Čavoglave
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 Croatia
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 Šibenik-Knin
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| Municipality : | Ružić | ||
| Residents : | 168 (2011) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+385) 022 | ||
| Postal code : | 22 322 | ||
| License plate : | ŠI | ||
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| Community type : | settlement | ||
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Čavoglave is a village in Croatia . It is located in the Šibenik-Knin County on the Split - Drniš road , about 50 km from Split. Administratively, it belongs to the Šibenik-Knin County.
The place gained in 1991 during the Croatian War by the song Bojna Čavoglave (Battalion Čavoglave) of the Čavoglave born singer Marko Perković , stage name "Thompson", general fame in Croatia .
“Church of the Croatian Martyrs ” in Čavoglave
Every year on August 5th, the “ Day of Victory and Local Gratitude ”, a concert organized by Perković takes place on the occasion of the anniversary of Operation Oluja . In addition to this, many other Croatian artists perform in front of up to 100,000 people, such as B. Ivan Mikulić , Mate Bulić , Dražen Zečić and Hrvatski Baruni .
Personalities
- Ante Dabro (* 1938), Australian sculptor
- Marko Perković (* 1966), Croatian musician
literature
- Neven Valent-Hribar: Čavoglave: Ponosni gorštaci na braniku domovine . In: Hrvatski vojnik . No. 10 . Zagreb April 24, 1992 ( hrvatski-vojnik.hr [PDF]).