Imotski

Imotski (Croatian pronunciation: [ǐmɔtskiː]) is a small town on the northeastern side of the Biokovo massif in the Dalmatian Hinterland of southern Croatia, near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Imotski was in Kingdom of Croatia, held by the Ottomans from the fall of Bosnia in 1492 until 1717 when it was captured by the Venetians.

[4] In April 1717, a small church, dedicated to the Lady of Angels, was built in honour of the victory against the Ottomans.

In 1912, a secondary school was built in Imotski when the town was part of the Kingdom of Dalmatia within the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Politician, poet and Croatian dissident Vlado Gotovac was born and spent his early years in Imotski.

Notably, Dr Petar Vukovic, renowned physician and literary critic, was born and raised, and still lives in Imotski.

Sports stars include female tennis player Silvija Talaja and footballers Zvonimir Boban, Ante Rebić, Tomislav Bušić and Ivan Gudelj.

The father of former Canada national men's ice hockey team captain Joe Sakic, Marijan Šakić, is from Imotski.

Dinko Šakić, a fascist leader in the Nazi puppet state Independent State of Croatia, was born in Imotski, and Veljko Kadijević, Minister of Defence in the Yugoslav government from 1988 to 1992, was born in Glavina Donja, near Imotski, but then moved to Moscow, Russia.

Coat of arms of Split-Dalmatia County
Coat of arms of Split-Dalmatia County