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{{Short description|Town in Split-Dalmatia, Croatia}}
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'''Vrlika''' is a small town in inland [[Split-Dalmatia County]], [[Croatia]]. The closest large towns are [[Sinj]], [[Knin]], and [[Drniš]]. Vrlika was given the status of town in 1997.<ref>[http://public.carnet.hr/fame/descr/hr-st1.html#hr-st-vr The FAME: Split and Dalmatia County – Cities]</ref> Vrlika is an underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the [[Areas of Special State Concern (Croatia)|First Category Area of Special State Concern]] by the [[Government of Croatia]].<ref name="ASSC-Hrčak-Lovrinčević">{{cite journal|url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?id_clanak_jezik=24709&show=clanak|last1=Lovrinčević |first1=Željko |last2=Davor |first2=Mikulić |last3=Budak |first3=Jelena |publisher=Ekonomski pregled, Vol.55 No.5-6 |title=AREAS OF SPECIAL STATE CONCERN IN CROATIA- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENCES AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS |journal=Ekonomski Pregled |date=June 2004 |volume=55 |issue=5–6 |pages=389–411 |access-date=25 August 2018 }}</ref>

==Location==
Vrlika is located in the Cetinska Krajina region in [[Split-Dalmatia County]]. It is 40 km northwest of the town of [[Sinj]] on the State route [[D1 road (Croatia)|D1]] between the towns of Sinj and [[Knin]] and on the regional route which connects Vrlika and [[Drniš]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vrlika |url=https://vrlika.croatian-adriatic.eu/ |website=www.croatian-adriatic.eu}}</ref>

==History==
The oldest evidence for human life in this region is from 30,000 BC. During the [[Bronze Age]], between 1900 and 1600 BC, there was the so-called [[Cetina culture]] on the territory of Vrlika municipality. Archaeologists have found ancient graves, a Bronze Age sword and other smaller items dating back to that period. These findings made it clear that in the past this land was densely populated. Prior to the arrival of the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]], the [[Illyrians|Illyrian]] tribe of [[Dalmatae]] are said to have inhabited the region.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 July 2003 |title=liri, jaki i visoki, ali troma duha |url=http://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/20030728/feljton01.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928103629/http://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/20030728/feljton01.asp |archive-date=28 September 2011 |website=Slobodna Dalmacija |language=hr}}</ref> After multiple wars, lasting for as long as 250 years, in the year 9 AD they were finally defeated and annexed by the Romans.

The history of the town begins in the 7th century when it was formed a village on the spring of the river [[Cetina]], in a field below the mountain [[Dinara]]. In the 9th century, probably during the time of Duke [[Branimir of Croatia]], the [[Church of Holy Salvation, Cetina|Church of Holy Salvation]] "Crkva Sv. Spasa" was built near Vrlika, then called ''Vrh Rike''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071018035731/http://public.carnet.hr/zuh/do1874/srv/srv_2.htm#1 Carnet] </ref> The church was built by old Croatian Gostiha of Cetina "Cetinski župan Gastika" in memory of his mother and his sons.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sv. Spasa |url=http://geocities.com/kijevo01/sv_spasa.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026110447/http://geocities.com/kijevo01/sv_spasa.html |archive-date=26 October 2009 |website=www.geocities.com}}</ref>

Vrlika was first mentioned in written sources in 1069, as the seat of Cetin County (''Cetinska županija'') – the old Croatian county, which included the towns of: [[Glavaš - Dinarić Fortress|Glavaš]], [[Prozor Fortress|Prozor]], [[Sinj]], [[Trilj]], [[Stolac]], [[Gradac, Split-Dalmatia County|Gradac]], [[Nutjak]], [[Tugare]] and [[Republic of Poljica|Poljic parish]] (Poljička župa). Of the five old Croatian counties (Imotska, Zminjska, Kliška i Dridska) that were located in the area of the current [[Split-Dalmatia County]], Cetinska County was the largest.<ref name="geocities.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/4689/history.htm |title=Vrlika Online – Povijest |access-date=2009-10-25 |archive-date=2009-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021060033/http://geocities.com/TheTropics/4689/history.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[File:Utvrda Prozor.jpg|left|thumb|[[Prozor Fortress]] overlooking Vrlika]]
In the year 1406, King [[Ladislaus of Naples]] gave Prozor Fortress, at that time ''Castrum Werhlychky'' as a center of ''Vrlička župa'', to the Bosnian nobleman [[Hrvoje Vukčić]].<ref name="geocities.com"/><ref name="Isailović-2009-125-146">{{cite journal |last1=Isailović |first1=Neven |title=О фамилијарима Хрвоја Вукчића Хрватинића у Сплиту (1403-1413) |journal=Историјски часопис |date=2009 |issue=58 |pages=125–146 |url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=114581 |access-date=30 May 2024 |language=Serbian |issn=0350-0802}}</ref> During the [[medieval]] period, Vrlika, along with the rest of the [[Balkans]], experienced invasion and subsequent occupation by the [[Ottoman Empire]] in 1522. During the Ottoman rule, the local population of Vrlika was forced to convert to Islam or leave. Many of the original settlers from Vrlika left for the island of [[Olib]] in the [[Adriatic Sea]] off the Croatian coast. During Ottoman rule, it was nahija centre as "Vrhrika" initially in [[Croatian vilayet]] of [[Sanjak of Bosnia]] between 1522 and 1537, laterly in [[Sanjak of Klis|Sanjak of Kilis]] between 1537 and 1688.<ref>Oruç, Hatice; Administrative Division of the Bosnian Sandjak in the 16th Century, OTAM (Journal of The Center for Ottoman Studies, Ankara University), No. 25, pp 99-148, 2009 16. Yüzyılda Bosna Sancağı’nın İdarî Dağılımı (Turkish article)</ref>

In 1688, the town was liberated from the Ottomans by the [[Republic of Venice]] as a result of the [[Morean War]].<ref name="Visovac">{{Cite web |url=http://www.visovac.hr/Hrvatski%20jezik/povijest/povijest2.htm |title=History of Visovac |access-date=2008-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080223120139/http://www.visovac.hr/Hrvatski%20jezik/povijest/povijest2.htm |archive-date=2008-02-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Locally, the uprising against the Ottomans was led by Croatian priest Father Josip Bogić.<ref name = "Visovac"/> It was again occupied by Ottomans briefly in 1715 during [[Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718)]]. During French rule (1805–1814), Vrlika became a municipality in the [[Šibenik]] district. [[Franz Joseph I of Austria]] visited Vrlika in 1875 and noted impressions in his diary.

The town was part of the [[Republic of Serbian Krajina]] on August 26, 1991.<ref name = "HRT">{{cite news|url=http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/oluja/950806/I060895112154.html|title=Vrlika Liberated|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060604062440/http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/oluja/950806/I060895112154.html|date=6 August 1995|agency=Hina|publisher=[[Croatian Radiotelevision]]|work=hrt.hr|archive-date=4 June 2006}}</ref> It was liberated by Croatian troops in 5 August 1995 during [[Operation Storm]].<ref>https://balkaninsight.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Book-Military-Operation-Storm-and-its-Aftermath-2001-Version-Published-by-the-Croatian-Helsinki-Committee..pdf Military Operation Storm and Its Aftermath (It was published as report by Croatian-Helsinki Committee in 2001)</ref>

== Demographics ==
In the 2021 census, the municipality had a total population of 1,728, in the following [[naselja|settlements]]:<ref>{{Croatian Census 2021|S}}</ref>
* [[Garjak]], population 54
* [[Ježević]], population 167
* [[Koljane]], population 21
* [[Kosore]], population 134
* [[Maovice]], population 250
* [[Otišić]], population 39
* [[Podosoje, Vrlika|Podosoje]], population 208
* [[Vinalić]], population 137
* '''Vrlika''', population 718

{{Croatian population data graph |popisi=HRV |upisano=2022-06-04 |područje=Town of Vrlika |p1857=5920 |p1869=6226 |p1880=6311 |p1890=7545 |p1900=8727 |p1910=9529 |p1921=9819 |p1931=10382 |p1948=8686 |p1953=8854 |p1961=7366 |p1971=6458 |p1981=6262 |p1991=5621 |p2001=2705 |p2011=2177 |p2021=1728}}

==Historic, cultural and natural heritage==
[[File:Vrlicka nosnja Knin04082011 4846.jpg|thumb|right|[[Folk costume]] of Vrlika]]
[[File:SPmanastir dragovic.jpg|thumb|right|[[Dragović monastery]]]]
* [[Prozor Fortress]] – fortress from early history above the town of Vrlika, expanded at the beginning of the 15th century
* [[Glavaš - Dinarić Fortress]] – fortress from the 15th century, near the town of Vrlika
* [[Church of Holy Salvation, Cetina|Church of Holy Salvation]] – the ancient [[East-West Schism|pre-schism]] church "Crkva Sv. Spasa" from 9th century in [[Cetina, Croatia|Cetina]], near Vrlika
* [[Vrlika national costume]] – one of the greatest ethnographic treasures in Croatian folk costumes
* [[Vrličko kolo]] – silent folklore dance ([[Kolo (dance)|kolo]]) from Vrlika
* [[Feast of Our Lady Ružarice]] – Catholic feast of "Gospe Ružarice", the city day of Vrlika
* [[Vrlička Česma]] – cultural site and park, genesis of famous Croatian opera "Ero sa onoga svijeta"
* ''[[Ero s onoga svijeta]]'' – a [[comic opera]] in three acts by [[Jakov Gotovac]], with a [[libretto]] by [[Milan Begović]] based on a folk tale
* [[Cetina]] – spring of river Cetina, 7 km north from Vrlika
* [[Peruća Lake]] – a large [[artificial lake]] southeast of Vrlika
* [[Dinara]] – mountain located east of the town of Vrlika
* [[Svilaja]] – mountain located west of the town of Vrlika
* [[Čuvari Hristovog groba]], Easter tradition

==Local government==
The current city council of Vrlika has fifteen seats:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gradska vlast |url=http://vrlika.hr/podstranice/vlast.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218192113/http://vrlika.hr:80/podstranice/vlast.html |archive-date=18 February 2014 |website=Vrlika}}</ref>
*[[Croatian Democratic Union]]: 11 seats
*[[Croatian Party of Rights]]: 3 seats
*[[Croatian Social Liberal Party]]: 1 seats

==Culture==
Vrlika has a local branch of the Croatian cultural organization [[Matica hrvatska]], as well as the [[Croatian Disabled Homeland War Veterans Association]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matica hrvatska |url=https://www.matica.hr/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=www.matica.hr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=UDRUGA HRVATSKIH VETERANA DOMOVINSKOG RATA Vrlika |url=http://www.datoteka.com/croatia-zute-stranice/U/udrugahrvatskihveteranadomovinskogratavrlika.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029111151/http://www.datoteka.com/croatia-zute-stranice/U/udrugahrvatskihveteranadomovinskogratavrlika.html |archive-date=29 October 2008 |website=datoteka.com}}</ref> Vrlika also has a folklore ensemble ''KUD "Milan Begović"''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/4689/str012.htm|title=Vrličko kolo - stranica 12|date=3 May 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010503060536/http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/4689/str012.htm |accessdate=19 August 2023|archive-date=2001-05-03 }}</ref> Vrlika is the origin of the popular folklore dance, ''Vrličko [[Kolo (dance)|Kolo]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kud-jedinstvo.hr/video/program.asp?2|title=KUD Jedinstvo Split|accessdate=19 August 2023}}</ref> often performed by local cultural groups.

==Economy==
Throughout the history of Vrlika, major basic economic activities have been agriculture, livestock breeding, and trade. In modern times tourism, hospitality, and information technology are also substantial, with a focus on the principles of sustainable development.

==Religion in Vrlika==
; Church of Sveti Spas – [[East–West Schism|Pre-Schism Christian]] (9th century){{Main|Church of Holy Salvation, Cetina}}
Built during the reign of Croatian [[duke Branimir]] in the 9th century, by župan Gostiha of Cetina, near Vrlika, then called ''Vrh Rike''. This church is one of the most important in Croatia, as it is the only [[East-West Schism|pre-schism]] church constructed with a [[bell tower]] that is still standing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Crkveni život |url=http://civljane.hr/podstranice/crkva.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826192259/http://civljane.hr/podstranice/crkva.html |archive-date=26 August 2013 |website=Opcina Civljane}}</ref> 1,026 Old-Croatian<ref>[http://public.carnet.hr/zuh/do1874/srv/srv_2.htm#1 Srednji vijek]</ref> ancient [[Grave (burial)|graves]] of great archaeological interest have been found in the vicinity of the church indicating that the culture of that time was under the influence of the [[Frankish Empire]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2007}}

; Dragović Monastery – [[Serbian Orthodox]]
{{Main|Dragović monastery}}
Dragović monastery was founded between 16th and 17th century. Dragović is situated on a hill downstream of the Cetina River not far from Vrlika. Its location was shifted several times due to wars and the construction of a dam on Cetina River.

; Church of Saint Nicholas – [[Serbian Orthodox]] (1618)
{{Main|Saint Nicholas Church, Vrlika}} In 1618, the [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] church dedicated to [[Saint Nicholas]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.benkovac.rs/obicaji/crkva/crkve.htm |title=Pravoslavne crkve u sjevernoj Dalmaciji |access-date=2009-03-21 |archive-date=2010-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100403083334/http://www.benkovac.rs/obicaji/crkva/crkve.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eparhija-dalmatinska.hr/Splitsko-L.htm |title=Namjesništvo Splitsko |access-date=2007-10-10 |archive-date=2013-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125015806/http://www.eparhija-dalmatinska.hr/Splitsko-L.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> is the oldest religious object built in Vrlika. Its bell tower was added and consecrated by hieromonk Vikentija (Stojisavljević) from Dragović monastery in 1801 and its current [[Iconostasis|iconostas]] dates from the mid-19th century.<ref name="srbi hr">{{Cite news|url=https://srbi.hr/cetiri-veka-hrama-svetog-nikole-u-vrlici/|title=Četiri veka hrama Svetog Nikole u Vrlici|date=2018-08-17|work=srbi hr|access-date=2018-09-08|language=sr-RS}}</ref> Throughout the centuries, the church was the target multiple arson attempts during world wars and most recently, the [[Yugoslav Wars|Yugoslav Civil War]]. On May 28, 1972, the church was severely damaged in a fire set by Croatian nationalists during the [[Croatian Spring]] crisis, only to be restored two years later on May 26, 1974.<ref name="srbi hr"/> Between 1990 and 1991, explosives were planted around the church several times by Croatian nationalists. In August 2018, the Serbian Orthodox inhabitants of Vrlika, along with many Vrlika Serbs from the diaspora congregated in Vrlika to celebrate the 400 year anniversary of the church.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ebritic.com/?p=664164|title=Fundraising evening for historic Church on 9 June « Britić|website=www.ebritic.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-08}}</ref>

'''Church of Holy Trinity – [[Uniate Church]] (1844)'''

The Uniate church of the Holy Trinity in Vrlika was devoted on May 28, 1844, by [[Byzantine Church of Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro|Croatian Greek Catholic]] hierarch [[Gabrijel Smičiklas|Gavrilo Smiciklas]]. The dedication was attended by a multitude of local Serbian Orthodox Christians who converted to the Roman Catholic faith, Roman Catholic priests and clerics. With an increase of Serbian Orthodox parishioners converting to Catholicism, which started while Vrlika came under Venetian rule, on the same day Vrlika was visited by Serbian Orthodox bishop [[Jerotej Mutibarić]] who held an archiepiscopal service in the Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Mišur|first=Ivo|date=December 2017|title=Injati — kratka povijest grkokatoličke župe Svete Trojice Vrlika|url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/190289|journal=Obnovljeni život: Časopis za Filozofiju i Religijske Znanosti|language=hr|publisher=Filozofsko teološki institut Družbe Isusove|location=Zagreb|volume=72|pages=333–346}}</ref>

Between the years 1844–1898, the church was used by converts and Roman Catholics alike. Once the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Rosary was built, the Uniate church saw a steady decline in parishioners and the church began to fall into disrepair, as converts slowly began to distance themselves from their Orthodox heritage and self-identify as Roman Catholic Croats. The church was seriously damaged in an earthquake in 1970, when the roof collapsed, after which Communist authorities ordered the destruction of the church altogether. Today, a playground is on the site of where the church once stood.<ref name=":0" />

; Church of Our Lady of Rosary – [[Roman Catholic]] (1898)
{{Main|Church of Our Lady of Rosary, Vrlika}}
Father Jure Bogić from Cetina established a Catholic parish of Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1688, and later Our Lady of the Rosary. The [[Roman Catholic]] parish church in Vrlika dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin Mary (Croatian: Župna crkva Gospe Ružarice) was built from the year 1876 to 1898. The church was built on the site of a mosque, which was built on the foundations of an old Catholic church. This simple stone church dominates the Vrlika centre square. During the Second World War, the Catholic church in Vrlika sustained significant damage. In the front of the church stands a bronze bust dedicated to [[Filip Grabovac]], who was born in the nearby village of Vinalić and died in [[Venice]], Italy as a Croatian national hero. The exterior dimensions of the parish church are 27x10.30 metres. The Catholic Parish Church in Vrlika was badly damaged and desecrated during the recent [[Croatian War of Independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=RKT župa Gospe Ružarice Petra Mišura bb - Vrlika |url=http://vrlika.hr/podstranice/zupni_ured.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905213032/http://vrlika.hr/podstranice/zupni_ured.html |archive-date=5 September 2013 |website=Vrlika}}</ref> The holy day of Gospe Ružarice, the protector of the Vrlika Catholic community, is celebrated annually during the first week of October.

==Notable people==
*[[Filip Grabovac]] (1698–1749) – [[Franciscan]] priest and writer
*[[Milan Begović]] (1876–1948) – writer<ref>Stanley Hochman (p.293) [https://books.google.com/books?id=VGNJxj9qnEkC&dq=Vrlika&pg=PA293 McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of world drama: an international ..., Svezak 4] Barnes&Noble.com {{ISBN|0-07-079169-4}}</ref>
*[[Milan Babić|Milan Babić]] (1956–2006) – First President of the [[Republic of Serbian Krajina]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.vrlika.hr/ Official site] {{in lang|hr}}

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