Kninf

It lies in the Knin field, at the foot of the medieval fortress on the hill of Sv. Spas. It was inhabited already in the prehistoriy and antiquity. In the early Middle Ages it was the seat of the county. On the site Kapitul are remains of the basilica with three naves from 1203 and the Old Croatian cemetery. From the 12th to the 16th century it was the important fortress of the Croatian nobility: it was the seat of ban and the supreme court of Croatia, and the chapter of Knin performed the duties of the state notariate. For a century and a half, the town was the main Turkish stronghold (1522 - 1688) on the west border of the Turkish Empire. The remains of the biggest fortress in Dalmatia are also there. It consists of three parts connected with each other with draw bridges. There are four rivers in the vicinity (Krka, Orašnica, Butižnica, and Raljevac). The small church that is one of the rare examples of the architectural work of Ivan Mwštrovic (from 1938) is in the village Biskupija near Knin, and near Topolje are the waterfalls of the river Krka.>