Mila Gojsalić (died 1530) is a Croatian legendary folk heroine from small region of Poljica, situated between Split and Omiš in present-day Croatia.
According to tradition, her origins are from the village of Kostanje [hr] in the Dalmatian hinterland, and allegedly she was a distant descendant of Croatian king Gojslav.
[1] The legend started evolving around time of the Ottoman wars in Croatia, and it is possibly modeled on that of Marko Marulić's heroine Judita herself.
[1] The basic narrative revolves around the legendary battle, placed in 1530, and the tale of Ottoman commander, Ahmed Pasha, who allegedly gathered an army of 10,000 men with a goal to conquer Poljica, while setting up a camp in a place called Podgrac [hr].
Ivan Meštrović sculptured the statue of her, installed above the town of Omiš, while Jakov Gotovac composed the opera to her honour.