Klis fortress, perched above Split in a commanding position between the mountains and the coast, has spent most of its life doing exactly what a fortress should do: watching, defending and surviving. Its roots go back to the Illyrians, and over the centuries it became a key stronghold under the Croats, then a hard-fought prize during the Ottoman advance, when it stood as one of Dalmatia’s most important defensive positions.
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