Tilurium (building in NW part of camp)

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Tilurium (centuriae)

Archaeological site

Photo: Ante Perkovic, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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. Tilurium (centuriae) is situated 360 metres south of Tilurium (building in NW part of camp).

Fort Nutjak

Ruins

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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 2½ km south of Tilurium (building in NW part of camp).

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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

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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.

Tilurium (building in NW part of camp)

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