Knin

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Knin is a historic town in southern Croatia that served as an important medieval political and military center, often referred to as the "royal city" due to its role as a seat of Croatian kings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fortified town ⓘ
historic city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
country Croatia ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 220 metres ⓘ
event Operation Storm 1995 ⓘ
linked to: Operation Storm
firstMentioned 9th century ⓘ
hasCityStatusSince 1995 ⓘ
hasCoordinateLatitude 44.0400 ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude 16.2000 ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Knin Town Museum ⓘ
hasLandmark Knin Fortress ⓘ
hasPostalCode 22300 ⓘ
hasRailConnectionTo Split ⓘ
Zagreb ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Church of Our Lady of the Great Croatian Baptismal Vow ⓘ
Orthodox Church of Saint Elijah ⓘ
hasRoadConnectionTo Zadar ⓘ
Šibenik ⓘ
historicalRegion Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
Croatia ⓘ
Kingdom of Croatia ⓘ
Yugoslavia ⓘ
isAdministrativeCenterOf Town of Knin municipality ⓘ
knownAs royal city ⓘ
liberatedIn 1995 ⓘ
locatedIn Balkan Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Balkans

Dalmatia ⓘ
continental Dalmatia ⓘ
linked to: Dalmatia

southern Croatia ⓘ
Šibenik-Knin County ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
locatedNearRiver Butišnica River ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Krka River ⓘ
population around 10,000 inhabitants ⓘ
primaryLanguage Croatian ⓘ
roleInMiddleAges military center of the medieval Croatian state ⓘ
political center of the medieval Croatian state ⓘ
strategicImportance controlled routes between the Adriatic coast and inland Balkans ⓘ
usesScript Latin script ⓘ
wasCapitalOf medieval Kingdom of Croatia ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Croatia

self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina ⓘ
wasPartOf Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
Kingdom of Yugoslavia ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Roman province of Dalmatia area ⓘ
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ⓘ
linked to: Yugoslavia

Venetian sphere of influence ⓘ
wasSeatOf Croatian kings ⓘ
linked to: King of Croatia

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