Fortress Gripe

Fortress Gripe is a fort in . Fortress Gripe is situated nearby to , as well as near the government office .
Photo: Kaiser87, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: fort in Split, Croatia
  • Also known as: “Fort Gripe”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Diocletian’s Palace and Cathedral of Saint Domnius.

Photo: DIREKTOR, Public domain.
Diocletian's Palace is an ancient Roman palace and fortress complex in . It was built at the end of the third century AD by the Roman Emperor Diocletian as his retirement residence. is situated 580 metres west of Fortress Gripe.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
The , known locally as the Sveti Dujam or colloquially Sveti Duje, is the Catholic cathedral in , . The cathedral is the seat of the Archdiocese of Split-Makarska, currently headed by Archbishop Zdenko Križić. is situated 570 metres west of Fortress Gripe.

Theater building
Photo: Fred Romero, CC BY 2.0.
The Croatian National Theatre in Split is a theatre located in . Originally opened in 1893, the theatre is owned and operated by the City of Split and is one of the oldest surviving theatres in . is situated 1 km west of Fortress Gripe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bačvice and Grad (Split).

Quarter
Photo: Airin, CC BY-SA 1.0.
is a quarter.

Quarter
Photo: Ballota, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a quarter.

Photo: Tatyana Peshkova, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city in Central , , and the seat of the county. The city was built around the Diocletian palace where the locals sought refuge centuries ago.

Fortress Gripe

Latitude
43.50866° or 43° 30′ 31″ north
Longitude
16.44741° or 16° 26′ 51″ east
Inception
1647
Open location code
8FMRGC5W+FX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 142932112
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q15013540
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Satellite Map

Discover Fortress Gripe from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Croatian to Swedish—“Fortress Gripe” goes by many names.
  • Croatian: “Tvrđava Gripe”
  • Czech: “Pevnost Gripe”
  • Czech: “Tvrđava Gripe”
  • German: “Tvrđava Gripe”
  • German: “Utvrda Gripe”
  • Hungarian: “Gripe-erőd”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tvrđava Gripe”
  • Swedish: “Gripeborgen”

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Highlights include Croatian Maritime Museum and Državni arhiv u Splitu.

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