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Fortress Gripe

🇭🇷 Croatia · 17th century

Fortress Gripe in Croatia
Photo: Kaiser87 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Gripe Fortress is a modern-era fortress complex in Croatia, in the centre of the city of Split, Split-Dalmatia County.

Machine-translated from “Gripe-erőd” on the Hungarian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fortress Gripe ranks #7,433 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #78 of the 79 mapped in Croatia. Founded c. 1700, it is older than 23% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 672 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Split, 1 km away. It is one of the 32 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Dalmatia. It is stop 11 of 21 on the Dalmatian fortress coast, Zadar to Dubrovnik. See how Croatia compares in the castle statistics.

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Fortress Gripe?

Fortress Gripe stands in Croatia, at 43.50861°, 16.44722°.

When was Fortress Gripe built?

The atlas dates its founding to c. 1700. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.

How famous is Fortress Gripe?

In this atlas's fame ranking: #7,433 of 8,764 worldwide, and #78 in Croatia. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.

What is the nearest castle to Fortress Gripe?

Diocletian's Palace, about 1 km away.

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