Sinj Fortress Ruins

Stari Grad Sinj, known as the Old Town of Sinj, is the remains of a medieval fortress on a natural hill above the town of Sinj. The fortress and the adjacent cemetery are protected cultural heritage. The addresses are Put Pavića and Borićevac.

The fortress was built on a stone hill on the site of the Illyrian fort Ozinij. The fortress dates from antiquity and late antiquity; in the Middle Ages, it was the seat of the prefect and later the town of the Cetina princes Nelipčić. In 1513, it fell under Ottoman rule until it was conquered by the Venetians in 1686, who fortified it with terrapienati and expanded it with the Korlat suburb. In 1808, the fortress was abandoned and partially destroyed, and in 1887, the votive church of Our Lady was built in the center of the main fortress.