سكرادين

سكرادين Skradin
Town
Grad Skradin Town of Skradin
منظر سكرادين
سكرادين Location of Skradin within Croatia
الإحداثيات: 43°49′N 15°55′E
البلد	كرواتيا
المقاطعة	Šibenik-Knin
الحكومة
• العمدة	Antonijo Brajković (HDZ)
التعداد  (2011)
• الإجمالي	3٬825
منطقة التوقيت	UTC+1 (CET)
• الصيف (التوقيت الصيفي)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	22222
مفتاح الهاتف	022
الموقع الإلكتروني	www.skradin.hr

Skradin (إيطالية: Scardona; باليونانية قديمة: Σκάρδων) 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.

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 History

It was a Liburnian city, named Scardon (باليونانية قديمة: Σκάρδων). 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

Turina Fortress above the town

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. 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. They further enriched the city by constructing several richly-endowed monasteries which housed the Dominicans, Franciscans and other Christian orders.

 Decline and Ottoman conquest

Skradin after Ottoman conquest in 1574

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.

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.

 Population

Town of Skradin: Population trends 1857–2021

population	4997	5711	5865	6055	7019	7663	8454	8634	9316	10135	10294	9585	8716	8027	3986	3825	3349
	1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2021

Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

The population of the municipality is divided into the following settlements:

• 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

 External links

• Official website