Peovica Fort
Mirabella Fortress is a fortress located above town of Omiš in Split-Dalmatia County, in Dalmatia, Croatia. Mirabella or Peovica is a Romanesque fortress, built in the 13th century above the town of Omiš by the Kačić family.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Michael Newman, CC BY 3.0.
- Opening hours: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Castle
- Also known as: “Mirabella Fortress”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort ‘Stari grad’ and Church of St. Peter in Priko.
Fort ‘Stari grad’
Photo: Silverije, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Starigrad Fortress is a 15th-century fortress located near Omiš in Split-Dalmatia county, in Dalmatia, Croatia. The fortress or Fortica was built during the Croatian–Ottoman wars as a primary defence against the Ottoman Empire. Fort ‘Stari grad’ is situated 480 metres east of Peovica Fort.
Church of St. Peter in Priko
Church
Cetina (bridge)
Bridge
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC0.
Cetina (bridge) is situated 500 metres north of Peovica Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Omiš and Borak.
Omiš
Photo: Sinned, Public domain.
Omiš is a town and port in the Dalmatia region of Croatia, and a municipality in the Split-Dalmatia County. The town is approximately 25 kilometres south-east of Croatia's second largest city, Split, where the Cetina River meets the Adriatic Sea.
Borak
Village
Borak is a settlement in the City of Omiš in Croatia. In 2021, its population was 199.
Zakučac
Village
Zakučac is a settlement in the City of Omiš in Croatia. In 2021, its population was 156.
Peovica Fort
- Categories: fortress, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Croatia, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
43.4449° or 43° 26′ 42″ northLongitude
16.69347° or 16° 41′ 37″ eastOpen location code
8FMRCMVV+X9OpenStreetMap ID
way 70217401OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q6872302
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Slovak—“Peovica Fort” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Пеовица”
- Croatian: “Peovica”
- Czech: “Mirabella”
- Czech: “Pevnost Mirabella”
- Czech: “Pevnost Peovica”
- German: “Festung Peovica”
- German: “Tvrđava Mirabela”
- German: “Tvrđava Peovica / Tvrđava Mirabela”
- German: “Tvrđava Peovica”
- Hungarian: “Mirabela (Omiš)”
- Hungarian: “Mirabela”
- Macedonian: “Тврдина Мирабела”
- Slovak: “Pevnosť Peovica”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mirabella fort and House of the Happy Man.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Peovica Fort”. Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0.