Facts in brief:
Located on estuary of Krka River & Adriatic Sea; town grew up around St. Mihovil Castle; Venice & Hungary struggled to possess it until
1412; from 1797 to 1815 was part of Napoleon's Illyrian Provinces; ruled by Austro-Hungarian Empire; was taken by Italy after WW I, & then went
to Yugoslavia.
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