Prozor Fortress, the Glossary
Prozor Fortress (Tvrđava Prozor or Gradina) is a medieval fortress situated in the continental part of Split-Dalmatia County, in inland Dalmatia, just above the town of Vrlika in Croatia. From its origin as a small stronghold built by the ancient Illyrian tribe Dalmatae, it developed into a fortress in the 15th century, during the reign of Bosnian feudal lord Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić.[1]
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68 relations: Austrian Empire, Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Middle Ages, Branimir of Croatia, Catholic Church, Cetina, Chapel, Church of Holy Salvation, Cetina, Court, Croatia, Croatia in personal union with Hungary, Croatian nobility, Croats, Dalmatae, Dalmatia, Defensive wall, Dinara, Dinarić Fortress, Donji Kraji, Drawbridge, Drniš, Duchy of Croatia, Duke, First French Empire, Fortification, France, Grand Duke of Bosnia, Holy Roman Empire, Hrvatinić noble family, Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić, Illyrians, In Your Pocket City Guides, Ivan VI Frankopan, Ivaniš Nelipić, Kamešnica (mountain), Keep, Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102), Kingdom of Hungary, Knin, Knyaz, Ladislaus of Naples, Limestone, List of castles in Croatia, List of dukes and kings of Croatia, Magnate, Maovice, Middle Ages, Napoleon, Ottoman Empire, Peruća Lake, Potravlje Fortress, ... Expand index (18 more) »
- Archaeological sites in Croatia
- Buildings and structures in Split-Dalmatia County
- Forts in Croatia
- Vrlika
Austrian Empire
The Austrian Empire, officially known as the Empire of Austria, was a multinational European great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the realms of the Habsburgs.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Middle Ages
The history of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Middle Ages refers to the time period between the Roman era and the 15th-century Ottoman conquest.
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Branimir of Croatia
Branimir (Branimirus, Glagolitic script: ⰁⰓⰀⰐⰊⰏⰊⰓ) was a ruler of the Duchy of Croatia who reigned as duke (knez) from 879 to c. 892.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Cetina
Cetina is a river in southern Croatia. Prozor Fortress and Cetina are Archaeological sites in Croatia.
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Chapel
A chapel (from cappella) is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small.
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Church of Holy Salvation, Cetina
The Church of the Holy Salvation or Holy Saviour (Crkva Sv.) was a Pre-Romanesque church in the Dalmatian Hinterland, Croatia, whose ruins are now a historic site. Prozor Fortress and church of Holy Salvation, Cetina are Buildings and structures in Split-Dalmatia County.
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Court
A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law.
Croatia
Croatia (Hrvatska), officially the Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska), is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe.
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Croatia in personal union with Hungary
The Kingdom of Croatia (Kraljevina Hrvatska, Hrvatsko kraljevstvo, Hrvatska zemlja; Horvát királyság; Regnum Croatiae) entered a personal union with the Kingdom of Hungary in 1102, after a period of rule of kings from the Trpimirović and Svetoslavić dynasties and a succession crisis following the death of king Demetrius Zvonimir.
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Croatian nobility
Croatian nobility (lit; la noblesse) was a privileged social class in Croatia during the Antiquity and Medieval periods of the country's history.
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Croats
The Croats (Hrvati) or Horvati (in a more archaic version) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language.
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Dalmatae
The Delmatae, alternatively Dalmatae, during the Roman period, were a group of Illyrian tribes in Dalmatia, contemporary southern Croatia and western Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Dalmatia
Dalmatia (Dalmacija; Dalmazia; see names in other languages) is one of the four historical regions of Croatia, alongside Central Croatia, Slavonia, and Istria, located on the east shore of the Adriatic Sea in Croatia.
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Defensive wall
A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors.
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Dinara
Dinara is a mountain range in the Dinaric Alps, located on the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.
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Dinarić Fortress
Glavaš – Dinarić Fortress is a fortress located in the continental part of Dalmatia, Croatia. Prozor Fortress and Dinarić Fortress are Buildings and structures in Split-Dalmatia County and forts in Croatia.
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Donji Kraji
Donji Kraji or Donji Krajevi (Lower Regions or Lower Ends, italic), was a small medieval ''zemlja'' of medieval Bosnian state.
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Drawbridge
A drawbridge or draw-bridge is a type of moveable bridge typically at the entrance to a castle or tower surrounded by a moat.
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Drniš
Drniš (Dernis) is a town in the Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia.
Duchy of Croatia
The Duchy of Croatia (also Duchy of the Croats, Kneževina Hrvata.) was a medieval state that was established by White Croats who migrated into the area of the former Roman province of Dalmatia 7th century CE.
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Duke
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility.
First French Empire
The First French Empire, officially the French Republic, then the French Empire after 1809 and also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.
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Fortification
A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
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Grand Duke of Bosnia
Grand Duke of Bosnia (veliki vojvoda rusaga bosanskog, Bosne supremus voivoda / Sicut supremus voivoda regni Bosniae) was a court title in the Bosnian medieval state, with its first holders being recorded around the middle of the 14th century.
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Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor.
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Hrvatinić noble family
The House of Hrvatinić was a Bosnian medieval noble family that emerged in Donji Kraji county, located in today's territory of western Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić
Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić (ca. 1350–1416) was a medieval Bosnian nobleman and magnate, Grand Duke of Bosnia, Knez of Donji Kraji, and Duke of Split.
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Illyrians
The Illyrians (Ἰλλυριοί, Illyrioi; Illyrii) were a group of Indo-European-speaking people who inhabited the western Balkan Peninsula in ancient times.
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In Your Pocket City Guides
In Your Pocket City Guides is a publisher of free guide books for many European cities, available in print, via website or via mobile app.
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Ivan VI Frankopan
Giovanni Frangipani or in croatian language Ivan VI Frankapan or Ivan Anž Frankapan (also known as Ivaniš; died 20 November 1436) was a Croatian nobleman who ruled as Ban of Croatia from 1432 to 1436.
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Ivaniš Nelipić
Ivaniš Nelipić or Ivan III Nelipić (before 1379–1435) was a Croatian nobleman who was prince of Cetina and Omiš.
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Kamešnica (mountain)
Kamešnica is a mountain in the Dinaric Alps, located in the southern end of the Dinara Mountain Range on the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina (Canton 10) and Croatia (Dalmatia).
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Keep
A keep is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility.
Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102)
The Kingdom of Croatia (Kraljevina Hrvatska; Regnum Croatiæ), or Croatian Kingdom (Hrvatsko Kraljevstvo), was a medieval kingdom in Southern Europe comprising most of what is today Croatia (without western Istria, some Dalmatian coastal cities, and the part of Dalmatia south of the Neretva River), as well as most of the modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century.
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Knin
Knin is a city in the Šibenik-Knin County of Croatia, located in the Dalmatian hinterland near the source of the river Krka, an important traffic junction on the rail and road routes between Zagreb and Split.
Knyaz
Knyaz or knez, also knjaz, kniaz (кънѧѕь|kŭnędzĭ) is a historical Slavic title, used both as a royal and noble title in different times of history and different ancient Slavic lands.
Ladislaus of Naples
Ladislaus the Magnanimous (Ladislao, László; 15 February 1377 – 6 August 1414) was King of Naples from 1386 until his death and an unsuccessful claimant to the kingdoms of Hungary and Croatia.
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Limestone
Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.
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List of castles in Croatia
This list of castles in Croatia includes castles, remains (ruins) of castles and other fortifications like fortresses which used to be a castles at some point in history.
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List of dukes and kings of Croatia
This is a complete list of dukes and kings of Croatia (knez, kralj) under domestic ethnic and elected dynasties during the Croatian Kingdom (925–1918).
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Magnate
The term magnate, from the late Latin magnas, a great man, itself from Latin magnus, "great", means a man from the higher nobility, a man who belongs to the high office-holders or a man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or other qualities in Western Christian countries since the medieval period.
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Maovice
Maovice is a small village in Split-Dalmatia county, Croatia. Prozor Fortress and Maovice are Vrlika.
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
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Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.
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Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.
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Peruća Lake
Lake Peruća or Peruča (Jezero Peruča or Perućko jezero) is the second largest artificial lake in Croatia, after Lake Dubrava. Prozor Fortress and Peruća Lake are Archaeological sites in Croatia.
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Potravlje Fortress
Potravlje Fortress (also known as Potravnik or Travnik) is a medieval fortress near a village of Potravlje, northwest of Sinj, Croatia. Prozor Fortress and Potravlje Fortress are Buildings and structures in Split-Dalmatia County.
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Republic of Venice
The Republic of Venice, traditionally known as La Serenissima, was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Venice.
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Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.
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Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
Sigismund of Luxembourg (15 February 1368 – 9 December 1437) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 until his death in 1437.
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Sinj
Sinj is a town in the continental part of Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia.
Slobodna Dalmacija
(where Free is an adjective) is a Croatian daily newspaper published in Split.
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South Slavs
South Slavs are Slavic people who speak South Slavic languages and inhabit a contiguous region of Southeast Europe comprising the eastern Alps and the Balkan Peninsula.
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Split, Croatia
Split (Spalato:; see other names), is the second-largest city of Croatia after the capital Zagreb, the largest city in Dalmatia and the largest city on the Croatian coast.
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Split-Dalmatia County
Split-Dalmatia County (Splitsko-dalmatinska županija) is a central-southern Dalmatian county in Croatia.
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Stone wall
Stone walls are a kind of masonry construction that has been used for thousands of years.
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Svilaja
Svilaja is a mountain range in Croatia, in the Dalmatian Hinterland.
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Tomislav of Croatia
Tomislav (Tamisclaus) was the first king of Croatia.
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Tower
A tower is a tall structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor.
Trogir
Trogir (historically known as Traù (from Dalmatian, Venetian and Italian); Tragurium; Ancient Greek: Τραγύριον, Tragyrion or Τραγούριον, Tragourion) is a historic town and harbour on the Adriatic coast in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia, with a population of 10,923 (2011) and a total municipal population of 13,192 (2011).
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Trpimirović dynasty
The Trpimirović dynasty (Trpimirovići) was a native Croatian dynasty that ruled in the Duchy and later the Kingdom of Croatia, with interruptions by the Domagojević dynasty from 845 until 1091.
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Velebit
Velebit (Alpi Bebie) is the largest, though not the highest, mountain range in Croatia.
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Vrlika
Vrlika is a small town in inland Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia.
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Will and testament
A will and testament is a legal document that expresses a person's (testator) wishes as to how their property (estate) is to be distributed after their death and as to which person (executor) is to manage the property until its final distribution.
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Zadar
Zadar (Zara; see also other names) is the oldest continuously inhabited city in Croatia.
See also
Archaeological sites in Croatia
- Aquae Iasae
- Bijaći
- Bribir, Šibenik-Knin County
- Cathedral of Saint Bartholomew in Kapitul
- Cerna, Croatia
- Cetina
- Dalj
- Danilo, Croatia
- Golubić, Šibenik-Knin County
- List of ancient geographic names in Croatia
- Markušica
- Modruš
- Nakovanj
- Narona
- Orolik
- Otišić
- Palagruža
- Peruća Lake
- Požun, Croatia
- Privlaka, Vukovar-Syrmia County
- Prozor Fortress
- Pula Arena
- Sarvaš
- Silver Gate (Diocletian's Palace)
- Smrdelje
- Sotin
- Stari Mikanovci
- Sveta Jelena, Međimurje
- Vrana, Zadar County
- Đevrske
Buildings and structures in Split-Dalmatia County
- Šare Viaduct
- Cambi Castle
- Castle Rotondo
- Church of Holy Salvation, Cetina
- Church of Our Lady of Rosary, Vrlika
- Church of SS Cosmas and Damian, Kaštel Gomilica
- Church of Saint Stephen on Otok
- Church of St. Nicholas, Vrlika
- Church of St. Stephen (Stari Grad, Hvar)
- Cippico Castle
- Dinarić Fortress
- Dragović monastery
- Fortress of Klis
- Franciscan Grammar School of Sinj
- Hvar Arsenal
- Hvar Cathedral
- Kaštilac
- Kamerlengo Castle
- Konjsko Tunnel
- Kotezi Viaduct
- Makarska Co-cathedral
- Mirabella Fortress (Peovica)
- Potravlje Fortress
- Prozor Fortress
- Rašćane Viaduct
- Split Airport
- Srijane Viaduct
- St. Basil of Ostrog Monastery
- Stadion Gospin dolac
- Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi
- Starigrad Fortress
- Sveti Ilija Tunnel
- Trogir Cathedral
- Tvrdalj Castle
- Vitturi Castle
- Zakučac Hydroelectric Power Plant
- Čačvina Castle
Forts in Croatia
- Barone Fortress
- Brod Fortress
- Dinarić Fortress
- Knin Fortress
- Lovrijenac
- Mirabella Fortress (Peovica)
- Monkodonja
- Nehaj Fortress
- Nečven
- Priory of Vrana
- Prozor Fortress
- Sisak Fortress
- St. John's Fortress, Šibenik
- St. Michael's Fortress, Šibenik
- Starigrad Fortress
- Tvrđa
Vrlika
- Church of St. Nicholas, Vrlika
- Koljane
- Maovice
- Otišić
- Podosoje, Vrlika
- Prozor Fortress
- Vrlika
- Čuvari Hristovog groba
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prozor_Fortress
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