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Šibenik and Knin County

The Sibenik and Knin county is primarily a rugged area stretching along the river Krka, with its seven waterfalls, lakes and picturesque canyons, and ends with the town of Sibenik. The Sibenik and Knin county stretches as far as the 240 islets and crags which make up the Kornati archipelago.

Sibenik, which alongside Drnis and Knin, is one of the economic, cultural and administrative centres of the county, developed on what was once a settlement mentioned as far back as 1066 in connection with King Petar Kresimir IV. This is why Sibenik is also known as Kresimir's Town. In the 13th century Sibenik was ruled by the Subici Bribirski family and it belonged to the Bosnian state, to Venice and to Austria until its fall in 1918. Alongside numerous monuments, it has the St. Jacob's Cathedral, which is the work of Juraj Dalmatinac. The foundation stone was laid in 1431; for the theatre building and monument of culture in 1870.

Since 1958 Sibenik had prided itself with the Children's Festival and it has excellent a capella ensembles, as well as brass bands. Drnis, first mentioned in 1494, is the centre of the coastal region located on the western side of Petrovo polje in the Drniska vrata. Knin, the ancient Croatian centre, connects the coast of Croatia to continental Croatia. Knin was once the seat of Croatia's high dignitaries and it was a diocese until the early 19th century. In 1990 Knin was the centre of the Serb rebellion.