Kaštel Gomilica is the oldest town in Kastela bay within the administrative area of

Kaštela Kaštela (;) is a town in Split-Dalmatia County. The town is an agglomeration of seven individual settlements which are administered as a single municipality with populations individually ranging from 3,000 to 7,000 residents. The town is locat ...

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The town of Kaštela

The town of Kaštela is located on the coast of the Bay of Kaštela. It has over 40 000 inhabitants, and it is the second largest town in the Split and Dalmatia County. It stretches over the length of 17 kilometers. The town is specific because it developed around 7 settlements or around castles. Kaštel Gomilica is the second of 7 "''kaštels''", counting from East. *

Kaštel Sućurac Kaštel Sućurac () is a town within the administrative area of Kaštela in Dalmatia, Croatia. Kaštel Sućurac is first of its 7 kastels from East. Patron saint of the town is Saint George (Sv. Jure locally). A noted element of the ancient hi ...

*Kaštel Gomilica *

Kaštel Kambelovac Kaštel Kambelovac is a town within the administrative area of Kaštela in Dalmatia, Croatia. The town of Kaštela The town of Kaštela is located on the coast of the Bay of Kaštela. It has over 40 000 inhabitants, and it is the second largest t ...

Kaštel Lukšić Kaštel Lukšić is a town within the administrative area of Kaštela in Dalmatia, Croatia. The town of Kaštela The town of Kaštela is located on the coast of the Bay of Kaštela. It has over 40 000 inhabitants, and it is the second largest tow ...

Kaštel Stari Kaštel Stari is a village within the administrative area of Kaštela, in Dalmatia, Croatia. Its name means ''Old Castle'', this came from a nobleman from Trogir Koriolan Cipiko, writer, humanist and military leader who built a mansion in 1476 whi ...

Kaštel Novi Kaštel Novi ( it, Castelnuovo) is a town within the administrative area of Kaštela in Dalmatia, Croatia.Jeanne Oliver, ''Croatia'', Lonely Planet Publications Its name means ''New Castle''. History Kaštel Novi was founded in 1512. The Fortifie ...

Kaštel Štafilić Kaštel Štafilić is a town within the administrative area of Kaštela in Dalmatia, Croatia. The oldest tree in Croatia, an olive tree estimated to be over 1,500 years old, is in Kaštela. Sites City Square Kastel Stafilic's most majestic fea ...

History

Kaštel Gomilica was built in the first half of the 16th century by the

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nuns from

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. The nuns built it on the estate (Pustica) which they received as a donation from King Zvonimir of Croatia in 1078. They also built the Romanesque Church of St. Cosmas and Damian in 1160, and erected a

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on a small island known today

Kaštilac Kaštilac was a fortress of a Benedictine Monastery located by the Adriatic Sea in central Dalmatia, and is now a settlement in Kaštel Gomilica, located in the central part of Split-Dalmatia county, Croatia. Kaštilac is the only castle of seven ...

. Kaštel Gomilica was used as one of the shooting locations in the HBO series ''

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'' where it was used as a backdrop for the Free City of

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Sport

The town is home of

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, an

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team previously called Jugovinil.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kastel Gomilica Populated places in Split-Dalmatia County