Dalmatia
Split-Dalmatia
Municipality of Klis

Klis

Klis is a village and a municipality located around a mountain fortress bearing the same name.
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  • Type: Village with 3,000 residents
  • Description: municipality and settlement in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia
  • Postal code: 21231

Places of Interest

Highlights include Klis Fortress and Salona.

Castle
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The is a medieval fortress situated above the village of Klis, near Split, . From its origin as a small stronghold built by the ancient Illyrian tribe Dalmatae, to a role as royal castle and seat of many Croatian kings, to its final…

Park
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was an ancient city and the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia and near to Split, in . It was one of the largest cities of the late Roman empire with 60,000 inhabitants. is situated 4 km southwest of Klis.

Archaeological site
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is the archaeological excavation of what used to be a Romanesque Roman Catholic church in the 11th-century , . is situated 3 km southwest of Klis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mravince and Kučine.

Village
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is a village in , , located east of Solin, Croatia. The population is 1,628. is situated 3 km south of Klis.

Village
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is a village near , . In the 2011 census, it had 974 inhabitants. is situated 3 km south of Klis.

Town
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is a town and a suburb of Split, in Split-Dalmatia county, . It is situated right northeast of Split, on the Adriatic Sea and the river . is situated 3½ km southwest of Klis.

Klis

Latitude
43.55966° or 43° 33′ 35″ north
Longitude
16.52262° or 16° 31′ 21″ east
Population
3,000
Elevation
271 metres (889 feet)
Open location code
8FMRHG5F+V2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1564844868
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3198062
Wiki­data ID
Q738630
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Klis” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Klis”
  • Arabic: “كليس”
  • Basque: “Klis”
  • Belarusian: “Кліс”
  • Bosnian: “Klis”
  • Bulgarian: “Клис”
  • Catalan: “Klis”
  • Cebuano: “Klis”
  • Chinese: “克利斯”
  • Croatian: “Klis”
  • Czech: “Klis”
  • Danish: “Klis”
  • Dutch: “Klis”
  • French: “Klis”
  • German: “Klis”
  • Hungarian: “Klissza”
  • Indonesian: “Klis”
  • Italian: “Clissa”
  • Japanese: “クリス (クロアチア)”
  • Latin: “Clisium”
  • Lithuanian: “Klisas”
  • Lombard: “Clissa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Klis”
  • Polish: “Gmina Klis”
  • Polish: “Klis”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Klis, Split-Dalmația”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Klis”
  • Russian: “Клис”
  • Serbian: “Клис”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Klis”
  • Slovak: “Klis”
  • Slovenian: “Klis”
  • Spanish: “Klis”
  • Swedish: “Klis”
  • Turkish: “Clissa”
  • Turkish: “Kilis, Hırvatistan”
  • Turkish: “Kilissa”
  • Turkish: “Klis”
  • Ukrainian: “Клис”
  • Venetian: “Clissa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Klis”

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