Kaštel Gomilica
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Kaštel Gomilica is a town within the administrative area of Kaštela

Kaštela

Kaštela is a series of seven towns in central Dalmatia, located northwest of Split, west of Solin and east of Trogir, in Croatia. They are part of the Split-Dalmatia county and are treated as a single city with a population of 38,474 , although they are individually between 3,000 and 7,000...

 in Dalmatia

Dalmatia

Dalmatia is a historical region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. It stretches from the island of Rab in the northwest to the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. The hinterland, the Dalmatian Zagora, ranges from fifty kilometers in width in the north to just a few kilometers in the south....

, Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

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The town of Kaštela

The town of Kaštela is located on the coast of the Bay of Kaštela. It has over 40 000 inhabitants, and it is the second largest town in the Split and Dalmatia County. It stretches over the length of 17 kilometers.
Our town is specific because of the fact that it developed around 7 settlements or around castles. Kaštel Gomilica is second of 7 kastels from East.

• Kaštel Sućurac
  Kaštel Sucurac
  Kaštel Sućurac is a town within the administrative area of Kaštela in Dalmatia, Croatia.A noted element of the ancient history of this region is Diocletian's Palace in nearby Split, which structure was constructed in the period 293 to 305 AD....
  
  
• Kaštel Gomilica
• Kaštel Kambelovac
  Kaštel Kambelovac
  Kaštel Kambelovac is a town within the administrative area of Kaštela in Dalmatia, Croatia.-The town of Kaštela:The town of Kaštela is located on the coast of the Bay of Kaštela. It has over 40 000 inhabitants, and it is the second largest town in the Split and Dalmatia County...
  
  
• Kaštel Lukšić
  Kaštel Lukšic
  Kaštel Lukšić is a town within the administrative area of Kaštela in Dalmatia, Croatia.-The town of Kaštela:The town of Kaštela is located on the coast of the Bay of Kaštela. It has over 40 000 inhabitants, and it is the second largest town in the Split and Dalmatia County...
  
  
• Kaštel Stari
  Kaštel Stari
  Kaštel Stari is a town within the administrative area of Kaštela, in Dalmatia, Croatia. Its name means Old Castle.-See also:* Kaštela* Kaštel Gomilica* Kaštel Kambelovac* Kaštel Lukšić* Kaštel Novi* Kaštel Sućurac* Kaštel Štafilić...
  
  
• Kaštel Novi
  Kaštel Novi
  Kaštel Novi is a town within the administrative area of Kaštela in Dalmatia, Croatia. Its name means New Castle.-The town of Kaštela:The town of Kaštela is located on the coast of the Bay of Kaštela. It has over 40 000 inhabitants, and it is the second largest town in the Split and Dalmatia County...
  
  
• Kaštel Štafilić
  Kaštel Štafilic
  Kaštel Štafilić is a town within the administrative area of Kaštela in Dalmatia, Croatia.The oldest tree in Croatia, an olive tree estimated to be over 1,500 years old, is in Kaštela.-History:...
  
  

History

Kaštel Gomilica was built in the first half of the 16th century by Benedictine

Benedictine

Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...

 nuns from Split, on the estate (Pustica) donated to them in 1078 by King Zvonimir of Croatia. They also consecrated the Romanesque church of Sts. Cosmas and Damian in 1160, and erected Catholic

Catholic

The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...

 Monastery

Monastery

Monastery denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in community or alone .Monasteries may vary greatly in size – a small dwelling accommodating only...

 on a small island, that became today's Kaštilac

Kaštilac

Kaštilac was a fortress of a Benedictine Monastery in located by the Adriatic Sea in central Dalmatia, and is now a settlement in Kaštel Gomilica, located in the central part of Split-Dalmatia county, Croatia...

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