Gata is a village located at the foot of the mountain

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, 16 miles east of the city of

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, and 1.3 miles inland from the coast of the

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. It is administratively located within the city of

Omiš Omiš () is a town and port in the Dalmatia region of Croatia, and a municipality in the Split-Dalmatia County. The town is approximately south-east of Croatia's second largest city, Split (city), Split, where the Cetina River meets the Adriatic ...

, in the

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. The village had a population of 567 in the 2011 census. It is located in the area of Poljica, near the river

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, at an elevation of 932 ft.

History

Gata is a part of the historical

Republic of Poljica The Republic of Poljica or duchy (, in older form ''Poljička knežija'') was an autonomous community which existed in the late Middle Ages and the early modern period in central Dalmatia, near modern-day Omiš, Croatia. It was organized as a "pea ...

, 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

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. The village was heavily damaged during the massacre on 1 October 1942, when a group of

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led by Mane Rokvić (under

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), under the protection of the

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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

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References

External links

* {{Authority control Populated places in Split-Dalmatia County Omiš