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Napoleon
Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
Republic of Venice
Coloman
Saracen
Dalmacija
Habsburg
Dalmatia
Trogir
Hrvatska
Croatia
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Trogir

Trogir
Trogir was founded by Greek colonists in the 3rd century BC. In Roman times this was an important harbour town. From the 9th century on Trogir was under Croatian rule and later part of the Byzantine empire. A diocese was established in the 11th century, in 1107 the Hungarian-Croatian King Coloman ("The Bookish", "Kálmán Könyves") granted the autonomy.

Saracen troops conquered Trogir in 1123 and demolished most of it. From 1420 upto 1797 Trogir belonged to the Republic of Venice. For a short while Dalmatia was part of the Napoleonic kingdom of Italy, but upto 1918 Trogir belonged to the Habsburg Empire.

Trogir is more than 2000 years old. It grew under the influence of the ancient Greeks, the Romans, and the Venetians... Trogir's medieval core, surrounded by walls, comprises (about 10) churches, houses and palaces from the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods.

Since 1997 the centre of Trogir is a "UNESCO World Heritage Site".

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