Tilurium was an ancient settlement and military site located at Gardun above the modern town of Trilj in Croatia. Originally an Illyrian hill-fort of the Delmatae tribe, it later became a major Roman legionary fortress and continued as a fortified post into Late Antiquity.

Fort Nutjak

Ruins

Photo: Bane77, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fort Nutjak is a late medieval fortress overlooking the canyon of the Cetina River, about 3 km downstream from the town of Trilj, Croatia, where the river leaves the plateau of Sinjsko Polje and continues its winding path through the canyon to the confluence in Omiš. Fort Nutjak is situated 4 km south of Košute.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vojnić Sinjski and Gardun.

Vojnić Sinjski

Village

Vojnić Sinjski is a settlement in the City of Trilj in Croatia. In 2021, its population was 433.

Gardun

Village

Photo: Ante Perkovic, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gardun is a village at the top of the hill of Gardun, just 1 km south of Trilj. In the 1997, excavations of the remains of legionary fortress of Tilurium started on the southern outskirts of the village.

Trilj

Town

Photo: Lovrepalos, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Trilj is a town and settlement in inland Dalmatia, Croatia. It is located northeast of Split. In 2021, its population was 8182. Trilj was a traffic hub in Roman times, when a stone bridge Pons Tilurium was built on the Cetina River.

Košute

Categories: settlement in Croatia and locality
Location: Town of Trilj, Split-Dalmatia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

43.62797° or 43° 37′ 41″ north

Longitude

16.70596° or 16° 42′ 21″ east

Population

1,740

Elevation

341 metres (1,119 feet)

Open location code

8FMRJPH4+59

OpenStreetMap ID

node 544376230

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

3197556

Wikidata ID

Q6435652

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In Other Languages

From Bosnian to Ukrainian—“Košute” goes by many names.

Bosnian: “Košute”
Cebuano: “Košute”
Croatian: “Košute”
Dutch: “Košute”
Hungarian: “Košute”
Polish: “Košute”
Serbian: “Кошуте”
Serbo-Croatian: “Košute”
Slovenian: “Košute, Trilj”
Swedish: “Košute”
Ukrainian: “Кошуте”

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