The Petrovo Polje ( hr, Petrovo polje, "Peter's Field") is a karstic field in the northern part of Dalmatian Hinterland in Croatia.

Geography

Petrovo Polje is the shape of an isosceles triangle long and wide, and is surrounded by mountains

Svilaja Svilaja is a mountain range in Croatia, in the Dalmatian Hinterland. It is part of the Dinaric Alps and stretches from the town of Sinj northwest to the Petrovo field, approximately 30 km in length. The highest peak is Svilaja or Bat at 15 ...

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and

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. It slopes from the north-east at 320 m.a.s.l. to its south-western end at 265 m.a.s.l. Its area is .

Climate

The climate of Petrovo Polje has the elements of both the cooler and harsher

continental climate Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm summers and cold winters). They tend to occur in the middle latitudes (40 to 55 north), within large landmasses where prevailing winds blow overland bringing som ...

of the north and the warmer climate predominant in the south. In the winter,

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and bora winds are common. The average number of frost days per year is 30, between October and April. Summers are dry.

Settlements

The settlements are situated on the edge of the field: Drniš, Kričke, Ružić,

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, Gradac, Otavice, Kanjane,

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, Miočić, Biočić, Tepljuh,

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, Badanj.

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is located on the hill with the same name, while Baljci and

Mirlović Polje Mirlović Polje is a village in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia. The settlement is administered as a part of Ružić municipality. In the 2011 census, it had a total of 170 inhabitants. References Populated places in Šibenik-Knin County< ...

are located above the field, on the slopes of Svilaja.

History and culture

In the antiquity, Petrovo Polje was known under the name of Campus Illyricum. Its present-day name, first mentioned in the 11th century, is believed to refer to Petar Snačić (or Svačić), the last Croatian king, and his Petrovac castle which he built in the Petrovo Polje's northern edge. In Otavice, a small village on the edge of Petrovo Polje, there is a Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, which is also the Meštrović family

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, built by the famous Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović between 1926 and 1930.

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