Kula Atlagića (Serbian Cyrillic: Кула Атлагић) is a settlement in the Benkovac municipality, in the Zadar County in Croatia. It is located in the Ravni Kotari region of Dalmatia. The settlement is inhabited by ethnic Serbs.

Kula Atlagić
Kula Atlagić is located in Croatia
Kula Atlagić
Kula Atlagić
Coordinates: 44°03′32″N 15°35′20″E / 44.0590°N 15.5890°E / 44.0590; 15.5890
Country Croatia
CountyZadar
CityBenkovac
Area
 • Total13.6 km2 (5.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total131
 • Density9.6/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Geography

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Administratively part of the Benkovac municipality in the Zadar County, it is geographically located in the Ravni Kotari region of Dalmatia, in the central part of the country. It is situated 2km northwest of Benkovac by the road to Smilčić, on the edge of Bukovica and Ravni Kotari.

History

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The settlement initially consisted of two former villages, Tiklić or Tihlić and Bojište. The first was an estate of the old Croatian noble family of Lapčani and Karinjani. It received its current name in the 17th century from the feudal family Atlagić, which during the Ottoman period built a tower house (kula).[3]

During the Croatian War (1991–95) the settlement was part of the Republic of Serbian Krajina.

Culture

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There is an old Roman Catholic church dedicated to St. Peter from the 12th century,[3] and two Serbian Orthodox churches dedicated to St. Nicholas,[4] of which the older is Orthodox since the 17th century as it was built in 1446 as Roman Catholic and dedicated to St. Matthew by the nobles from Karinjani family.[5][6]

Demographics

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According to the 2011 census, there were 184 inhabitants.[7] In 2001 that number was 151.[8] In 1991, the settlement had a total population of 913, out of whom Serbs were 855, Croats 43, Yugoslavs 11, and others and unknown 4.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Crkva sv. Petra, Kula Atlagić". tz-benkovac.hr (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Sv. Nikola, Kula Atlagić". tz-benkovac.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  5. ^ Uroda, Nikolina (2007), "Katalog kamene skulpture s lokaliteta Kula Atlagića", Starohrvatska Prosvjeta (in Croatian), III (34): 213–247
  6. ^ Petricioli, Ivo (1987). "Spomenici romaničke i gotičke arhitekture u benkovačkom kraju". Benkovački kraj kroz vjekove: Zbornik I (in Serbo-Croatian). Ro Narodni list, Oour Novinsko-izdavačka djelatnost. pp. 113–124. ISBN 86-7377-010-6. 6. travnja 1444. god. došla su u Zadar četiri predstavnika sela Tihlića: Ivan Marinović, Mihovil Korlatović, Nikola Dražetić i Ratko Božićković i sklopili ugovor pred notarom Ivanom Kalcinom s trojicom zadarskih graditelja Vukom Slavogostovim, Nikolom Bilšićem i Jurijem Zurevićem. Majstori su se obvezali da će sgraditi crkvu za cijenu od 55 dukata i pristupiti poslu čim im naručioci iskopaju temelje i nabave sav potrebni građevinski materijal. Kao jamac za majstore navodi se u ugovoru zadarski plemić Grgur Mrganić.
  7. ^ "Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  8. ^ Croatian Census 2001
  9. ^ Croatian Census 1991