Gata is a village located at the foot of the mountain
Mosor
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, 16 miles east of the city of
Split
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, and 1.3 miles inland from the coast of the
Adriatic Sea
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.
It is administratively located within the city of
Omiš, in the
Split-Dalmatia County.
The village had a population of 567 in the 2011 census.
It is located in the area of
Poljica, near the river
Cetina
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, at an elevation of 932 ft.
History
Gata is a part of the historical
Republic of Poljica, and up until the end of the Republic it was the place where the prince of Poljica was elected every year on the day of their patron
Saint George
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The village was heavily damaged during
the massacre on 1 October 1942, when a group of
Chetniks led by Mane Rokvić (under
Momčilo Đujić
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), under the protection of the
fascist occupiers, killed 79 villagers and burned the village. This date is still commemorated today in an annual mass.
Culture
The village organizes an annual festival called the ''Days of Ivo Marjanović'' in honor of this great actor.
Gata contains the ruins of an early Christian basilica.
Population
About 600 villagers live in Gata and the surrounding smaller villages of Podgrac, Gomila, Pocelje, Čovići, and Kuvačići. The majority of the population is
Roman Catholic
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References
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Populated places in Split-Dalmatia County
Omiš