church (1618)=== | |||
| In ], the ] church dedicated to ] (Serbian: Храм Св. Оца Николаја) <ref>http://www.benkovac.org.yu/obicaji/crkva/crkve.htm</ref> <ref>http://www.eparhija-dalmatinska.hr/Splitsko-L.htm</ref> was built by the Orthodox community in and around Vrlika, where it still stands today. The church of St. Nicholas in Vrlika was badly damaged and desecrated during the recent ]. <ref>http://www.eparhija-dalmatinska.hr/arhiva2005/Arhiva-2005-L.htm</ref> | |||
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==Notbale people== | ||
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Revision as of 23:57, 16 October 2007
  VrlikaVrlika (Croatia)
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| County | Split-Dalmatia County |
| Latitude | 43.55°N |
| Longitude | 16.24°E |
| Mayor | Ivan Ćorić (HDZ) |
| Surface (km²) | 237,73 |
| Population (2001) |
2,705 (municipality) |
| Time zone (UTC) | UTC+1 Central European Time |
43°55′N 16°24′E / 43.917°N 16.400°E / 43.917; 16.400
Vrlika is a small town in inland Dalmatia, Croatia. The closest larger towns are Sinj, Knin, and Drniš.
History
Known history of Vrlika begins in the 7th century when the South Slavs moved there and formed a village on the spring of the river Cetina, in a field below the mountain Dinara.
In the 9th century probably during the time of Duke Branimir of Dalmatian Croatia, the oldest Croatian Catholic church with a belfry was built in Vrlika, and it is still standing. There are over 1,026 old croatian graves around the church of great archeological interest. Culture of that time was under the influence of the Frankish Empire, which is noticed in the archeological findings from the period.
During the medieval period Vrlika, as with the rest of the Balkans experienced the invasion and subsequent occupation by the Turkish Ottoman Empire. During the Ottoman rule the local population of Vrlika was forced to convert to Islam or forced to leave. Many of the original settlers from Vrlika left for the island Olib in the Adriatic sea off the Croatian coast.
During the Croatian War of Independence, Vrlika was attacked by rebel Serb forces, and the entire population fled. The people finally returned after Operation Storm freed the city, and began to repair the damages of the war.
Population
Vrlika town has a population of 959, while the municipality has a total of 2705, with Croats making up 92% and Serbs 4%.
Notbale people
- Filip Grabovac writer
- Milan Begović writer
Surrounding Villages in the municipality
Garjak / Ježević / Koljane / Kosore / Maovice / Otišić / Podosoje / Vinalić
References
- http://www.vrlika.hr/podstranice/povijest.html
- http://public.carnet.hr/zuh/do1874/srv/srv_2.htm#1
- http://www.vrlika.hr/podstranice/povijest.html
- http://www.vrlika.hr/podstranice/povijest.html
External links
| Subdivisions of Split-Dalmatia County | ||
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