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City in Dalmatia, Croatia
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Knin is a city of 12,000 people (2021) in Northern Dalmatia, a former capital of the medieval Kingdom of Croatia.
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The second largest artificial lake (dam) in Croatia.
Veliko vrilo
The biggest river source in Croatia, sourcing the Cetina river. The dramatic look of the hot spring is given by the karst nature of it. The water that penetrates from underground through a narrow siphon despite gravity. The lake is blue-green/turquoise in color, coming from the whiteness of the rocks. It is an important source of drinking water, though large amounts of municipal waste have been recorded in it.
Overlooks the city and the surrounding plain
This Roman town is 18 km away from Knin in direction of Kistanje. There are the remains of the biggest amphitheater in Dalmatia built in 77 AD, during the rule of Emperor Vespasian which could host 8,000 people.
It is an important traffic junction on the rail and road routes between Zagreb and Split.
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