Zagvozd

Zagvozd
Coordinates: 43 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  N , 16 ° 57 ′ 0 ″  E
Basic data
State :	Croatia
County :	Split-Dalmatia
Area :	124.09  km²
Residents :	1,188 (2011)
Population density :	10 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	(+385) 021
Postal code :
License plate :	IN THE
Structure and administration (status: 2013, cf. )
Community type :	local community
Mayor :	Miroslav Gaće ( HDZ )
Website :	zagvozd.hr

Zagvozd is a municipality in Croatia and is located in the Split-Dalmatia County . According to the 2011 census, the municipality has 1,188 inhabitants.

location

Zagvozd is located 19 km southwest of Imotski . It lies between the Biokovo Mountains and the Imotski Field ( Imotsko polje ).

Culture

The place has several churches and chapels:

• Gospa od Karmela (1963)
• Svi sveti (17th century; renovated in 1973)
• sv. Marija (17th century)
• sv. Stjepan (19th century)
• Sveti križ (17th century)

There are numerous archaeological sites in the area: Stećci , old tombstones ( Zaranč-ploča from 1645 and others).

History

During the Široki Brijeg massacre (1945), friars were transported to Split . The majority of them were most likely killed in Zagvozd.

Places of the community

• Alagići
• Baltići
• Bartulovići
• Brzice
• Buljubašići
• Butige
• Dedići
• Drljići
• Gaće
• Gornji Čaglji
• Kristića Brig
• Kurtovići
• Milići
• Mlikote
• Mucići
• Musure
• Pirići
• Prodani
• Radići
• Rako
• Stanići
• Stapići
• Sušići
• Suvari
• Svaguše
• Tomičići

Celebrities

• Nediljko Šuvar , artist
• Dragan Mucić , poet and theater scholar
• Vedran Mlikota , actor
• Joško Čagalj (Jole), singer
• Stipe Šuvar , politician
• Julija Stapić-Katić , artist and poet
• Mate Maksim Mlikota , artist
• Danijel Prodan , poet
• Ivica Šušić , poet
• Joško Tomičić , singer
• Nikola Tomičić , football player

Web links

• http://www.zagvozd.hr
• http://www.zagvozd.net
• http://www.glumciuzagvozdu.hr
• http://castra.net/zagvozd

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Zagvozd | Hrvatska enciklopedija. Retrieved November 12, 2017 .