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href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81_(%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82)" title="Клис (крепост) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Клис (крепост)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pevnost_Klis" title="Pevnost Klis – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Pevnost Klis" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9A%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%82" title="Φρούριο του Κλις – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Φρούριο του Κλις" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortaleza_de_Klis" title="Fortaleza de Klis – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Fortaleza de Klis" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klis_gotorlekua" title="Klis gotorlekua – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Klis gotorlekua" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%87_%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3" title="قلعه کلیس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="قلعه کلیس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forteresse_de_Klis" title="Forteresse de Klis – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Forteresse de Klis" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tvr%C4%91ava_Klis" title="Tvrđava Klis – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Tvrđava Klis" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benteng_Klis" title="Benteng Klis – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Benteng Klis" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" 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lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Клиска тврдина" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3" title="قلعة كليس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="قلعة كليس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twierdza_Klis" title="Twierdza Klis – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Twierdza Klis" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortaleza_de_Klis" 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id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Medieval fortress in Klis, Croatia</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Open&#160;to<br />the&#160;public</th><td class="infobox-data">Yes <ul><li>June–September: daily 9&#160;am–7&#160;pm</li> <li>October–May: Sat–Sun 9&#160;am–5&#160;pm</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Condition</th><td class="infobox-data">Preserved, slightly renovated</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Built</th><td class="infobox-data">Unknown, probably in the 3rd century BC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Built&#160;by</th><td class="infobox-data">Small stronghold by <a href="/wiki/Illyrians" title="Illyrians">Illyrian</a> tribe of <a href="/wiki/Dalmatae" title="Dalmatae">Dalmatae</a>, later expanded mostly by: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Croats" title="Croats">Croatian</a> <a href="/wiki/Mislav_of_Croatia" class="mw-redirect" title="Mislav of Croatia">Mislav</a></li> <li>Croatian duke <a href="/wiki/Trpimir_I_of_Croatia" class="mw-redirect" title="Trpimir I of Croatia">Trpimir I</a></li> <li>Croatian <a href="/wiki/House_of_%C5%A0ubi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Šubić">House of Šubić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Venetians</a> (present day aspect)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_Empire" title="Austrian Empire">Austrian Empire</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Materials</th><td class="infobox-data">Limestone</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><div style="border:4px solid #CC3333; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center;"> <a href="/wiki/Register_of_Cultural_Goods_of_Croatia" title="Register of Cultural Goods of Croatia">Cultural Good of Croatia</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Protected cultural good</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reference&#160;no.</th><td class="infobox-data">Z-4206<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr 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<blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;">1.) <b>Small stronghold (pre&#8211;835)</b> <i>(<a href="/w/index.php?title=Kli%C5%A1ka_gradina&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Kliška gradina (page does not exist)">Kliška gradina</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;">&#160;&#91;<a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kli%C5%A1ka_gradina" class="extiw" title="hr:Kliška gradina">hr</a>&#93;</span>)</i></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <ul><li>? – 9 AD <a href="/wiki/Illyrians" title="Illyrians">Illyrian</a> tribe of <a href="/wiki/Dalmatae" title="Dalmatae">Dalmatae</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Illyrian_pelte_shield_35_cm_diameter_(sketch).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Illyrian_pelte_shield_35_cm_diameter_%28sketch%29.jpg/20px-Illyrian_pelte_shield_35_cm_diameter_%28sketch%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Illyrian_pelte_shield_35_cm_diameter_%28sketch%29.jpg/30px-Illyrian_pelte_shield_35_cm_diameter_%28sketch%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Illyrian_pelte_shield_35_cm_diameter_%28sketch%29.jpg/40px-Illyrian_pelte_shield_35_cm_diameter_%28sketch%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="358" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Solidus-Odoacer-ZenoRIC_3657cf.jpg/40px-Solidus-Odoacer-ZenoRIC_3657cf.jpg" decoding="async" width="40" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Solidus-Odoacer-ZenoRIC_3657cf.jpg/60px-Solidus-Odoacer-ZenoRIC_3657cf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Solidus-Odoacer-ZenoRIC_3657cf.jpg/80px-Solidus-Odoacer-ZenoRIC_3657cf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="221" /></a></span></li> <li>493–537 <a href="/wiki/Theodoric_the_Great" title="Theodoric the Great">Theodoric the Great</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ostrogothic_Kingdom" title="Ostrogothic Kingdom">Ostrogothic Kingdom</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Theodoric_brick.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Theodoric_brick.png/35px-Theodoric_brick.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Theodoric_brick.png/53px-Theodoric_brick.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Theodoric_brick.png/70px-Theodoric_brick.png 2x" data-file-width="540" data-file-height="180" /></a></span></li> <li>537–614 <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a> <span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Byzantine_imperial_flag%2C_14th_century.svg/21px-Byzantine_imperial_flag%2C_14th_century.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Byzantine_imperial_flag%2C_14th_century.svg/32px-Byzantine_imperial_flag%2C_14th_century.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Byzantine_imperial_flag%2C_14th_century.svg/42px-Byzantine_imperial_flag%2C_14th_century.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" 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Croatia">Duke Mislav</a> of <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Croatia" title="Duchy of Croatia">Duchy of Croatia</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Croatia_CoA_1990.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/20px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/30px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/40px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="519" data-file-height="536" /></a></span></li> <li>845–864 <a href="/wiki/Trpimir_I_of_Croatia" class="mw-redirect" title="Trpimir I of Croatia">Duke Trpimir I</a> of <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Croatia" title="Duchy of Croatia">Duchy of Croatia</a> and founder of <a href="/wiki/House_of_Trpimirovi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Trpimirović">House of Trpimirović</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Croatia_CoA_1990.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/20px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/30px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/40px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="519" data-file-height="536" /></a></span></li> <li>864–925 <a href="/wiki/House_of_Trpimirovi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Trpimirović">House of Trpimirović</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Croatia_CoA_1990.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/20px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="21" class="mw-file-element" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/40px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="519" data-file-height="536" /></a></span> and <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hungary" title="Kingdom of Hungary">Kingdom of Hungary</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_B%C3%A9la_III_of_Hungary_(used_1172%E2%80%931196)_-_02.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Coat_of_arms_of_B%C3%A9la_III_of_Hungary_%28used_1172%E2%80%931196%29_-_02.svg/20px-Coat_of_arms_of_B%C3%A9la_III_of_Hungary_%28used_1172%E2%80%931196%29_-_02.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Coat_of_arms_of_B%C3%A9la_III_of_Hungary_%28used_1172%E2%80%931196%29_-_02.svg/30px-Coat_of_arms_of_B%C3%A9la_III_of_Hungary_%28used_1172%E2%80%931196%29_-_02.svg.png 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Cross_of_the_Knights_Templar.svg/40px-Cross_of_the_Knights_Templar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> appointed by <a href="/wiki/Andrew_II_of_Hungary" title="Andrew II of Hungary">Andrew II</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coa_Hungary_Country_History_Imre_(1196-1204).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Coa_Hungary_Country_History_Imre_%281196-1204%29.svg/20px-Coa_Hungary_Country_History_Imre_%281196-1204%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Coa_Hungary_Country_History_Imre_%281196-1204%29.svg/30px-Coa_Hungary_Country_History_Imre_%281196-1204%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Coa_Hungary_Country_History_Imre_%281196-1204%29.svg/40px-Coa_Hungary_Country_History_Imre_%281196-1204%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></li> <li>1221–1227 Prince <a href="/wiki/Domald_of_Sidraga" title="Domald of Sidraga">Domald</a> from Split</li> <li>1227–1242 Croatian nobility</li> <li>1242 Croatian nobles Brativoj and Butko Julijanov during Mongol siege of the fortress.</li> <li>1242–1273 Croatian nobility</li> <li>1273–1277 <a href="/wiki/Paul_I_%C5%A0ubi%C4%87_of_Bribir" title="Paul I Šubić of Bribir">Paul I Šubić of Bribir</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ban_of_Croatia_and_Dalmatia" class="mw-redirect" title="Ban of Croatia and Dalmatia">Ban of Croatia and Dalmatia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lord_of_all_of_Bosnia" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord of all of Bosnia">Lord of all of Bosnia</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bribir6_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Bribir6_2.JPG/25px-Bribir6_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="25" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Bribir6_2.JPG/38px-Bribir6_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Bribir6_2.JPG/50px-Bribir6_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1132" data-file-height="1056" /></a></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Croatia_CoA_1990.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/20px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/30px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/40px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="519" data-file-height="536" /></a></span></li> <li>1277–1302 <a href="/wiki/George_I_%C5%A0ubi%C4%87_of_Bribir" title="George I Šubić of Bribir">George I Šubić</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Croatia_CoA_1990.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/20px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/30px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/40px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="519" data-file-height="536" /></a></span></li> <li>1302–1304 <a href="/wiki/Mladen_I_%C5%A0ubi%C4%87_of_Bribir" title="Mladen I Šubić of Bribir">Mladen I Šubić</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ban_of_Bosnia" class="mw-redirect" title="Ban of Bosnia">Ban of Bosnia</a> (Dominus) <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Croatia_CoA_1990.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/20px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/30px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/40px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="519" data-file-height="536" /></a></span></li> <li>1304–1322 <a href="/wiki/Mladen_II_%C5%A0ubi%C4%87_of_Bribir" title="Mladen II Šubić of Bribir">Mladen II Šubić of Bribir</a><br />Ban of Croatia and Dalmatia and Lord of all Bosnia <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Croatia_CoA_1990.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/20px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/30px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/40px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="519" data-file-height="536" /></a></span></li> <li>1322–1330 <a href="/wiki/George_II_%C5%A0ubi%C4%87_of_Bribir" title="George II Šubić of Bribir">George II Šubić</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Croatia_CoA_1990.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/20px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/30px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/40px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="519" data-file-height="536" /></a></span></li> <li>1330–1348 <a href="/wiki/Mladen_III_%C5%A0ubi%C4%87_of_Bribir" class="mw-redirect" title="Mladen III Šubić of Bribir">Mladen III Šubić of Bribir</a><br /><i>"Shield of the Croats"</i> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Croatia_CoA_1990.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/20px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/30px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/40px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="519" data-file-height="536" /></a></span></li> <li>1348–1356 <a href="/wiki/Jelena_%C5%A0ubi%C4%87_(Nemanji%C4%87)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jelena Šubić (Nemanjić)">Jelena Šubić (Nemanjić)</a> as Mladen III Šubić's widow <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Croatia_CoA_1990.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/20px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/30px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/40px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="519" data-file-height="536" /></a></span></li> <li>1356–1387 Croatian nobility in the name of <a href="/wiki/Louis_I_of_Hungary" title="Louis I of Hungary">Louis I the Great</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blason_Louis_Ier_de_Hongrie.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Blason_Louis_Ier_de_Hongrie.svg/20px-Blason_Louis_Ier_de_Hongrie.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Blason_Louis_Ier_de_Hongrie.svg/30px-Blason_Louis_Ier_de_Hongrie.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Blason_Louis_Ier_de_Hongrie.svg/40px-Blason_Louis_Ier_de_Hongrie.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span></li></ul> <p>Lands ruled by <a href="/wiki/Louis_I_of_Hungary" title="Louis I of Hungary">Louis</a> in the 1370s. </p> <ul><li>1387–1394 Croatian noble <a href="/wiki/John_of_Palisna" title="John of Palisna">John of Palisna</a> (<a href="/wiki/Croatian_language" title="Croatian language">Croatian</a>: <i lang="hr">Ivan od Paližne</i>) from <a href="/wiki/Vrana,_Zadar_County" title="Vrana, Zadar County">Vrana</a>, in the name of <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_(region)" title="Bosnia (region)">Bosnian</a> King <a href="/wiki/Tvrtko_I_of_Bosnia" title="Tvrtko I of Bosnia">Tvrtko I</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Kingdom_of_Bosnia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Coat_of_arms_of_Kingdom_of_Bosnia.svg/20px-Coat_of_arms_of_Kingdom_of_Bosnia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Coat_of_arms_of_Kingdom_of_Bosnia.svg/30px-Coat_of_arms_of_Kingdom_of_Bosnia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Coat_of_arms_of_Kingdom_of_Bosnia.svg/40px-Coat_of_arms_of_Kingdom_of_Bosnia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="458" data-file-height="559" /></a></span></li> <li>1394–1401 Ban <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_II_Garay" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicholas II Garay">Nikola II Gorjanski</a> in the name of <a href="/wiki/Sigismund,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor">Sigismund</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SigismundLuc.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/SigismundLuc.jpg/25px-SigismundLuc.jpg" decoding="async" width="25" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/SigismundLuc.jpg/38px-SigismundLuc.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/SigismundLuc.jpg/50px-SigismundLuc.jpg 2x" data-file-width="255" data-file-height="249" /></a></span></li> <li>1401–1434 Croatian noble <a href="/wiki/Prince" title="Prince">Prince</a> <a href="/wiki/Ivan_III_Nelipac_(Ivani%C5%A1_Nelipi%C4%87)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ivan III Nelipac (Ivaniš Nelipić)">Ivaniš Nelipić</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Croatia_CoA_1990.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/20px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/30px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/40px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="519" data-file-height="536" /></a></span></li> <li>1434–1436 Croatian noble and Ban of Croatia <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Frankopan" class="mw-redirect" title="Ivan Frankopan">Ivan Frankopan</a>, at that time in war with king Sigismund <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Croatia_CoA_1990.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/20px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/30px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/40px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="519" data-file-height="536" /></a></span></li> <li>1436–1437 Ivan Frankopan's widow peaceful handover the fortress <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Croatia_CoA_1990.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/20px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/30px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/40px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="519" data-file-height="536" /></a></span></li> <li>1437–1458 Croatian noble <a href="/wiki/Matko_Talovac" title="Matko Talovac">Matko Talovac</a> and later <a href="/wiki/Petar_Talovac" title="Petar Talovac">Petar</a> and Vladislav in the name of <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;">4.) <b>Ottoman Wars (1513&#8211;1648)</b></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <ul><li>1513–1537 Croatian noble, Prince of Klis <a href="/wiki/Petar_Kru%C5%BEi%C4%87" title="Petar Kružić">Petar Kružić</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Croatia_CoA_1990.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/20px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/30px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/40px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="519" data-file-height="536" /></a></span></li> <li>1537–1596 <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_(1844%E2%80%931922).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/25px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></li> <li>1596–1596 <a href="/wiki/Uskoks" title="Uskoks">Uskoks</a> seized the fortress by treachery, but the Turks recovered it fairly quickly, in the same year <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Croatia_CoA_1990.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/20px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/30px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Croatia_CoA_1990.svg/40px-Croatia_CoA_1990.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="519" data-file-height="536" /></a></span></li> <li>1596–1648 <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_(1844%E2%80%931922).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/25px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;">5.) <b>Decline of military importance (1648&#8211;present)</b></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <ul><li>1648–1797 <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Republic of Venice</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Most_Serene_Republic_of_Venice.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Most_Serene_Republic_of_Venice.svg/30px-Flag_of_Most_Serene_Republic_of_Venice.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Most_Serene_Republic_of_Venice.svg/45px-Flag_of_Most_Serene_Republic_of_Venice.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Most_Serene_Republic_of_Venice.svg/60px-Flag_of_Most_Serene_Republic_of_Venice.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></li> <li>1797–1805 <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Empire" title="Austrian Empire">Austrian Empire</a> as a part of <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_without_haloes_(1400-1806).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_without_haloes_%281400-1806%29.svg/30px-Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_without_haloes_%281400-1806%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_without_haloes_%281400-1806%29.svg/45px-Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_without_haloes_%281400-1806%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_without_haloes_%281400-1806%29.svg/60px-Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_without_haloes_%281400-1806%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></li> <li>1805–1813 <a href="/wiki/First_French_Empire" title="First French Empire">First French Empire</a> under <a href="/wiki/Napoleon_I_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Napoleon I of France">Napoleon Bonaparte</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Imperial_Coat_of_Arms_of_France_(1804-1815).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Imperial_Coat_of_Arms_of_France_%281804-1815%29.svg/20px-Imperial_Coat_of_Arms_of_France_%281804-1815%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Imperial_Coat_of_Arms_of_France_%281804-1815%29.svg/30px-Imperial_Coat_of_Arms_of_France_%281804-1815%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Imperial_Coat_of_Arms_of_France_%281804-1815%29.svg/40px-Imperial_Coat_of_Arms_of_France_%281804-1815%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2229" /></a></span></li> <li>1813–1815 <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Empire" title="Austrian Empire">Austrian Empire</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wappen_Kaisertum_%C3%96sterreich_1815_(Klein).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Wappen_Kaisertum_%C3%96sterreich_1815_%28Klein%29.png/20px-Wappen_Kaisertum_%C3%96sterreich_1815_%28Klein%29.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Wappen_Kaisertum_%C3%96sterreich_1815_%28Klein%29.png/30px-Wappen_Kaisertum_%C3%96sterreich_1815_%28Klein%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Wappen_Kaisertum_%C3%96sterreich_1815_%28Klein%29.png/40px-Wappen_Kaisertum_%C3%96sterreich_1815_%28Klein%29.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="707" /></a></span></li> <li>1815–1867 <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Dalmatia" title="Kingdom of Dalmatia">Kingdom of Dalmatia</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kingdom_of_Dalmatia_(1852-1860).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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decoding="async" width="20" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Wappen_Kaisertum_%C3%96sterreich_1815_%28Klein%29.png/30px-Wappen_Kaisertum_%C3%96sterreich_1815_%28Klein%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Wappen_Kaisertum_%C3%96sterreich_1815_%28Klein%29.png/40px-Wappen_Kaisertum_%C3%96sterreich_1815_%28Klein%29.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="707" /></a></span></li> <li>1867–1918 <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Dalmatia" title="Kingdom of Dalmatia">Kingdom of Dalmatia</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kingdom_of_Dalmatia_(1852-1860).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Kingdom_of_Dalmatia_%281852-1860%29.svg/25px-Flag_of_Kingdom_of_Dalmatia_%281852-1860%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Kingdom_of_Dalmatia_%281852-1860%29.svg/38px-Flag_of_Kingdom_of_Dalmatia_%281852-1860%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Kingdom_of_Dalmatia_%281852-1860%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Kingdom_of_Dalmatia_%281852-1860%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span> within <a href="/wiki/Austria-Hungary" title="Austria-Hungary">Austria-Hungary</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_(1867%E2%80%931918).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/25px-Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/38px-Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></li> <li>1918–1918 <a href="/wiki/State_of_Slovenes,_Croats_and_Serbs" title="State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs">State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_State_of_Slovenes,_Croats_and_Serbs.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_the_State_of_Slovenes%2C_Croats_and_Serbs.svg/25px-Flag_of_the_State_of_Slovenes%2C_Croats_and_Serbs.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" 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Croatia">SR Croatia</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Croatia_(1947%E2%80%931990).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Croatia_%281947%E2%80%931990%29.svg/25px-Flag_of_Croatia_%281947%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Croatia_%281947%E2%80%931990%29.svg/38px-Flag_of_Croatia_%281947%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Croatia_%281947%E2%80%931990%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Croatia_%281947%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> within <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">SFR Yugoslavia</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Yugoslavia_(1946-1992).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Croatia_%281990%29.svg/38px-Flag_of_Croatia_%281990%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Croatia_%281990%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Croatia_%281990%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> within <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">SFR Yugoslavia</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Yugoslavia_(1946-1992).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/25px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/38px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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Klis</i>; <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>: <i lang="it">Fortezza di Clissa</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Medieval_fortress" class="mw-redirect" title="Medieval fortress">medieval fortress</a> situated above the <a href="/wiki/Klis" title="Klis">village of Klis</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Split_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Split (city)">Split</a>, <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a>. From its origin as a small <a href="/wiki/Fortification" title="Fortification">stronghold</a> built by the ancient <a href="/wiki/Illyrians" title="Illyrians">Illyrian</a> tribe <a href="/wiki/Dalmatae" title="Dalmatae">Dalmatae</a>, to a role as royal castle and seat of many <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Croatia_(925%E2%80%931102)" title="Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102)">Croatian kings</a>, to its final development as a large fortress during the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_wars_in_Europe" title="Ottoman wars in Europe">Ottoman wars in Europe</a>, Klis Fortress has guarded the frontier, being lost and re-conquered several times throughout its 2,000-year history. Due to its location on a pass that separates the mountains <a href="/wiki/Mosor" title="Mosor">Mosor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mali_Kozjak" title="Mali Kozjak">Kozjak</a>, the fortress served as a major source of defense in Dalmatia, especially against the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>. It has been a crossroad between the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Balkans" title="Balkans">Balkans</a>. </p><p>Since <a href="/wiki/Mislav_of_Croatia" class="mw-redirect" title="Mislav of Croatia">Duke Mislav</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Croatia" title="Duchy of Croatia">Duchy of Croatia</a> made Klis Fortress the seat of his throne in the middle of the 9th century, the fortress served as the seat of many Croatia's rulers. His successor, <a href="/wiki/Trpimir_I_of_Croatia" class="mw-redirect" title="Trpimir I of Croatia">Duke Trpimir I</a>, is significant for spreading <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> in the Duchy of Croatia. He expanded the Klis Fortress, and in <a href="/wiki/Ri%C5%BEinice" class="mw-redirect" title="Rižinice">Rižinice</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;">&#160;&#91;<a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri%C5%BEinice" class="extiw" title="hr:Rižinice">hr</a>&#93;</span>, in the valley under the fortress, he built a <a href="/wiki/Church_(building)" title="Church (building)">church</a> and the first <a href="/wiki/Benedictine_monastery" class="mw-redirect" title="Benedictine monastery">Benedictine monastery</a> in Croatia. During the reign of the first Croatian king, <a href="/wiki/Tomislav_of_Croatia" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomislav of Croatia">Tomislav</a>, Klis and <a href="/wiki/Biograd_na_Moru" title="Biograd na Moru">Biograd na Moru</a> were his chief residences. </p><p>In March 1242 at Klis Fortress, <a href="/wiki/Tatars" title="Tatars">Tatars</a> serving in the <a href="/wiki/Mongols" title="Mongols">Mongol</a> army suffered a major defeat while in pursuit of the Hungarian army led by King <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9la_IV_of_Hungary" title="Béla IV of Hungary">Béla IV</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Late_Middle_Ages" title="Late Middle Ages">Late Middle Ages</a>, the fortress was governed by <a href="/wiki/Croatian_nobility" title="Croatian nobility">Croatian nobility</a>, amongst whom <a href="/wiki/Paul_I_%C5%A0ubi%C4%87_of_Bribir" title="Paul I Šubić of Bribir">Paul I Šubić of Bribir</a> was the most significant. During his reign, the <a href="/wiki/House_of_%C5%A0ubi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Šubić">House of Šubić</a> controlled most of modern-day Croatia and Bosnia. Excluding the brief possession by the forces of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bosnia" title="Kingdom of Bosnia">Bosnian King</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tvrtko_I_of_Bosnia" title="Tvrtko I of Bosnia">Tvrtko I</a>, the fortress remained in Hungaro-Croatian hands for the next several hundred years, until the 16th century. </p><p>Klis Fortress is best known for its role in the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_wars_in_Europe" title="Ottoman wars in Europe">Ottoman invasion of Europe</a> in the early 16th century. Croatian captain <a href="/wiki/Petar_Kru%C5%BEi%C4%87" title="Petar Kružić">Petar Kružić</a> led the defense of the fortress against a Turkish invasion and siege that lasted for more than a quarter of a century. During this defense, as Kružić and his soldiers fought without allies against the Turks, the military faction of <a href="/wiki/Uskoks" title="Uskoks">Uskoks</a> was formed, which later became famous as an elite Croatian militant sect. Ultimately, the defenders were defeated and the fortress fell to the Ottomans in 1537. After more than a century under Ottoman rule, in 1669, Klis Fortress was besieged and seized by the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Republic of Venice</a>. The Venetians restored and enlarged the fortress. In 1797, the fortress was taken by <a href="/wiki/Archduchy_of_Austria" title="Archduchy of Austria">Austria</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_the_Republic_of_Venice" title="Fall of the Republic of Venice">Fall of the Republic of Venice</a>. Today, Klis Fortress contains a museum where visitors to this historic military structure can see an array of arms, armor, and traditional uniforms. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location">Location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The fortress is located above the <a href="/wiki/Klis" title="Klis">village of Klis</a>, 11 kilometres (6.8&#160;mi) from the <a href="/wiki/Adriatic_Sea" title="Adriatic Sea">Adriatic Sea</a>, on a pass that separates the mountains <a href="/wiki/Mosor" title="Mosor">Mosor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mali_Kozjak" title="Mali Kozjak">Kozjak</a>, at the altitude of 360 metres (1,180&#160;ft), northeast of <a href="/wiki/Split_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Split (city)">Split</a> in <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hrvatski_leksikon_470_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hrvatski_leksikon_470-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Owing to its strategic position, the fortress was one of the region's most important <a href="/wiki/Fortification" title="Fortification">fortifications</a> in its history.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Perched on an isolated rocky eminence, inaccessible on three sides, the fortress overlooks Split, the ancient <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Roman</a> settlement of <a href="/wiki/Salona" title="Salona">Salona</a>, <a href="/wiki/Solin,_Croatia" class="mw-redirect" title="Solin, Croatia">Solin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ka%C5%A1tela" title="Kaštela">Kaštela</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trogir" title="Trogir">Trogir</a>, and most of the central <a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_in_the_Adriatic" title="List of islands in the Adriatic">Dalmatian islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wilkinson_169-172_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilkinson_169-172-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Historically, the fortress has controlled access to and from <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_(region)" title="Bosnia (region)">Bosnia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dalmatia" title="Dalmatia">Dalmatia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zagora_(Croatia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zagora (Croatia)">inland Croatia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The importance of such a position was felt by every army that invaded, or held possession of this part of Croatia.<sup id="cite_ref-Wilkinson_169-172_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilkinson_169-172-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Klis Fortress was a point against which their attacks were always directed, and it has been remarkable for the many sieges it withstood.<sup id="cite_ref-Wilkinson_169-172_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilkinson_169-172-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It has been of major strategic value in Croatia throughout history.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ancient_stronghold_of_Illyrians_and_Romans">Ancient stronghold of Illyrians and Romans</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Ancient stronghold of Illyrians and Romans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Dalmatae" title="Dalmatae">Dalmatae</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illyrian_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Illyrian Wars">Illyrian Wars</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dalmatia%26Moesia_Superior.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Dalmatia%26Moesia_Superior.JPG/180px-Dalmatia%26Moesia_Superior.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Dalmatia%26Moesia_Superior.JPG/270px-Dalmatia%26Moesia_Superior.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Dalmatia%26Moesia_Superior.JPG/360px-Dalmatia%26Moesia_Superior.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5061" data-file-height="6589" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Roman_province_of_Dalmatia" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman province of Dalmatia">Roman province of Dalmatia</a>. The location of Klis is north of <i><a href="/wiki/Salonae" class="mw-redirect" title="Salonae">Salonae</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The ancient <a href="/wiki/Illyrians" title="Illyrians">Illyrian</a> tribe of the <a href="/wiki/Dalmatae" title="Dalmatae">Dalmatae</a>, who held a stronghold on this spot, are the first known inhabitants to have lived on the site of today's Klis Fortress.<sup id="cite_ref-Povijest_Klisa_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Povijest_Klisa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They were defeated several times, and in the year 9 AD, finally annexed by <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Romans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Povijest_Klisa_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Povijest_Klisa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Today's Klis Fortress was known to the Romans by the name of <i>"Andetrium"</i> or <i>"Anderium"</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Royal_Geographical_Society_589_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Royal_Geographical_Society_589-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and in later times <i>"Clausura"</i>, which is the origin of later <i>"Clissa"</i> and modern <i>"Klis"</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Wilkinson_169-172_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilkinson_169-172-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> To the Romans, Klis became famous for its celebrated siege by <a href="/wiki/Augustus" title="Augustus">Augustus</a>, at the time of the <a href="/wiki/Illyrian_revolt" class="mw-redirect" title="Illyrian revolt">Illyrian revolt</a> in Dalmatia.<sup id="cite_ref-Collection_111-116_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collection_111-116-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The road that lead from Klis to Salona was called "Via Gabiniana" or "Via Gabinia", which according to an inscription found at Salona, appears to have been made by <a href="/wiki/Tiberius" title="Tiberius">Tiberius</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Wilkinson_169-172_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilkinson_169-172-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Southeast of the fortress, the traces of a Roman camp are still visible, as well as an inscription carved on a rock; both which are supposed to be contemporary with the siege under Tiberius.<sup id="cite_ref-Wilkinson_169-172_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilkinson_169-172-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The description of this siege during the <a href="/wiki/Illyrian_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Illyrian Wars">Illyrian Wars</a> demonstrates that this place was strong and unreachable in those times.<sup id="cite_ref-Collection_111-116_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collection_111-116-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Migration_period_and_the_arrival_of_the_Croats">Migration period and the arrival of the Croats</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Migration period and the arrival of the Croats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Migration_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Migration period">Migration period</a> and <a href="/wiki/Croats" title="Croats">Croats</a></div> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/Decline_of_the_Roman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Decline of the Roman Empire">fall of the Roman Empire</a>, Barbarians plundered the region around Klis.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_22_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_22-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> First it was ruled by <a href="/wiki/Odoacer" title="Odoacer">Odoacer</a>, and then by the <a href="/wiki/Theodoric_the_Great" title="Theodoric the Great">Theodoric the Great</a>, after he eliminated Odoacer, and set up an <a href="/wiki/Ostrogothic_Kingdom" title="Ostrogothic Kingdom">Ostrogothic Kingdom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_22_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_22-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After <a href="/wiki/Justinian_I" title="Justinian I">Justinian I</a> fought an almost continual war for forty years to recover the old Roman Empire, he seized Dalmatia, and Klis was from 537, a part of <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_22_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_22-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The name of Klis (<i>Kleisa</i> or <i>Kleisoura</i>) was first described in chapter 29 of Emperor <a href="/wiki/Constantine_VII" title="Constantine VII">Constantine Porphyrogenitus'</a> <i>De Administrando Imperio</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Curta_100-101_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Curta_100-101-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> While describing the Roman settlement of <a href="/wiki/Salona" title="Salona">Salona</a>, Constantine VII speaks of the stronghold, which may have been designed or improved, to prevent attacks on the coastal cities and roads by <a href="/wiki/Slavic_peoples" class="mw-redirect" title="Slavic peoples">Slavs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Curta_100-101_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Curta_100-101-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Salona, the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Dalmatia" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine Dalmatia">province of Dalmatia</a> was sacked and destroyed in 614 by <a href="/wiki/Avars_(Carpathians)" class="mw-redirect" title="Avars (Carpathians)">Avars</a> and <a href="/wiki/Slavs" title="Slavs">Slavs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_34-35_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_34-35-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The population fled to <a href="/wiki/Diocletian%27s_Palace" title="Diocletian&#39;s Palace">Diocletian's</a> walled palace of Split, which was able to resist the invaders.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_34-35_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_34-35-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Thereafter, Split rose quickly in importance as one of Dalmatia's major cities.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_34-35_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_34-35-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the 7th century the Avars were driven out by a second wave of <a href="/wiki/Croats" title="Croats">Croats</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_34-35_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_34-35-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> on the invitation of Emperor <a href="/wiki/Heraclius" title="Heraclius">Heraclius</a>, in order to counter the Avar threat to the Byzantine Empire.<sup id="cite_ref-Constantine_Porphyrogenitus_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Constantine_Porphyrogenitus-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_Castle">Royal Castle</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Royal Castle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Croatia" title="Duchy of Croatia">Duchy of Croatia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Croatia_(925%E2%80%931102)" title="Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102)">Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Klis_Fortress_at_sunset.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Klis_Fortress_at_sunset.jpg/220px-Klis_Fortress_at_sunset.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Klis_Fortress_at_sunset.jpg/330px-Klis_Fortress_at_sunset.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Klis_Fortress_at_sunset.jpg/440px-Klis_Fortress_at_sunset.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="853" /></a><figcaption>A night view of the Klis Fortress from the north, with the city of Split in the background.</figcaption></figure> <p>From the early 7th century on, Klis was an important Croat stronghold, and later, one of the seats of many Croatia's rulers.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the 9th century, Croatian duke <a href="/wiki/Mislav_of_Croatia" class="mw-redirect" title="Mislav of Croatia">Mislav</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Croatia" title="Duchy of Croatia">Duchy of Croatia</a>, from 835 to 845, made the castle of Klis seat of his throne.<sup id="cite_ref-Hrvatski_leksikon_470_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hrvatski_leksikon_470-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Despite <a href="/wiki/Franks" title="Franks">Frankish</a> overlordship, the Franks had almost no role in Croatia in the period from the 820s through 840s. After Mislav's death, starting with <a href="/wiki/Trpimir_I_of_Croatia" class="mw-redirect" title="Trpimir I of Croatia">Duke Trpimir I</a>, Klis was ruled by royal members of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Trpimirovi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Trpimirović">House of Trpimirović</a>, who were at first <a href="/wiki/Duke" title="Duke">Dukes</a> of the Croatian Duchy (<i>dux Croatorum</i>), and afterwards <a href="/wiki/Monarch" title="Monarch">Kings</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Croatia_(925%E2%80%931102)" title="Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102)">Croatian Kingdom</a> (<i>rex Croatorum</i>). They developed the early Roman stronghold into their capital.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Relations with the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantines</a> greatly improved under the Croatian duke Trpimir I, who moved the dux's main residence from <a href="/wiki/Nin,_Croatia" title="Nin, Croatia">Nin</a> to Klis.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_257_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_257-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p> The reign of Mislav's successor <a href="/wiki/Trpimir_I_of_Croatia" class="mw-redirect" title="Trpimir I of Croatia">Trpimir I</a>, is significant for spreading <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> in the medieval Croatian state, and for the first mention of the name <i>"Croats"</i> in domestic documents.<sup id="cite_ref-Curta_139_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Curta_139-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hrvatski_leksikon_1022_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hrvatski_leksikon_1022-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 4 March, in 852, Trpimir I issued a <i>"Charter in Biaći"</i> (<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">in loco Byaci dicitur</i>) in Latin, confirming Mislav's donations to the <a href="/wiki/Archbishopric" class="mw-redirect" title="Archbishopric">Archbishopric</a> in <a href="/wiki/Split_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Split (city)">Split</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hrvatski_leksikon_1022_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hrvatski_leksikon_1022-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In this document Trpimir I named himself; <i>"By the mercy of God, Duke of Croats"</i> (<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Dux Chroatorum iuvatus munere divino</i>), and his realm as the <i>"Realm of the Croats"</i> (<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Regnum Chroatorum</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Hrvatski_leksikon_1022_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hrvatski_leksikon_1022-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the same document Trpimir I mentioned Klis as his property&#160;— seat.<sup id="cite_ref-Curta_139_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Curta_139-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Under Klis, at <a href="/wiki/Ri%C5%BEinice" class="mw-redirect" title="Rižinice">Rižinice</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;">&#160;&#91;<a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri%C5%BEinice" class="extiw" title="hr:Rižinice">hr</a>&#93;</span>, the duke Trpimir built a <a href="/wiki/Church_(building)" title="Church (building)">church</a> and the first <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._Benedict" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of St. Benedict">Benedictine</a> <a href="/wiki/Monastery" title="Monastery">monastery</a> in Croatia, which is known from the discovery of a stone fragment on a gable arch from an altar screen, inscribed with the duke's name and title.<sup id="cite_ref-Curta_139_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Curta_139-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>(<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a> ... <i>pro duce Trepimero</i> ...&#160;– English... <i>for Duke Trpimir</i> ...)</p></blockquote> <p>Archaeological excavations found that a church dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Saint_Vitus" title="Saint Vitus">Saint Vitus</a> was founded in the 10th century by a certain Croatian king, along with his wife, Queen <a href="/wiki/Domaslava" title="Domaslava">Domaslava</a>, which got destroyed during Ottoman conquests in the 16th century.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>A controversial <a href="/wiki/Saxons" title="Saxons">Saxon</a> theologian of the mid-9th century, <a href="/wiki/Gottschalk_of_Orbais" title="Gottschalk of Orbais">Gottschalk of Orbais</a>, spent some time at Trpimir's court between 846 and 848.<sup id="cite_ref-Curta_139_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Curta_139-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His work <i>"De Trina deitate"</i> is an important source of information for Trpimir's reign.<sup id="cite_ref-Curta_139_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Curta_139-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Gottschalk was a witness to the battle between Trpimir and Byzantine strategos, when Trpimir was victorious.<sup id="cite_ref-Curta_139_13-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Curta_139-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During the reign of Croatian king <a href="/wiki/Tomislav_of_Croatia" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomislav of Croatia">Tomislav</a>, who had no permanent capital, the castle of Klis along with <a href="/wiki/Biograd_na_Moru" title="Biograd na Moru">Biograd</a>, were his chief residences.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_263_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_263-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Knights_Templar">Knights Templar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Knights Templar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Croatia_(1102%E2%80%931526)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Croatia (1102–1526)">Kingdom of Croatia (1102–1526)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hungary" title="Kingdom of Hungary">Kingdom of Hungary</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Knights_Templar" title="Knights Templar">Knights Templar</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:First.Crusade.Map.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/First.Crusade.Map.jpg/200px-First.Crusade.Map.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/First.Crusade.Map.jpg/300px-First.Crusade.Map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/First.Crusade.Map.jpg/400px-First.Crusade.Map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1730" data-file-height="1402" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Croatia_(925%E2%80%931102)" title="Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102)">Croatian Kingdom</a> c. 1097 – 1102, during succession crisis. Klis is located north of <i><a href="/wiki/Spalato" class="mw-redirect" title="Spalato">Spalato</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <p>From the early 12th century, and after the decay of the native Croatian royal family of Trpimirović, the castle of Klis was mainly governed by <a href="/wiki/Croatian_nobility" title="Croatian nobility">Croatian nobility</a>, under the supremacy of Hungarian kings. The <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Croatia_(925%E2%80%931102)" title="Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102)">Kingdom of Croatia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hungary" title="Kingdom of Hungary">Kingdom of Hungary</a> were, from 1102, in a <a href="/wiki/Personal_union" title="Personal union">personal union</a> of two kingdoms, united under the Hungarian king.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>Note 1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Regional_Surveys_of_the_World_271_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Regional_Surveys_of_the_World_271-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Andrew_II_of_Hungary" title="Andrew II of Hungary">Andrew II of Hungary</a> was extremely favorably disposed towards the <a href="/wiki/Knights_Templar" title="Knights Templar">Templars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hunyadi_and_Laszlovszky_137_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hunyadi_and_Laszlovszky_137-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During his participation in the <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Crusade" title="Fifth Crusade">Fifth Crusade</a>, he appointed <a href="/wiki/Pontius_de_Cruce" title="Pontius de Cruce">Pontius de Cruce</a>, Master of the Order in the Hungarian Kingdom, as a regent in Croatia and Dalmatia.<sup id="cite_ref-Hunyadi_and_Laszlovszky_137_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hunyadi_and_Laszlovszky_137-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After his return in 1219, in recognition of the great logistical and financial support which the Order had given him during the campaign, he granted the Order the estate of <a href="/wiki/Gacka" title="Gacka">Gacka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hunyadi_and_Laszlovszky_137_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hunyadi_and_Laszlovszky_137-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Even before his departure from the city of Split in 1217, he had made over to the Templars the castle of Klis (<i>Clissa</i>), a strategic point in the hinterland of Split (<i>Spalato</i>), which controlled the approaches to the town.<sup id="cite_ref-Wilkinson_169-172_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilkinson_169-172-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hunyadi_and_Laszlovszky_137_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hunyadi_and_Laszlovszky_137-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Archdeacon_161–163_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archdeacon_161–163-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The king Andrew was reluctant to entrust the castle of Klis to any of the local magnates, knowing what great harm could come from that castle.<sup id="cite_ref-Archdeacon_161–163_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archdeacon_161–163-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It was the king's will that Split receive the castle of Klis for the defense of their city.<sup id="cite_ref-Archdeacon_161–163_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archdeacon_161–163-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The city of Split showed little interest in the royal favors, so the king entrusted Klis into Templars hands.<sup id="cite_ref-Archdeacon_161–163_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archdeacon_161–163-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Shortly after this, the Templars lost Klis, and, in exchange, the king gave them the coastal town of <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ibenik" title="Šibenik">Šibenik</a> (<i>Sebenico</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Hunyadi_and_Laszlovszky_137_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hunyadi_and_Laszlovszky_137-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mongol_siege">Mongol siege</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Mongol siege"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Mongol_invasion_of_Europe" title="Mongol invasion of Europe">Mongol invasion of Europe</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tatarsinvade.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Tatarsinvade.jpg/200px-Tatarsinvade.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Tatarsinvade.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="267" data-file-height="181" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9la_IV_of_Hungary" title="Béla IV of Hungary">Béla IV</a> flees from the Mongols.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Tatars" title="Tatars">Tatars</a> under the leadership of <a href="/wiki/Kadan" title="Kadan">Kadan</a> experienced a major failure in March 1242 at Klis Fortress, when they were hunting for <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9la_IV_of_Hungary" title="Béla IV of Hungary">Béla IV of Hungary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Povijest_Klisa_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Povijest_Klisa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Tatars believed that the king was in the Klis Fortress, and so they began to attack from all sides, launching arrows and hurling spears.<sup id="cite_ref-Archdeacon_299_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archdeacon_299-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, the natural defenses of the fortress gave protection, and the Tatars could cause only limited harm.<sup id="cite_ref-Archdeacon_299_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archdeacon_299-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They dismounted from their horses and began to creep up hand over hand to higher ground.<sup id="cite_ref-Archdeacon_299_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archdeacon_299-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> But the fortress defenders hurled huge stones at them, and managed to kill a great number.<sup id="cite_ref-Archdeacon_299_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archdeacon_299-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This setback only made the Tatars more ferocious, and they came right up to the great walls and fought hand to hand.<sup id="cite_ref-Archdeacon_299_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archdeacon_299-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They looted the houses in the outskirt of the fortress and took away much plunder, but failed to take Klis altogether.<sup id="cite_ref-Archdeacon_299_21-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archdeacon_299-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Upon learning that the king was not there, they abandoned their attack, and ascending their mounts rode off in the direction of Trogir,<sup id="cite_ref-Archdeacon_299_21-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archdeacon_299-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> a number of them turning off toward Split.<sup id="cite_ref-Archdeacon_299_21-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archdeacon_299-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Mongols attacked the Dalmatian cities for the next few years but eventually withdrew without major success, as the mountainous terrain and distance were not suitable for their style of warfare.<sup id="cite_ref-Klaić_V_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klaić_V-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They pursued Béla IV from town to town in Dalmatia.<sup id="cite_ref-Klaić_V_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klaić_V-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Croatian_nobility" title="Croatian nobility">Croatian nobility</a> and Dalmatian towns such as <a href="/wiki/Trogir" title="Trogir">Trogir</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rab_(town)" title="Rab (town)">Rab</a> helped Béla IV to escape.<sup id="cite_ref-Klaić_V_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klaić_V-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After this failure, the Mongols retreated and Béla IV rewarded the Croatian towns and nobility.<sup id="cite_ref-Klaić_V_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klaić_V-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Only the city of <a href="/wiki/Split_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Split (city)">Split</a> did not help Béla IV in his escape.<sup id="cite_ref-Klaić_V_22-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klaić_V-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some historians claim that the mountainous terrain of Croatian Dalmatia was fatal for the Mongols, because they suffered great losses when attacked by the <a href="/wiki/Croats" title="Croats">Croats</a> from ambushes in mountain passes.<sup id="cite_ref-Klaić_V_22-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klaić_V-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Other historians claim that the death of <a href="/wiki/%C3%96gedei_Khan" title="Ögedei Khan">Ögedei Khan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Croatian_language" title="Croatian language">Croatian</a>: <i lang="hr">Ogotaj</i>) was the only reason for retreat. Much of Croatia was plundered by the Mongols, but without any major military success.<sup id="cite_ref-Klaić_V_22-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klaić_V-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Margaret_of_Hungary" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Margaret of Hungary">Saint Margaret</a> (January 27, 1242&#160;– January 18, 1271), a daughter of Béla IV and <a href="/wiki/Maria_Laskarina" title="Maria Laskarina">Maria Laskarina</a>, was born in Klis Fortress during the <a href="/wiki/Mongol_invasion_of_Europe" title="Mongol invasion of Europe">Mongol invasion of Hungary-Croatia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Šubić's_rule"><span id=".C5.A0ubi.C4.87.27s_rule"></span>Šubić's rule</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Šubić&#039;s rule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/House_of_%C5%A0ubi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Šubić">House of Šubić</a></div> <p>The weakening of royal authority under <a href="/wiki/Stephen_V_of_Hungary" title="Stephen V of Hungary">Stephen V of Hungary</a> allowed the <a href="/wiki/House_of_%C5%A0ubi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Šubić">House of Šubić</a> to regain their former role in Dalmatia.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_206_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_206-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1274, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Stjepko_%C5%A0ubi%C4%87_of_Bribir&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Stjepko Šubić of Bribir (page does not exist)">Stjepko Šubić of Bribir</a> died, and <a href="/wiki/Paul_I_%C5%A0ubi%C4%87_of_Bribir" title="Paul I Šubić of Bribir">Paul I Šubić of Bribir</a> succeeded him as the family elder.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_206_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_206-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Soon, <a href="/wiki/Ladislaus_IV_of_Hungary" title="Ladislaus IV of Hungary">Ladislaus IV of Hungary</a>, recognizing the balance of power in Dalmatia, named Paul I as <a href="/wiki/Ban_of_Croatia_and_Dalmatia" class="mw-redirect" title="Ban of Croatia and Dalmatia">Ban of Croatia and Dalmatia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_206_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_206-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Ladislaus IV died in 1290 leaving no sons, and a civil war between rival candidates, pro-Hungarian <a href="/wiki/Andrew_III_of_Hungary" title="Andrew III of Hungary">Andrew III of Hungary</a>, and pro-Croatian <a href="/wiki/Charles_Martel_of_Anjou" title="Charles Martel of Anjou">Charles Martel of Anjou</a>, started.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_207-208_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_207-208-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Charles Martel's father <a href="/wiki/Charles_II_of_Naples" title="Charles II of Naples">Charles II of Naples</a>, awarded all Croatia from <a href="/wiki/Mala_Kapela" title="Mala Kapela">Gvozd Mountain</a> to the river <a href="/wiki/Neretva" title="Neretva">Neretva mouth</a> hereditary to Paul I Šubić of Bribir.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_207-208_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_207-208-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Thus, Charles converted Paul's personal position as Ban into a hereditary one for the Šubić family.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_207-208_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_207-208-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> All the other nobles in this region, were to be vassals of Paul Šubić.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_207-208_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_207-208-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In response, Andrew III in 1293 issued a similar charter for Paul Šubić.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_207-208_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_207-208-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During this struggle over the throne, <a href="/wiki/George_I_%C5%A0ubi%C4%87_of_Bribir" title="George I Šubić of Bribir">George I Šubić of Bribir</a>, Ban Paul's brother went to Italy, visiting the pope and the Naples court.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_208-209_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_208-209-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In August 1300, George I returned to Split, bringing <a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_Hungary" title="Charles I of Hungary">Charles Robert</a> with him.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_208-209_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_208-209-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Paul Šubić accompanied Charles Robert (later known as Charles I of Hungary) to <a href="/wiki/Zagreb" title="Zagreb">Zagreb</a>, where he was recognized as king; then they proceeded to <a href="/wiki/Esztergom" title="Esztergom">Esztergom</a>, where, in 1301, the Archbishop of Esztergom crowned him as King of Hungary and Croatia.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_208-209_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_208-209-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Paul I Šubić, Ban of Croatia and Dalmatia, became <a href="/wiki/Lord_of_all_of_Bosnia" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord of all of Bosnia">Lord of all of Bosnia</a> in 1299.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_209-210_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_209-210-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Although supporting the king, Paul I continued to act independently, and ruled over a large portion of modern-day Croatia and Bosnia.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_209-210_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_209-210-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He appointed his brothers as commissars of Dalmatian cities, and gave Split to his brother <a href="/wiki/Mladen_I_%C5%A0ubi%C4%87_of_Bribir" title="Mladen I Šubić of Bribir">Mladen I Šubić</a>, and <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ibenik" title="Šibenik">Šibenik</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nin,_Croatia" title="Nin, Croatia">Nin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trogir" title="Trogir">Trogir</a> and <a href="/wiki/Omi%C5%A1" title="Omiš">Omiš</a> to his brother <a href="/wiki/George_I_%C5%A0ubi%C4%87_of_Bribir" title="George I Šubić of Bribir">George I Šubić</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_209-210_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_209-210-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After George I Šubić died in 1302, his brother Mladen I Šubić ruled as a <a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Bosnia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of rulers of Bosnia">Bosnian Ban</a> over <a href="/wiki/Bosnia" class="mw-redirect" title="Bosnia">Bosnia</a> from Klis Fortress, until he was killed in a battle during 1304.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_209-210_26-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_209-210-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Then, Šubić gave the Klis Fortress to his son <a href="/wiki/Mladen_II_%C5%A0ubi%C4%87_of_Bribir" title="Mladen II Šubić of Bribir">Mladen II Šubić</a>, who ruled over Bosnia like his uncle Mladen I.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_209-210_26-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_209-210-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/George_II_%C5%A0ubi%C4%87_of_Bribir" title="George II Šubić of Bribir">George II Šubić</a> and his son, <a href="/wiki/Mladen_III_%C5%A0ubi%C4%87_of_Bribir" class="mw-redirect" title="Mladen III Šubić of Bribir">Mladen III Šubić</a>, ruled over Klis Fortress until the late 14th century.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine_209-210_26-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine_209-210-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During summer-long festivities in Klis Fortress, open to the whole population, Mladen III Šubić gave his sister's <a href="/wiki/Jelena_%C5%A0ubi%C4%87" title="Jelena Šubić">Jelena Šubić</a> hand in marriage to <a href="/wiki/Vladislaus_of_Bosnia" class="mw-redirect" title="Vladislaus of Bosnia">Vladislaus of Bosnia</a>, from the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Kotromani%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Kotromanić">House of Kotromanić</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Klaić_V_22-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klaić_V-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Jelena Šubić gave birth to the first <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bosnia" title="Kingdom of Bosnia">Bosnian King</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tvrtko_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Tvrtko I">Tvrtko I</a>, who later inherited the fortress.<sup id="cite_ref-Povijest_Klisa_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Povijest_Klisa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Petar_Kružić_and_Uskoks"><span id="Petar_Kru.C5.BEi.C4.87_and_Uskoks"></span>Petar Kružić and Uskoks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Petar Kružić and Uskoks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Petar_Kru%C5%BEi%C4%87" title="Petar Kružić">Petar Kružić</a> and <a href="/wiki/Uskoks" title="Uskoks">Uskoks</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Clissa,_principal_fortezza_del_Turcho_nella_Dalmatia_-_Camocio_Giovanni_Francesco_-_1574.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The location of the fortress on the image from the 16th century" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Clissa%2C_principal_fortezza_del_Turcho_nella_Dalmatia_-_Camocio_Giovanni_Francesco_-_1574.jpg/200px-Clissa%2C_principal_fortezza_del_Turcho_nella_Dalmatia_-_Camocio_Giovanni_Francesco_-_1574.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Clissa%2C_principal_fortezza_del_Turcho_nella_Dalmatia_-_Camocio_Giovanni_Francesco_-_1574.jpg/300px-Clissa%2C_principal_fortezza_del_Turcho_nella_Dalmatia_-_Camocio_Giovanni_Francesco_-_1574.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Clissa%2C_principal_fortezza_del_Turcho_nella_Dalmatia_-_Camocio_Giovanni_Francesco_-_1574.jpg/400px-Clissa%2C_principal_fortezza_del_Turcho_nella_Dalmatia_-_Camocio_Giovanni_Francesco_-_1574.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1174" /></a><figcaption>Klis Fortress in the 16th century, indicated as <i>Clissa</i>, with <i>P.<sup>o</sup> di Clissa</i> ('port of Klis') indicated to the south.</figcaption></figure> <p>Owing to its location, Klis Fortress was an important defensive position during the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_conquest_of_the_Balkans" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottoman conquest of the Balkans">Ottoman conquest of the Balkans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Singleton_60-61_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Singleton_60-61-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The fortress stands along the route by which the Ottomans could penetrate the mountain barrier separating the coastal lowlands from around Split, from Turkish-held Bosnia.<sup id="cite_ref-Singleton_60-61_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Singleton_60-61-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Croat feudal lord <a href="/wiki/Petar_Kru%C5%BEi%C4%87" title="Petar Kružić">Petar Kružić</a> gathered together a garrison composed of Croat refugees, who used the base at Klis both to hold the Turks at bay, and to engage in marauding and piracy against coastal shipping.<sup id="cite_ref-Singleton_60-61_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Singleton_60-61-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Although nominally accepting the sovereignty of the Habsburg king <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ferdinand,_Archduke_of_Austria&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (page does not exist)">Ferdinand</a> who had obtained the Croatian crown in 1527,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>Note 2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kružić and his freebooting <a href="/wiki/Uskoks" title="Uskoks">Uskoks</a> were a law unto themselves.<sup id="cite_ref-Singleton_60-61_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Singleton_60-61-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>When a large Turkish force threatened the fortress, Kružić appealed to Ferdinand I for help, but the Emperor's attention was diverted by a Turkish invasion into <a href="/wiki/Slavonia" title="Slavonia">Slavonia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Singleton_60-61_27-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Singleton_60-61-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For more than two and half decades, Captain Kružić, also called <i>(Prince of Klis)</i>, defended the fortress against the Turkish invasion.<sup id="cite_ref-Povijest_Klisa_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Povijest_Klisa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kružić led the defense of Klis, and with his soldiers fought almost alone against the Ottomans, as they hurled army after army against the fortress.<sup id="cite_ref-Povijest_Klisa_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Povijest_Klisa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> No troops would come from the Hungarian king, as they were defeated by the Ottomans at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Moh%C3%A1cs" title="Battle of Mohács">Battle of Mohács</a> in 1526, and the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Venetians</a> baulked at sending any help.<sup id="cite_ref-Povijest_Klisa_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Povijest_Klisa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Only the <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">popes</a> were willing to provide some men and money.<sup id="cite_ref-Povijest_Klisa_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Povijest_Klisa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_Ottoman_siege">Final Ottoman siege</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Final Ottoman siege"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Klis" title="Siege of Klis">Siege of Klis</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_III" title="Pope Paul III">Pope Paul III</a> claimed some rights in Klis, and in September, 1536, there was talk in the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Curia" title="Roman Curia">Curia</a> of strengthening the defenses of the fortress.<sup id="cite_ref-Setton_421_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Setton_421-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Pope notified <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor">Ferdinand</a> that he was willing to share the costs of maintaining a proper garrison in Klis.<sup id="cite_ref-Setton_421_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Setton_421-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Ferdinand I did send aid to Klis and was apparently hopeful of holding the fortress, when the Turks again laid siege to it.<sup id="cite_ref-Setton_421_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Setton_421-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Ferdinand I recruited men from <a href="/wiki/Trieste" title="Trieste">Trieste</a> and elsewhere in the Habsburg lands, and Pope Paul III sent soldiers from <a href="/wiki/Ancona" title="Ancona">Ancona</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Setton_421_30-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Setton_421-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> There were about 3,000 infantry in the reinforcements, which made a sizeable relief force, that were commanded by Petar Kružić, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Niccolo_dalla_Torre&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Niccolo dalla Torre (page does not exist)">Niccolo dalla Torre</a>, and a papal commissioner <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jacomo_Dalmoro_d%27Arbe&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Jacomo Dalmoro d&#39;Arbe (page does not exist)">Jacomo Dalmoro d'Arbe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Setton_421_30-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Setton_421-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On March 9, 1537, they disembarked near Klis, at a place called S. Girolamo, with fourteen pieces of artillery.<sup id="cite_ref-Setton_421_30-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Setton_421-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After Ibrahim's death, <a href="/wiki/Suleiman_the_Magnificent" title="Suleiman the Magnificent">Suleiman the Magnificent</a> sent 8,000 men under the command of <a href="/wiki/Murat-beg_Tardi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Murat-beg Tardić">Murat-beg Tardić</a> (Amurat Vaivoda), a Croatian renegade who had been born in <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ibenik" title="Šibenik">Šibenik</a>, to go and lay siege to Klis fortress (<i>Clissa</i>), and fight against Petar Kružić.<sup id="cite_ref-Spandouginos_75_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spandouginos_75-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> An initial encounter of the Christian relief force with the Turks was indecisive, but, on March 12, they were overwhelmed by the arrival of a great number of Turks.<sup id="cite_ref-Setton_421_30-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Setton_421-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The attempts to relieve the citadel ended in farce.<sup id="cite_ref-Bousfield_313_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bousfield_313-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Badly-drilled reinforcements sent by the Habsburgs fled in fear of the Turks, and their attempts to re-board their boats at Solin bay caused many vessels to sink.<sup id="cite_ref-Bousfield_313_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bousfield_313-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Niccolo dalla Torre and the papal commissioner managed to escape.<sup id="cite_ref-Spandouginos_75_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spandouginos_75-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kružić himself&#160;– who had left the fortress to make contact with the reinforcements was captured and executed: the sight of his head on a stick was too much for the remaining defenders of Klis, who were now willing to give up the fortress in return for safe passage north.<sup id="cite_ref-Bousfield_313_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bousfield_313-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After Petar Kružić's death, and with a lack of water supplies, the Klis defenders finally surrendered to the Ottomans in exchange for their freedom, on March 12, 1537.<sup id="cite_ref-Povijest_Klisa_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Povijest_Klisa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Many of the citizens fled the town, while the <a href="/wiki/Uskoci" class="mw-redirect" title="Uskoci">Uskoci</a> retreated to the city of <a href="/wiki/Senj" title="Senj">Senj</a>, where they continued fighting the Turkish invaders.<sup id="cite_ref-Povijest_Klisa_5-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Povijest_Klisa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sanjak_centre_of_Ottoman_Bosnia">Sanjak centre of Ottoman Bosnia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Sanjak centre of Ottoman Bosnia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_Eyalet" title="Bosnia Eyalet">Bosnia Eyalet</a></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_wars_in_Europe" title="Ottoman wars in Europe">Ottoman wars in Europe</a>, Klis Fortress was, for a century, an administrative centre or <a href="/wiki/Sanjak" title="Sanjak">sanjak</a> (Kilis Sancağı) of the <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_Eyalet" title="Bosnia Eyalet">Bosnia Eyalet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Povijest_Klisa_5-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Povijest_Klisa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On April 7, 1596, Split noblemen Ivan Alberti and Nikola Cindro, along with Uskoci, Poljičani, and Kaštelani irregulars, organized an occupation of Klis.<sup id="cite_ref-Povijest_Klisa_5-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Povijest_Klisa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Assisted by dissident elements of the Turkish garrison, they succeeded.<sup id="cite_ref-Povijest_Klisa_5-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Povijest_Klisa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Setton_9_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Setton_9-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bey Mustafa responded by bringing more than 10,000 soldiers under the fortress.<sup id="cite_ref-Povijest_Klisa_5-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Povijest_Klisa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> General <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Lenkovi%C4%87" title="Ivan Lenković">Ivan Lenković</a>, leading 1,000 Uskoci, came in relief of the 1,500 Klis defenders.<sup id="cite_ref-Povijest_Klisa_5-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Povijest_Klisa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During the battle, Ivan Lenković and his men retreated after he was wounded in battle, and the fortress was lost to the Turks, on May 31.<sup id="cite_ref-Povijest_Klisa_5-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Povijest_Klisa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, this temporary relief resounded in Europe and among the local population.<sup id="cite_ref-Povijest_Klisa_5-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Povijest_Klisa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rijeka014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Rijeka014.jpg/180px-Rijeka014.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="258" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Rijeka014.jpg/270px-Rijeka014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Rijeka014.jpg/360px-Rijeka014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1606" data-file-height="2303" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Petar_Kru%C5%BEi%C4%87" title="Petar Kružić">Petar Kružić</a> fighting the Ottomans</figcaption></figure> <p>From the well-fortified position in the Klis Fortress, the Turks were a constant threat to the Venetians and to the local Croatian population in the surrounding area. In 1647, after the Turkish success at <a href="/wiki/Novigrad,_Zadar_County" title="Novigrad, Zadar County">Novigrad</a>, the Turks were said to have 30,000 troops ready to attack Split.<sup id="cite_ref-Setton_144_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Setton_144-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Signoria" title="Signoria">Signoria</a> send off two thousand soldiers with munitions and provisions to the threatened area.<sup id="cite_ref-Setton_144_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Setton_144-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Although Split and <a href="/wiki/Zadar" title="Zadar">Zadar</a> were strong fortresses, they were clearly in danger.<sup id="cite_ref-Setton_144_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Setton_144-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Klis_mosque_/_church"><span id="The_Klis_mosque_.2F_church"></span>The Klis mosque / church</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: The Klis mosque / church"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ottomans built a stone mosque with a <a href="/wiki/Dome" title="Dome">dome</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Minaret" title="Minaret">minaret</a> on the foundations of an earlier Old Croatian Catholic chapel<sup id="cite_ref-Foster_215_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Foster_215-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> inside the Klis fortress shortly after they had conquered it. It is a simple constructed square with the octagonal stone roof, designed primarily for military/religious use by the garrisons stationed inside the fortress. After the Venetians had conquered the fortress from the Ottomans, they destroyed the minaret and converted the mosque into a Roman Catholic church, dedicated to <a href="/wiki/St._Vitus" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Vitus">St. Vitus</a> (<a href="/wiki/Croatian_language" title="Croatian language">Croatian</a>: <i lang="hr">Crkva St. Vida</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Foster_215_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Foster_215-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The building has been in that use ever since. It is one of three preserved Ottoman mosques on the territory of Croatia, the other two being in towns of <a href="/wiki/Drni%C5%A1" title="Drniš">Drniš</a> and <a href="/wiki/%C4%90akovo" title="Đakovo">Đakovo</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Venetian_rule">Venetian rule</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Venetian rule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1420, the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Anjou" title="Duchy of Anjou">Anjou</a> contender <a href="/wiki/Ladislaus_of_Naples" title="Ladislaus of Naples">Ladislaus of Naples</a> was defeated and forced to sail away for <a href="/wiki/Naples" title="Naples">Naples</a>. Upon his departure he sold his "rights" to Dalmatia to the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Venetian Republic</a> for the relatively meager sum of 100,000 <a href="/wiki/Ducats" class="mw-redirect" title="Ducats">ducats</a>. However, Klis and Klis Fortress remained parts of the Kingdom of Croatia.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> From that time, the Venetians were eager to take control over Klis, as the fortress was one of the region's most important strategic points.<sup id="cite_ref-Povijest_Klisa_5-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Povijest_Klisa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ottoman_empire.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Ottoman_empire.svg/200px-Ottoman_empire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Ottoman_empire.svg/300px-Ottoman_empire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Ottoman_empire.svg/400px-Ottoman_empire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="750" /></a><figcaption>Territory of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Candian_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Candian War">Candian War</a>. Klis is located north of <i>Spalato</i>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Venetians fought for decades before they finally managed to re-take Klis.<sup id="cite_ref-Povijest_Klisa_5-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Povijest_Klisa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Ottoman%E2%80%93Venetian_War#War_in_Dalmatia" class="mw-redirect" title="Fifth Ottoman–Venetian War">Fifth Ottoman–Venetian War in Dalmatia</a> (1645–1669), the Venetians enjoyed the support of the local population of Dalmatia, particularly the <a href="/wiki/Morlachs" title="Morlachs">Morlachs</a> (Morlacchi).<sup id="cite_ref-Povijest_Klisa_5-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Povijest_Klisa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Venetian commander <a href="/wiki/Leonardo_Foscolo" title="Leonardo Foscolo">Leonardo Foscolo</a> seized several forts, retook <a href="/wiki/Novigrad,_Zadar_County" title="Novigrad, Zadar County">Novigrad</a>, temporarily captured the <a href="/wiki/Knin_Fortress" title="Knin Fortress">Knin Fortress</a>, and managed to compel the garrison of Klis Fortress to surrender. At the same time, a month-long siege of the Šibenik Fortress by the Ottomans in August and September failed.<sup id="cite_ref-Fraser_244-245_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fraser_244-245-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Setton_148-149_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Setton_148-149-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1669, Klis Fortress was in the possession of the Venetians, and it remained so until the <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_the_Republic_of_Venice" title="Fall of the Republic of Venice">fall of the Venetian state</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Povijest_Klisa_5-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Povijest_Klisa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Venetians restored and enlarged the fortress during their rule.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After another, the seventh war with the Turks from 1714 to 1718, the Venetians were able to advance up to the present Bosnian/Croatian border, taking in the whole <a href="/wiki/Sinjsko_Polje" title="Sinjsko Polje">Sinjsko Polje</a> and <a href="/wiki/Imotski" title="Imotski">Imotski</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Singleton_60-61_27-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Singleton_60-61-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Venice had no serious challenge to its authority in Dalmatia for some time, reducing the importance of the fortress. <a href="/wiki/Napoleon_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Napoleon I">Napoleon</a>'s success in the <a href="/wiki/Italian_campaigns_of_the_French_Revolutionary_Wars" title="Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars">Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars</a> resulted in the Republic of Venice being partitioned in 1797.<sup id="cite_ref-Singleton_60-61_27-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Singleton_60-61-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Subsequently, Klis was taken by the Habsburg <a href="/wiki/Archduchy_of_Austria" title="Archduchy of Austria">Archduchy of Austria</a> as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Campo_Formio" title="Treaty of Campo Formio">Treaty of Campo Formio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Povijest_Klisa_5-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Povijest_Klisa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The border between Christian and Muslim Europe had moved further east in this time, and the fortress lost its strategic importance.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At some point during Austro-Hungarian rule in the 19th century, the military fully abandoned the fortress.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The last military occupation of Klis Fortress was by <a href="/wiki/Axis_powers" title="Axis powers">Axis powers</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Architecture">Architecture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fortress_of_Klis_06.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Fortress_of_Klis_06.jpg/220px-Fortress_of_Klis_06.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Fortress_of_Klis_06.jpg/330px-Fortress_of_Klis_06.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Fortress_of_Klis_06.jpg/440px-Fortress_of_Klis_06.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4721" data-file-height="3147" /></a><figcaption>South view of the fortress.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fortress_of_Klis_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Fortress_of_Klis_03.jpg/170px-Fortress_of_Klis_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Fortress_of_Klis_03.jpg/255px-Fortress_of_Klis_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Fortress_of_Klis_03.jpg/340px-Fortress_of_Klis_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3330" data-file-height="4996" /></a><figcaption>First gate of the fortress</figcaption></figure> <p>Klis Fortress is one of the most valuable surviving examples of defensive <a href="/wiki/Architecture" title="Architecture">architecture</a> in Dalmatia.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The fortress is a remarkably comprehensive structure with three long rectangular defensive lines, consisting of three <a href="/wiki/Defensive_wall" title="Defensive wall">defensive stone walls</a>, which surround a central strongpoint, the "<i>Položaj maggiore</i>" at its eastern, highest end.<sup id="cite_ref-Bousfield_313_32-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bousfield_313-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> "<i>Položaj maggiore</i>" or <i>"Grand position"</i> is a mixed Croatian-Italian term, dating from the time when Leonardo Foscolo captured the fortress for the Venetians in 1648.<sup id="cite_ref-Bousfield_313_32-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bousfield_313-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At that time, a village started to spread below the ramparts.<sup id="cite_ref-Foster_215_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Foster_215-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The structures of the fortress are mostly irregular, as they were constructed to suit the natural topography.<sup id="cite_ref-Wilkinson_169-172_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilkinson_169-172-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Several small towers top the hills around Klis, built by the Turks to keep the fortress under surveillance.<sup id="cite_ref-Wilkinson_169-172_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilkinson_169-172-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fortress_outskirts">Fortress outskirts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: Fortress outskirts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Klis Fortress rises on a bare cliff divided into two parts.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The first, lower part is on the west, out topped by Mount Greben from the north.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The second, higher part is on the east, and includes the Tower "Oprah", whose name most likely refers to a specific part in the defense.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In this section, which was not topped by any side, was located the flat of the <a href="/wiki/Commander" title="Commander">Commander</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The only entrance into the fortress is from the western side.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On the southwest side of the fortress, and below it, was a resort (part of the modern village of Klis) called "borgo" or "suburbium", surrounded by double walls with 100–200 towers.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A similar but smaller resort (also part of modern village of Klis) existed below Mount Greben on a plateau called Megdan.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This included <a href="/wiki/Lazaretto" title="Lazaretto">lazarettoes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quarantine" title="Quarantine">quarantines</a> which were in Turkish times called <i>nazanama</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Many inns for travellers also once existed, which were used for isolation during epidemics.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Thus, the coastal towns, primarily the city of Split, was protected from epidemics that came from Bosnia.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Near the fortress were several sources of drinking water, and the closest was the "<a href="/wiki/Biblical_Magi" title="Biblical Magi">Holy Biblical Magi</a>" whose importance was invaluable during long sieges.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Present_appearance">Present appearance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: Present appearance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The fortress was built into the south face of a rocky mass, and is barely discernible from the distance as a man-made structure.<sup id="cite_ref-Foster_215_35-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Foster_215-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The defensive capabilities of the fortress have been tested through history in many <a href="/wiki/Military" title="Military">military</a> operations.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During the centuries of its use, the structure served various armies and has undergone a number of renovations to keep up with the development of arms.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The original appearance of the fortress is no longer known, due to the structural changes undertaken by Croatian nobility, Turks, Venetians and Austrians.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The present day aspect of a mostly <a href="/wiki/Rock_(geology)" title="Rock (geology)">stone</a> fortress dates back to the restructuring work carried out by the Venetians in the 17th century.<sup id="cite_ref-Foster_215_35-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Foster_215-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="First_defensive_line">First defensive line</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: First defensive line"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many buildings of the Klis Fortress, which are from 17th through 19th centuries, are partially or entirely preserved.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Fortress actually consists of three parts, enclosed by walls with separate entrances.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The first main entrance was built by the Austrians in the early 19th century, on the place of an earlier Venetian entrance.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Left of the entrance is a fortification erected by the Venetians in the early 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Also, near the main entrance is a "position Avanzato" built in 1648, which was repeatedly renewed afterwards.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On the ground floor of the fortification is a narrow over-vaulted corridor, which is called a casemate.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Second_defensive_line">Second defensive line</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=18" title="Edit section: Second defensive line"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HR-Festung-Klis-03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Stone tower with flag left from stone entrance." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/HR-Festung-Klis-03.jpg/170px-HR-Festung-Klis-03.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/HR-Festung-Klis-03.jpg/255px-HR-Festung-Klis-03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/HR-Festung-Klis-03.jpg/340px-HR-Festung-Klis-03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3212" data-file-height="3442" /></a><figcaption>Oprah tower guarding a second entrance.</figcaption></figure> <p>The second entrance which was significantly damaged in the siege of 1648, leads to the former medieval part of the fortress previously ruled by a Croatian nobility.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After 1648, Venetians fully restored the second entrance, but its present appearance was made by the Austrians during the early 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Along the northern wall near the second entrance is fortress-tower called "Oprah", the most important medieval fortification of the western part of the fortress.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It was mentioned for the first time in 1355, but later the Venetians made the lower crown on it.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Nearby the entrance are artillery barracks, built by the Austrians in the first half of the 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1931 its upper floor was ruined, so now only the ground floor remains.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Third_defensive_line">Third defensive line</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=19" title="Edit section: Third defensive line"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fortress_of_Klis_05.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Entrance to the third defensive line, through the third gate in a medieval tower." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Fortress_of_Klis_05.jpg/220px-Fortress_of_Klis_05.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Fortress_of_Klis_05.jpg/330px-Fortress_of_Klis_05.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Fortress_of_Klis_05.jpg/440px-Fortress_of_Klis_05.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4839" data-file-height="3226" /></a><figcaption>Entrance to the third defensive line, through the third gate in a medieval tower.</figcaption></figure> <p>The third entrance leads to the former medieval part built in the early Middle Ages.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Venetians renewed it several times after conquest in 1648, and the last upgrade was in 1763.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Within this part of the fortress is the side tower, built during the 18th century, and completed in 1763.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Following is a repository of weapons built in the mid-17th century and old powder magazine from the 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The "House of Dux", later called governor's residence, was rebuilt in the mid-17th century on the foundations of the oldest buildings from the period of the Croatian kings.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Austrians repaired this building, and there were placed commandments unity of the fortress and Engineering.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On the top point of the fortress was a "new gunpowder storage", built in the early 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The oldest remaining building with the <a href="/wiki/Dome" title="Dome">dome</a> is a former square-shaped Turkish <a href="/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque">mosque</a>, which has been converted into a Catholic church in the meantime. There used to be three altars, dedicated to St. Vid, Virgin Mary and St. Barbara, but today the church has no inventory.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The church contains a Baroque stone sink from the 17th century, which served as a baptistery, which has engraved on it the year of 1658.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> West of the church is the bastion of Bembo, the largest artillery position in the third defense line and in the whole fortress.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It has wide holes for guns, and was built in the mid-17th century on the site of former Kružić's tower, and the defensive positions of Speranza.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Present_day">Present day</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=20" title="Edit section: Present day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Klis Fortress has been developed as a visitor attraction by the "Kliški uskoci" <a href="/wiki/Historical_reenactment" title="Historical reenactment">re-enactment</a> association in Klis with the aid of the conservation department of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Croatia" title="Government of Croatia">Ministry of Culture</a> in Split.<sup id="cite_ref-kliskiuskoci_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kliskiuskoci-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Visitors to the historic military structure can see an array of arms, armor, and traditional uniforms in a building which was formerly an Austrian armory.<sup id="cite_ref-kliskiuskoci_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kliskiuskoci-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Klis is remembered in a Croatian <a href="/wiki/Byword_(saying)" class="mw-redirect" title="Byword (saying)">byword</a> based on the resistance of Klis and the strength of its people: <i>It is difficult for Klis because it is on the rock and it is difficult for the rock because Klis is on it</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-građevinar_3-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-građevinar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=21" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The fortress was used in a 1972 historical film <i><a href="/wiki/Eagle_in_a_Cage" title="Eagle in a Cage">Eagle in a Cage</a></i>, portraying <a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena" title="Saint Helena">Saint Helena</a>. Klis was also used as a location for the fictional city of <a href="/wiki/Meereen" class="mw-redirect" title="Meereen">Meereen</a> in the <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/Game_of_Thrones" title="Game of Thrones">Game of Thrones</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=22" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%22Kli%C5%A1ki_uskoci%22_re-enactment_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="&quot;Kliški uskoci&quot; re-enactment"><img alt="&quot;Kliški uskoci&quot; re-enactment" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/%22Kli%C5%A1ki_uskoci%22_re-enactment_1.jpg/120px-%22Kli%C5%A1ki_uskoci%22_re-enactment_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/%22Kli%C5%A1ki_uskoci%22_re-enactment_1.jpg/180px-%22Kli%C5%A1ki_uskoci%22_re-enactment_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/%22Kli%C5%A1ki_uskoci%22_re-enactment_1.jpg/240px-%22Kli%C5%A1ki_uskoci%22_re-enactment_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="533" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">"Kliški uskoci" re-enactment</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%22Kli%C5%A1ki_uskoci%22_re-enactment_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Re-enactment of Croatians battling the Ottomans"><img alt="Re-enactment of Croatians battling the Ottomans" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/%22Kli%C5%A1ki_uskoci%22_re-enactment_2.jpg/180px-%22Kli%C5%A1ki_uskoci%22_re-enactment_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/%22Kli%C5%A1ki_uskoci%22_re-enactment_2.jpg/270px-%22Kli%C5%A1ki_uskoci%22_re-enactment_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/%22Kli%C5%A1ki_uskoci%22_re-enactment_2.jpg/360px-%22Kli%C5%A1ki_uskoci%22_re-enactment_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="533" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Re-enactment of Croatians battling the Ottomans</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Klis_-_Game_of_Thrones_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Game of Thrones film set"><img alt="Game of Thrones film set" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Klis_-_Game_of_Thrones_1.jpg/180px-Klis_-_Game_of_Thrones_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Klis_-_Game_of_Thrones_1.jpg/270px-Klis_-_Game_of_Thrones_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Klis_-_Game_of_Thrones_1.jpg/360px-Klis_-_Game_of_Thrones_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="537" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Game of Thrones film set</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fortress_of_Klis_08_-_Cannon.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cannon in the fortress"><img alt="Cannon in the fortress" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Fortress_of_Klis_08_-_Cannon.jpg/180px-Fortress_of_Klis_08_-_Cannon.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Fortress_of_Klis_08_-_Cannon.jpg/270px-Fortress_of_Klis_08_-_Cannon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Fortress_of_Klis_08_-_Cannon.jpg/360px-Fortress_of_Klis_08_-_Cannon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5043" data-file-height="3362" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Cannon in the fortress</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HR-Festung-Klis-Kirche-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Church of St. Vid located in the fortress"><img alt="The Church of St. Vid located in the fortress" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/HR-Festung-Klis-Kirche-2.jpg/180px-HR-Festung-Klis-Kirche-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/HR-Festung-Klis-Kirche-2.jpg/270px-HR-Festung-Klis-Kirche-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/HR-Festung-Klis-Kirche-2.jpg/360px-HR-Festung-Klis-Kirche-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2176" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Church of St. Vid located in the fortress</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=23" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/32px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/48px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/64px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Croatia" title="Portal:Croatia">Croatia portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_castles_in_Croatia" title="List of castles in Croatia">List of castles in Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Croatia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of rulers of Croatia">List of rulers of Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Croatian_history" title="Timeline of Croatian history">Timeline of Croatian history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Klis" title="Siege of Klis">Siege of Klis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Klis_(1596)" title="Battle of Klis (1596)">Battle of Klis (1596)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=24" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The actual nature of the relationship is inexplicable in modern terms because it varied from time to time. (Bellamy (2003), p. 38.) Sometimes Croatia acted as an independent agent and at other times as a vassal of Hungary. (Bellamy (2003), p. 38.) However, Croatia retained a large degree of internal independence. (Bellamy (2003), p. 38.) The degree of Croatian autonomy fluctuated throughout the centuries as did its borders. (Singleton (1989), p. 29.)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Croatian nobles <a href="/wiki/1527_election_in_Cetin" title="1527 election in Cetin">met in 1527 at Cetin and elected Ferdinand as their king</a>, and confirmed the succession to him and his heirs. In return for the throne, Archduke Ferdinand promised to respect the historic rights, freedoms, laws, and customs the Croats had when united with the Hungarian kingdom and to defend Croatia from <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> invasion.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Between 1526 and the 1550s, the Kingdom of Hungary was embroiled in a succession dispute as well as the <a href="/wiki/Little_War_(Kingdom_of_Hungary)" class="mw-redirect" title="Little War (Kingdom of Hungary)">Little War</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=25" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://registar.kulturnadobra.hr/#/details/Z-4206">"Tvrđava Klis"</a>. <i>Registar Kulturnih Dobara</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220621002014/https://registar.kulturnadobra.hr/#/details/Z-4206">Archived</a> from the original on 2022-06-21<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Hunyadi_and_Laszlovszky_137_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hunyadi_and_Laszlovszky_137_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hunyadi_and_Laszlovszky_137_19-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hunyadi_and_Laszlovszky_137_19-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hunyadi_and_Laszlovszky_137_19-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Hunyadi and Laszlovszky (2001), p. 137.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Archdeacon_161–163-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Archdeacon_161–163_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Archdeacon_161–163_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Archdeacon_161–163_20-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Archdeacon_161–163_20-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Archdeacon (2006), pp. 161–163.</span> </li> <li 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London: John Murray&#160;– Harvard College Library. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781446043615" title="Special:BookSources/9781446043615"><bdi>9781446043615</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Dalmatia+and+Montenegro%3A+With+a+Journey+to+Mostar+in+Herzegovina&amp;rft.place=London&amp;rft.pub=John+Murray+%E2%80%93+Harvard+College+Library&amp;rft.date=2005&amp;rft.isbn=9781446043615&amp;rft.aulast=Wilkinson&amp;rft.aufirst=Sir+John+Gardner&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFortress+of+Klis" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=27" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFListeš1998" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Listeš, Srećko (1998). <i>Klis: Prošlost, Toponimi, Govor</i> (in Croatian). Klis: Hrvatsko društvo Trpimir. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789539675132" title="Special:BookSources/9789539675132"><bdi>9789539675132</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Klis%3A+Pro%C5%A1lost%2C+Toponimi%2C+Govor&amp;rft.place=Klis&amp;rft.pub=Hrvatsko+dru%C5%A1tvo+Trpimir&amp;rft.date=1998&amp;rft.isbn=9789539675132&amp;rft.aulast=Liste%C5%A1&amp;rft.aufirst=Sre%C4%87ko&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFortress+of+Klis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kliskiuskoci.hr/history_of_klis_and_fortress.html">Historical Unit Kliški uskoci – History of Klis and Fortress</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortress_of_Klis&amp;action=edit&amp;section=28" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Klis_Fortress" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Klis Fortress">Klis Fortress</a></span>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kliskiuskoci.hr/index_en.html">Historical Unit Kliški uskoci</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMusulin2009" class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Musulin, Nedjeljko (2009-11-04). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110721101254/http://www.min-kulture.hr/userdocsimages/tisak%20novo%202/kliski%20uskoci.pdf">"Kliška tvrđava, najveći muzej na otvorenome, pristupačnija turistima – Kliški uskoci opet čuvaju puteve do Dalmacije"</a> &#91;Klis fortress, the largest museum in the open, more accessible to tourists – Uskoci of Klis guard the roads of Dalmatia once again&#93; <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Vjesnik" title="Vjesnik">Vjesnik</a></i> (in Croatian). 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title="Tkalec Manor">Tkalec Manor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trako%C5%A1%C4%87an_Castle" title="Trakošćan Castle">Trakošćan Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trsat_Castle" title="Trsat Castle">Trsat Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tr%C5%BEan_Castle_in_Modru%C5%A1" title="Tržan Castle in Modruš">Tržan Castle in Modruš</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tvrdalj_Castle" title="Tvrdalj Castle">Tvrdalj Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udbina_Castle" title="Udbina Castle">Udbina Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veliki_Bukovec_Castle" title="Veliki Bukovec Castle">Veliki Bukovec Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veliki_Tabor_Castle" title="Veliki Tabor Castle">Veliki Tabor Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_Castle" title="Venetian Castle">Venetian Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vitturi_Castle" title="Vitturi Castle">Vitturi Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priory_of_Vrana" title="Priory of Vrana">Vrana Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zrin_Castle" title="Zrin Castle">Zrin Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zve%C4%8Daj_Castle" title="Zvečaj Castle">Zvečaj Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Severin_na_Kupi" title="Severin na Kupi">Zrinski-Frankopan Castle in Severin na Kupi</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Croatia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Coat_of_arms_of_Croatia.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Coat_of_arms_of_Croatia.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Coat_of_arms_of_Croatia.svg/200px-Coat_of_arms_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1386" data-file-height="1844" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" 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