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Biograd na Moru is a town in northern Dalmatia, Croatia. Its population is 6,059 (2005). Biograd is administratively part of the Zadar county. It is located on the Adriatic Sea coast, overlooking the island of Pašman, on the road from Zadar and Sukošan towards Vodice and Šibenik. Image File history File links Biograd_-_coat. ... Image File history File links Biograd_-_coat. ... Dalmatia (Croatian Dalmacija, Italian Dalmazia) is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, (mostly) in modern Croatia, spreading between the island of Rab in the northwest and the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. ... Zadar county - Zadarska županija is a county in Croatia, it encompasses northern Dalmatia and southeastern Lika. ... The Adriatic Sea Source: NASA The Adriatic Sea (Italian Mare Adriatico, German Adriatisches Meer or Adria, Slovenian Jadransko morje or Jadran, Croatian Jadransko more or Jadran, Serbian Јадранско море or Јадран, Albanian Deti Adriatik) is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Apennine peninsula (Italy) from the Balkan peninsula, and the system... View of PaÅ¡man and Ugljan from the highest point of PaÅ¡man PaÅ¡man is an Adriatic Sea island off the coast of Croatia, located to the south of Zadar, surrounded by the islands Ugljan, Iž, Dugi otok and Kornati. ... Zadar (Italian Zara, Latin Iadera) is a city in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea, with a population of 82 000 (2005). ... SukoÅ¡an is a small town in Dalmatia, Croatia, population 3 000 (2005), 5 022 in the municipality. ... Vodice is a town in the Å ibenik-Knin county, Croatia. ... Å ibenik Å ibenik (Italian: Sebenico) is a historic town in Croatia, population 51,553 (2001). ...

The city of Biograd is a noted tourist resort with a long tradition. Its first tourists started arriving in the 1920s from the Czech lands and its first hotel was built in 1935. The 1920s were a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... Bohemia, Moravia, Austrian Silesia - 1892, then part of Austria-Hungary The Czech lands (in Czech: české země) is an auxiliary term used mainly for Bohemia + Moravia + Czech Silesia, today identical with the Czech Republic. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

History

The town's name means "white town on the sea". It was first mentioned in the 10th century as a town founded by Croatian kings. It became the capital of Croatian kings as well as bishops, and was the city where Coloman of Hungary was coronated in 1102, marking Croatia's joining the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1202, when the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade occupied the city of Zara (Zadar), many of its citizens took refuge in Biograd, after which the city was also referred to as Zara vecchia ("Old Zara"). As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ... The Croatian people trace their origins to Slavic peoples which moved into the territory of the former Roman provinces Pannonia and Dalmatia between the 7th and 8th centuries. ... Coloman (Hungarian: Könyves Kálmán, Slovak and Croatian: Koloman) (1070 – February 3, 1116) was King of Hungary from 1095 to 1116. ... Events Valencia is captured by the Almoravids. ... The Kingdom of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyar Királyság) is the name of a multiethnic kingdom that existed in Central Europe from 1000 to 1918. ... // Events August 1 - Arthur of Brittany captured in Mirebeau, north of Poitiers Beginning of the Fourth Crusade. ... The Fourth Crusade (1202–1204), originally designed to conquer Jerusalem by taking Egypt first, instead, in 1204, conquered and sacked the Orthodox Christian city of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. ... Zadar (Italian Zara, Latin Iadera) is a city in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea, with a population of 82 000 (2005). ...

During the 13th and 14th century the city was run by the dukes of Cetina, the Knights Templar of Vrana and the dukes of Bribir the Šubićes. It was acquired by the Venetian Republic in 1409 and would remain its property until its downfall in 1797. Cetina is a river in central Dalmatia, Croatia. ... Fresco painting of a Knight Templar The Order of the Knights Templar (also known as Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon (Latin: paupers commilitones Christi Templique Solomonici) was one of the most famous of the Christian military orders. ... Coat of arms Bribir is a town in Croatia. ... The Å ubić family were a noble family of Croatia. ... The Republic of Venice was a city-state in Venetia in Northeastern Italy, based around the city of Venice. ... Events January 1 - The Welsh surrender Harlech Castle to the English. ... 1797 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

During the Venetian-Turkish wars, the city was gravely damaged, and on two occasions, in 1521 and in 1646, it was destroyed and burned. In the 16th and 17th century, the Croatian militia formed in Biograd and had much involvement in the wars against the Turks. Events January 3 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem. ... // Events The Westminster Confession of Faith Ongoing events Wars of the Three Kingdoms, including the English Civil War (1642-1649) Births February 4 - Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman and poet (d. ...

In recent history, the Serbian forces inflicted considerable damage by long-range bombardment in the period 1991-1993. Serbs (in the Serbian language Срби, Srbi) are a south Slavic people living chiefly in Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... 1991 (MCMXCI in Roman) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII in Roman) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

External links

• Biograd na Moru official web site
• Biograd.info
• Biograd Hotels