Marina is a municipality in Split-Dalmatia county

Split-Dalmatia County

Split-Dalmatia County is the central-southern Dalmatian county in Croatia. The administrative center is Split. The population of the county is 455,242...

, Croatia

Croatia

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. It has a population of 4,771 (2001 census), 97% whom are Croats

Croats

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Marina is located on a main road (M2, E65). It is a tourist village with a sandy beach shaded by olive

Olive Tree

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 and pine trees. Tourist also enjoy the atmosphere of ancient Dalmatia

Dalmatia

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n wine cellar

Wine cellar

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s, fresh fish and quality local wines, a blend of the ancient and the modern. Yachting

Yachting

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, diving

Diving

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 and fishing are practiced. Small yachts may dock within the small harbour and larger ones at the end of the bay, southeast of the chapel and south of the Plokata hill.

The settlement was planned in the 16th century. In the period 1495-1500 the bishops of Trogir

Trogir

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 built a quadrangular tower on the islet in the bay. The tower has console battlements. The channel between the mainland and the tower was filled up and levelled at the beginning of the 20th century. The structure was repaired during the Canadian war in 1657 and 1717 and reconstructed in 1971 to 1972. The church of St John has Gothic

Gothic architecture

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 and Renaissance

Renaissance architecture

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 elements. In a field close to the village there is a small Gothic church of St. Luke with the coat of arms of the Sobota

Sobota

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