Prozor Fortress

Prozor Fortress
Tvrđava Prozor - Gradina
Vrlika, in Split-Dalmatia County
Croatia
Prozor Fortress seen from the town of Vrlika
Prozor Fortress Tvrđava Prozor - Gradina is located in Croatia
Prozor Fortress Tvrđava Prozor - Gradina
Prozor Fortress
Tvrđava Prozor - Gradina
Coordinates43°54′50″N 16°23′42″E / 43.9138°N 16.3951°E / 43.9138; 16.3951
TypeStronghold, Castle, Fortress
Site information
Controlled byList of rulers

1.) Small stronghold (Gradina)

2.) Prozor Fortress

3.) Fortress loses its strategic importance

Open to
the public
Yes
ConditionRuined, slightly renovated
Site history
Built3rd century BC ?, expended[clarification needed] in 1406
Built bysmall stronghold by Dalmatae
expended by Hrvoje Vukčić
MaterialsLimestone

Prozor Fortress (Croatian: Tvrđava Prozor or Gradina) is a medieval fortress situated in the continental part of Split-Dalmatia County, in inland Dalmatia, just above the town of Vrlika in Croatia. From its origin as a small stronghold built by the ancient Illyrian tribe Dalmatae, it developed into a fortress in the 15th century, during the reign of Bosnian feudal lord Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić.

  1. ^ Regional Surveys of the World (1996), p. 271.