| VIRTUAL POLICNIK MUSEUM |
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Exhibit 1 |
| A drawing of the 16th century fort (Trvdjava) in Policnik. |
| The fort lies on the northwest of the strategic hill where the village of Policnik is situated, 100 meters above sea level. Policnik was called by many other names over the centuries, such as Polizan, Polisan, Polesan, Briga or Brixi, and others. This fort was once the site of an ancient Roman hill-fort, and before that probably an Illyrian wall could have been found. Under occupation by the Venetians and Ottoman Turks, Policnik was linked to Nin or Zadar at various times. Due to the increasing number of raids and plunder by the Ottoman Turks, in 1504 a design for the fort was drawn up as commissioned by the Venetians. Work was contracted with the estate owner (owner, Pavao Pecaric) and building started (builder, Martinom Pavlovicem) in 1508 and the wall was finished by 1518. In 1571 the Ottoman forces succeeded in taking over the fort in Policnik,
and this fort and region remained occupied by the Ottomans until 1647, when local Croats under the Venetian Foscolo re-occupied it. Unfortunately, the Venetian policy in 1647 was to allow the locals to destroy the Policnik fortress, as was also the Venetian policy for the destruction of Nin in the same year. |
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| Sources: Zupa Policnik, Kevric I., Znanstvena Knjiznica Zadar, 2006; & The Changing Face of Dalmatia, Eds. Chapman J, Sheil R, Batovic S, Leicester University Press, 1996 |
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| Exhibit 2 |
| A map of ‘Zadar and surroundings’ |
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‘Zadar and surroundings’ is a map from Camocio’s isolario, Isole famose (National and University Library NSK Zagreb). This etching is based on work of M. Rota Kolunic from 1570, called ”il vero ritratto di Zarra et di Sebenico …”. The map of Camocio shows more detail than the map of Rota about the war situation in this area in 1570, at the time of the Cyprus War. The dotted line represents the border of the battlefield between the Turks and Venetians. The Ottomans had entered Ravni Kotari from Nin and from Zemunik and from Pakostani. Calvary and infrantry battles are shown on the map. |
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| Source: Five Centuries of Maps and Charts of Croatia, Novak D., Lapaine M., Mlinaric D., Ed’s., Skolska Knjiga, Zagreb, 2005, pages 296—298. |
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| © Croatian Viewpoint |
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