Zagora (Croatia)

The Zagora or Dalmatinska Zagora ("Dalmatian hinterland") is a sub-Mediterranean inland landscape in the hinterland of Dalmatia ( Croatia ). It is separated from the sea by the mountains Mosor and Biokovo and therefore offers a protected climate for wine growing.

It is therefore also one of the four large wine-growing regions on the Croatian Adriatic coast . Here, for example, the Kujundzuša grape variety is grown, which is regarded as indigenous in this area. Wines from this vine are harmonious and their bouquet has elements of continental and southern wines.

The varieties Medna, Zlatarica, Blatina and Plavina are characteristic of the area of Vrgorac , which is partially under water (it is not uncommon for the vines to be harvested from boats here) .

geography

The actual Zagora includes the so-called hinterland of the cities Kaštela, Trogir and Šibenik as well as the area around Unešić near Drniš . Geomorphologically this is the area between the mountains Moseć in the north and Trtra , Boraja , Opora and Kozjak in the south; the villages of Brštanove , Dugobabe and Radošić (Kaštela) in the east to the Čikola river in the west.

In parlance, the areas near Drniš, Knin , Sinj and Imotski are also assigned to the Zagora, although geographically they do not belong to it.

The climate is predominantly sub-Mediterranean with a few days of snow, only at Imotski there is both a sub-Mediterranean climate in the north and a Mediterranean climate further south. Vrgorac also has a Mediterranean climate .

Well-known people from the Zagora

• Zdenko Runjić
• Ivo Sanader
• Ivan Meštrović
• Stojko Vranković
• Dražen Budiša
• Marko Perković
• Ante Topić Mimara
• Tin Ujevic
• Siniša Vuco
• Severina Vučković
• Josip Zovko