Sukošan ( it, San Cassiano) is a village and a municipality in

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, Croatia. It is located along the

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and

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Population

In the 2011 Croatian census, there were a total of 4,583 inhabitants in the municipality, in the following settlements: * Debeljak, population 919 * Glavica, population 185 * Gorica, population 671 * Sukošan, population 2,808 The majority of the population are

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Geography

Sukošan is a holiday resort, with a spacious and cultivated long coastline, numerous coves and clean clear sea. Situated in a

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, Sukošan has few sand beaches. The town itself offers nice walks through the traditional narrow alleys. Known as a

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center, Sukošan is a site of Zlatna luka Marina, the Tustica Nature Complex, pebble beaches, camping sites, distinguished buildings, olive groves, and vineyards.

Culture

Sukošan cherishes the old customs. They are linked to the feast of St. Kasijan, the patron saint of Sukosan (13 August). The Nights of Sukosan is another event offering entertainment. During the carnival season, "luzari", masques typical only of Sukosan, represent a special attraction. Due to its numerous restaurants and taverns, Sukošan is known as a place of drinking wine and singing.

History

The parish church of St. Kasijan, erected probably in the eleventh century (fragments with pleter motifs - interlacery ornamentation), assumed its present aspect in the seventeenth century. It tends to be open for special occasions, such as August thirteenth, the feast of St Kasijan. A small church from the seventeenth century rises on the graveyard. Fragments with "pleter" (interlacery ornaments) are incorporated in its door-posts and on the front. The ruins of the fifteenth-century summer villa of the archbishops of Zadar can be seen on an islet in the bay. The earth utilized to form the base of the villa was dredged from the neighborhood Punta, forming a festering tidal pool, known as Lake Sukošan, or Sukošan Jezero. The ruins of the mediaeval fortress erected by the counts of Bribir rise on Cape Bribircina.

Economy

Chief occupations include farming, viniculture, olive growing, fruit growing and tourism.

Food

In Sukošan, there is a large variety of restaurants. Seafood, such as fried calamari and

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s, is one of the most common meals in the village.

References

External links

Sukosan Tourist Office

Sukosan

About Sukosan
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