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Skradin (Italian: Scardona; Ancient Greek: Σκάρδων[2]) is a small town in the Šibenik-Knin County of Croatia, with a population of 3,825 (2011 census). It is located near the Krka river and at the entrance to the Krka National Park, 17 km (11 mi) from Šibenik and 100 km (62 mi) from Split. The main attraction of the park, Slapovi Krke, is a series of waterfalls, the biggest of which, Skradinski buk, was named after Skradin.

Skradin
Town
Grad Skradin Town of Skradin
View of Skradin
Skradin Location of Skradin within Croatia
Coordinates: 43°49′N 15°55′E
Country	Croatia
County	Šibenik-Knin
Government
• Mayor	Antonijo Brajković (HDZ)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	3,825
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	22222
Area code	022
Website	www.skradin.hr

History

It was a Liburnian city, named Scardon (Ancient Greek: Σκάρδων).[2] Later it became a Roman town (Scardona in Latin), as the administrative and military centre of the region. It was destroyed during the Migration Period, and had by the 9th century been settled by Slavs.

During the 10th century, it was one of the fortified towns in Croatia, as the centre of the Skradin županija.

Skradin under Šubić rule

In the late 13th and early 14th centuries, Skradin flourished as the capital of the Šubić bans, Paul I and Mladen II. The Šubić's built the Turina fortress on the hill overlooking the Skradin harbor.[3] They elevated the settlement below the fortress to a free city, at which point it also became a commune, and was granted its own statute and administration.[4][5][6] They further enriched the city by constructing several richly-endowed monasteries which housed the Dominicans, Franciscans and other Christian orders.[7]

Decline and Ottoman conquest

Between 1522 and 1684 it was ruled by the Ottoman Empire, then again up to 1794 by the Republic of Venice.

In October 1683, the population of Venetian Dalmatia, principally Uskoks of Ravni kotari, took arms and together with the rayah (lower class) of the Ottoman frontier regions rose up, taking Skradin, Karin, Vrana, Benkovac and Obrovac.[8]

Later, it was occupied by Napoleon as part of the French Empire, then Austria-Hungary.

In time it lost its importance as the centre of the region, which shifted to Šibenik, and so it stagnated - the Diocese of Skradin was abandoned in 1828.[9]

Population

The population of the municipality is divided into the following settlements:[1]

• Bićine, population 174
• Bratiškovci, population 251
• Bribir, population 103
• Cicvare, population 18
• Dubravice, population 594
• Gorice, population 27
• Gračac, population 179
• Ićevo, population 59
• Krković, population 189
• Lađevci, population 112
• Međare, population 6
• Piramatovci, population 275
• Plastovo, population 204
• Rupe, population 470
• Skradin, population 588
• Skradinsko Polje, population 46
• Sonković, population 336
• Vaćani, population 120
• Velika Glava, population 29
• Žažvić, population 30
• Ždrapanj, population 15

Notable people

• Rüstem Pasha

References

External links

• Official website

На других языках

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- [en] Skradin

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[ru] Скрадин

Скра́дин (хорв. Skradin, итал. Scardona) — город в Хорватии, в центральной части страны, в Шибенско-Книнской жупании. Население — 619 человек в самом городе и 3 986 человек в общине с центром в Скрадине (2001).

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