Knin

Knin is a city of 12,000 people (2021) in Northern Dalmatia, a former capital of the medieval Kingdom of Croatia.

Understand
Knin suffered deeply from the Yugoslav war of the 1990s. Before this, the main activity was industry, which has disappeared. However, it has retained its character with its monuments in styles inspired by different Turkish and Italian cultures.

Knin is particularly known for its hot summers: temperatures reaching 40 °C (104 °F) are not uncommon in July and August. The January average temperature is about 4 °C and in August is about 24 °C.

Get in
It is an important traffic junction on the rail and road routes between Zagreb and Split.

See

 * The nearby villages and Kapitul are extremely interesting archeological sites from the 10th century where many remains of medieval Croatian culture are found including churches, graves, decorations, and epigraphs.
 * The nearby villages and Kapitul are extremely interesting archeological sites from the 10th century where many remains of medieval Croatian culture are found including churches, graves, decorations, and epigraphs.
 * The nearby villages and Kapitul are extremely interesting archeological sites from the 10th century where many remains of medieval Croatian culture are found including churches, graves, decorations, and epigraphs.
 * The nearby villages and Kapitul are extremely interesting archeological sites from the 10th century where many remains of medieval Croatian culture are found including churches, graves, decorations, and epigraphs.
 * The nearby villages and Kapitul are extremely interesting archeological sites from the 10th century where many remains of medieval Croatian culture are found including churches, graves, decorations, and epigraphs.

Go next

 * Krka National Park — A nearby beautiful national park.