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'''Vrlika''' is a small town in inland ], ]. The closest larger towns are ], ], and ]. '''Vrlika''' (]: Врлика) is a small town and municipality in inland ], ]. The closest large towns are ], ], and ]. Vrlika town has a population of 959 (92% ], 4% ], 4% others while the municipality has a population of 2705..{{fact|date=October 2007}}


==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.


==Religion in Vrlika==
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.


===Croatian Roman Catholic Parish Church (1898)===
==Population==
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>


===Serbian Orthodox Church (1618)===
Vrlika town has a population of 959, while the municipality has a total of 2705, with ] making up 92% and ] 4%.
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>
]


==Notbale people== ==Culture in Vrlika==


===Literary===
⚫ *] writer
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⚫ ] - Croat Writer
⚫ ==Surrounding Villages in the municipality==


⚫ ] - Croat Writer
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⚫ ==Surrounding Villiages in the Vrlika Municipality==

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==References== ==References==

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Vrlika
Vrlika is located in CroatiaVrlikaVrlikaVrlika (Croatia)
County Split-Dalmatia County
Latitude 43.55°N
Longitude 16.24°E
Mayor Ivan Ćorić (HDZ)
Surface (km²) 237,73
Population
(2001)		 2,705
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 (Serbian: Врлика) is a small town and municipality in inland Dalmatia, Croatia. The closest large towns are Sinj, Knin, and Drniš. Vrlika town has a population of 959 (92% Croats, 4% Serbs, 4% others while the municipality has a population of 2705..

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.

Religion in Vrlika

Croatian Roman Catholic Parish Church (1898)

The Roman Catholic parish church in Vrlika dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin Mary (Croatian: Župna crkva Gospe Ružarice) was built from the year 1876 to 1898. This simple stone church dominates the Vrlika centre square. During the Second World War, the Catholic church in Vrlika sustained significant damage. In the front of the church a bronze bust dedicated to Filip Grabovac, born in the nearby village of Vinalić and who died in Venice, Italy 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.

Serbian Orthodox Church (1618)

In 1618, the Serbian Orthodox church dedicated to Saint Nicholas (Serbian: Храм Св. Оца Николаја) 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 Yugoslav Wars.

File:Image-Vrlika i sveti nikola.jpg
A shot of Vrlika with the Serbian church Sv Nikola.

Culture in Vrlika

Literary

Milan Begović - Croat Writer

Filip Grabovac - Croat Writer

Surrounding Villiages in the Vrlika Municipality

Civljane / Cetina / Kosore / Vinalic / Podosoje / Jezevic / Koljane / Maovice / Stikovo / Garjak / Kukar / Otisic / Dabar / Vrdovo / Bracev Dolac

References

  1. http://www.vrlika.hr/podstranice/povijest.html
  2. http://public.carnet.hr/zuh/do1874/srv/srv_2.htm#1
  3. http://www.vrlika.hr/podstranice/povijest.html
  4. http://www.vrlika.hr/podstranice/zupni_ured.html
  5. http://www.benkovac.org.yu/obicaji/crkva/crkve.htm
  6. http://www.eparhija-dalmatinska.hr/Splitsko-L.htm
  7. http://www.eparhija-dalmatinska.hr/arhiva2005/Arhiva-2005-L.htm

External links

Subdivisions of Split-Dalmatia County
Cities and towns
Coat of arms of Split-Dalmatia County
Coat of arms of Split-Dalmatia County
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