The Fortifications of Solin (I) Gradina in the 16th Century Sources

Cilj rada je na jednom mjestu predstaviti arhivske podatke o Gradini koji su u dosadašnjoj literaturi bili raspršeni i donekle kontroverzni. Praćenjem izvora, ponajviše iz 16. stoljeća, gradi se slika o postupnom turskom zauzimanju Klisa i Solina te o složenim odnosima između Osmanskoga Carstva i Mletačke Republike na ovom graničnom području. Osim strateškoga značenja za zauzimanje Klisa, Gradina se predstavlja i kao prvi i jedini korak u turskom nastojanju da u Solinu osnuju trgovište i luku za svoju mornaricu.The paper is to present at one place the archival information on the Solin\u27s Gradina, up to now dispersed in literature and partly controversial. Following up the sources, mostly those from the 16th century, created is an image of the gradual taking of Klis and Solin by the Ottoman Turks, and of the complex relations between the Ottoman Empire and the Venetian Republic in this frontier area. The reviewed written sources are compared to the present day graphic images of Solin and its surroundings and with results of the archaeological and conservation researches of Gradina in the 1960s. Besides its strategic importance about taking Klis, Gradina is presented as the first and the only step in the Ottoman attempts to establish a market and port for their fleet in Solin