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Skradin
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Skradin is a small town in the Šibenik-Knin County of Croatia. It is located near the Krka river and at the entrance to the Krka National Park, from Šibenik and from Split. The main attraction of the park, Slapovi Krke, is a series of waterfalls, the biggest of which, Skradinski buk, was named after Skradin.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Skradin
Settlement.official_name
Grad Skradin Town of Skradin
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.image_skyline
Krka13Chorvatsko9.JPG
Settlement.image_caption
View of Skradin
Settlement.pushpin_map
Croatia
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location of Skradin within Croatia
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Dalmatia
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
border|23px Šibenik-Knin
Settlement.leader_party
HDZ
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Antonijo Brajković
Settlement.area_total_km2
184.2
Settlement.area_urban_km2
1.1
Settlement.population_as_of
2021

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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Skradin under Šubić rule
  • Decline and Ottoman conquest
  • Population
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

Skradin is a small town in the Šibenik-Knin County of Croatia. It is located near the Krka river and at the entrance to the Krka National Park, from Šibenik and from Split. The main attraction of the park, Slapovi Krke, is a series of waterfalls, the biggest of which, Skradinski buk, was named after Skradin.

==History== During Antiquity, the city was known as Scardon and Scardona, a name attested in the writings of Strabo and Procopius (), Pliny the Elder () and Ptolemy ().

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skradin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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