Drnish

Drnis is a city in Croatia, placed in inland Dalmatia, about midway among Sibenik and Knin. The name Drniš became mentioned for the primary time in a settlement dated March 8, 1494. However there are lines of older Middle Ages' fort built via Croatian aristocrat family Nelipic at the web page referred to as Gradina dominating the landscape. The city turned into conquered by means of the Ottoman Turks in 1522 due to its strategic place. Many homes from this time period are nevertheless preserved nowadays. During the Baroque length, the mosque constructed by means of the Turks changed into transformed right into a church. In 1918 the city was occupied by using Italian troops who remained there until a withdrawal in 1921, due to the Treaty of Rapallo.

The metropolis ultimately have become a part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. On September 16, 1991 all through the Croatian War of Independence, Drnis became attacked by forces of the 9th Corpus of Yugoslav People's Army and militia of SAO Krajina led through preferred Ratko Mladic. The Croatian populace fled underneath mortar fireplace, and metropolis turned into incorporated in Republic of Serbian Krajina.