Basic facts about Dalmatia

Dalmatia County is the largest regional county Croatian - total area 14 045 km2 of which 4 572 km2 of land. Dalmatia is located in the central southern part of Croatian territory on the historical province of Dalmatia. To the north extends from the Vrlika in the south to the island of Vis, the furthest to the Croatian island Palagruza, in the west to the Marina, and east to Vrgorac and Gradac.
Dalmatia has a Mediterranean climate and natural features.
The average summer temperature is in Split 26 ° C, and winter is about 7 ° C.
Average annual temperature is 17.3 ° C.

History of Dalamatia

In the area around the upper and middle river Cetina are discovered archaeological finds from the period of Old Stone Age - Palaeolithic (Gospodska cave) from the period of the Neolithic New Stone Age (about 7000th BC) ceramic vessels were found in several sites: in Cave Gospodska at the source canyon, in a cave in prison Ruminu on Sibenici the heads in the bed of the river Cetina Trilj and Bilokapic Udovicici and fortification of the plateau in Poljanice in Bisko.

Aspalatos was the first Illyrian-Greek settlement built 400 years before Christ present in the southern bay of Split peninsula. Later, the Romans became Aspaltos Spalatum, and later Croats called Split.

The Romans left their traces in this region rich in history. The most famous is certainly the Diocletian's Palace Diocletian's Imperial Palace. Historians take 305th year AD as the year when the salary was determined complete and magnificent castle with spaces for the apartment of the Emperor and his family, honor guards, servants and the military.

The first mention of Delmata (Dalmata) left the Roman historian Polibije describing their conflicts with neighboring Illyrian tribes Liburnii (north) and Daors (south) and the Greek colonies. According to these records warlike Delmati live in the area of the Neretva River Falls so that was their central Imotska Krajina country. The first armed conflict and the beginning of the war with the Romans was the 156th The p.n.e. and conflicts and wars of the Romans and Delmata last until 9th AD.

At the end of 8. century by merging several independent parish (Constantine Porphyrogenitus mentioned 11) in the larger entity formed larger areas of the state of the Croats. In the beginning they were Dalmatian and Croatian Posavina.

Eleven counties as they were in the 10 century Croatia had three States were along the Split-Dalmatia County: Cetina Imotska and Primorska.

For 12. century is bound to enter Split and other Dalmatian towns (Trogir), a new period of history - the status of the free community under Hungary-Croatian kings.

In 15th century, precisely 1420., Split are occupying Venetians, the city recognized that certain privileges. Venetians ruled 377th years (until 1797). In the 15th and 16 century, which marks the spirit of the Renaissance, Diocletian's palace became a subject of interest of seamen, humanists, architects and travelers.

The Republic of Venice was one of the most hostile power to the Ottoman Empire's expansion, and participated in many wars against it. As the Turks took control of the hinterland, many Christians took refuge in the coastal cities of Dalmatia.
After the Great Turkish War, more peaceful times made Dalmatia experience a period of certain economic and cultural growth in the 18th century, with the re-establishment of trade and exchange with the hinterland.

This period was interrupted with the fall of the Republic of Venice in the 1797th Napoleon's troops stormed the region and ended the independence of the Republic of Ragusa.

At the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Dalmatia was granted as a province to the Emperor of Austria. It was officially known as the Kingdom of Dalmatia.

In 1922, Dalmatia was divided into two provinces, the District of Split (Split region), with capital in Split, and the District of Dubrovnik (Dubrovnik region), with the capital in Dubrovnik.

In 1929 was formed Coastal Banovina a province of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Its capital was Split, and it included most of Dalmatia and parts of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. Southern parts of Dalmatia were in Zeta Banovina, from the Gulf of Kotor to Dubrovnik including Peljesac peninsula.

During World War II, in 1941,germany Nazisr, Fascist Italy, Hungary and Bulgarian occupied Yugoslavia, redrawing their borders.

After the defeat of Italy and the Independent State of Croatia, Dalmatia was restored to Croatia, more precisely, to the People's Republic of Croatia, part of SFR Yugoslavia.