Marina is a village and a municipality in

Split-Dalmatia County Split-Dalmatia County ( hr, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija ) is a central-southern Dalmatian county in Croatia. The administrative center is Split. The population of the county is 455,242 (2011). The land area is 14.106,40 km2. Split-Dalmat ...

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. It has a population of 4,595 (2011 census), 97.6% of whom are

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. There are 15 settlements incorporated into Marina Municipality, it is the most western municipality in Split-Dalmatia County and is bordering

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. Marina is located on the

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( D8). It is a tourist village with a pebble beach shaded by

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and

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s. Tourist also enjoy the atmosphere of ancient

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s, fresh fish and quality local wines, a blend of the ancient and the modern.

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and fishing are practiced. Small yachts may dock within the small harbour and larger ones at the end of the bay, southeast of the chapel and south of the Plokata hill.

History

The settlement was planned in the 16th century. In the period 1495-1500 the bishops of

Trogir Trogir (; historically known as Traù (from Dalmatian, Venetian and Italian: ); la, Tragurium; Ancient Greek: Τραγύριον, ''Tragyrion'' or Τραγούριον, ''Tragourion'') is a historic town and harbour on the Adriatic coast in S ...

built a quadrangular tower on the islet in the bay. The tower has console

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. The channel between the mainland and the tower was filled up and levelled at the beginning of the 20th century. The structure was repaired during the Cretan war in 1657 and 1717 and reconstructed in 1971 to 1972. The church of St John has

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and

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elements. In a field close to the village there is a small Gothic church of St. Luke with the coat of arms of the Sobota family.

References

External links

* Populated places in Split-Dalmatia County Municipalities of Croatia {{SplitDalmatia-geo-stub