Facts in brief:
Located on end of a low level peninsula in N Dalmatia; withstood many attacks by Turks; was most heavily fortified town in Adriatic until 19th cen.; held by Austria, France & Italy; damaged in WW II; in 1944 became part of Yugoslavia.
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