Prozor Fortress

Prozor Fortress
Tvrđava Prozor - Gradina
Prozor Fortress; Tvrđava Prozor - Gradina
Vrlika, in Split-Dalmatia County; Croatia
	Prozor Fortress seen from the town of Vrlika
	Prozor Fortress; Tvrđava Prozor - Gradina
Coordinates	43.9138°N 16.3951°E
Type	Stronghold, Castle, Fortress
Site information
Controlled by	List of rulers 1.) Small stronghold (Gradina) 3rd century BC - 12 BC Illyrian tribe of Dalmatae ; Roman Empire ; 640-864 Dukes of Croatia ; 864-925 House of Trpimirović ; 925 Kingdom of Croatia ruled by King Tomislav ; 925-1102 Croatian kings from House of Trpimirović ; 1102-1406 Croatian nobility during union between Kingdom of Croatia and Kingdom of Hungary ; 2.) Prozor Fortress 1406-1416 Grand Duke of Bosnia Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić ; 1416-1434 Croatian noble Prince Ivan III Nelipac ; 1434-1440 Croatian noble Ivan Frankopan and his widow ; 1440-1522 Mihača (Mikac) Nikolin Vitturi from Trogir, commissioner of King Sigismund ; 1522-1688 Ottoman Empire ; 1688-1797 Republic of Venice ; 3.) Fortress loses its strategic importance 1797-1805 Austrian Empire as a part of Holy Roman Empire ; 1805-1813 First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte ; 1813-1918 Austrian Empire ;
Open to; the public	Yes
Condition	Ruined, slightly renovated
Site history
Built	3rd century BC ?, expended in 1406
Built by	small stronghold by Dalmatae; expended by Hrvoje Vukčić
Materials	Limestone

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.

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