The beautiful Adriatic sea, somewhere in the middle of it`s Croatian coast, sneaked in between the island of Chiovo and the peninsula of Marjan, at the bottom of mauntain Kozjak, forming the bay of Kastela, positioned in the sun`s travelling path. The area between Kozjak and the sea, with its beauty, mildness and fertility has always attracted people. To the prehistoric man it gave shelter; centuries ago it was covered with villas and planted with mediterranean plants like vines and olives. The barbarians devasted it in the early middle ages. The Croats settled here in the seventh century and created here the centre of their state. Here they converted to christianity and built their settlements along the slopes of the Kozjak mountain. During the war with Turks they moved from the mountain villages towards fortifications erected by royals along the coast, in order to protect themselves and their peasants. Thus, 500 years ago, there was a significant development of some twenty castles, fortifications, of which nowadays only seven are preserved. Around them settlements were sprouting to finally merge together into the town of Kastela. Seven little stone pearls in one shell, the magic number 7 will always remain the simbol of richness and variety of our town.

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Prekrasno Jadransko more negdje po sredini svoje hrvatske obale ušuljalo se između otoka Čiovo i poluotoka Marjana podno planine Kozjak tvoreći Kaštelanski zaljev položen u smjeru sunčevog hoda. Prostor od Kozjaka do mora svojom je ljepotom, pitomošću i plodnošću oduvijek oduševljavao ljude. Prapovijesnom čovjeku pružio je prirodni zaklon i sigurno utočište. U antičko doba prekriven je vilama i oplemenjen mediteranskim kulturama, vinovom lozom i maslinom. Barbari ga pustoše u vrijeme kasne antike i ranog srednjeg vijeka. Hrvati doseljavaju u sedmom stoljeću i baš ovdje imaju sjedište svoje države. Tu primaju kršćanstvo i grade svoje naseobine po obroncima Kozjaka. Za vrijeme Turskih najezda sele se iz potkozjačkih sela uz utvrde pri samom moru koje grade plemići iz obližnjih gradova da zaštite sebe i svoje pučane. Tako prije 500 godina niče dvadesetak utvrda kaštela, a oko njih sedam oblikuju se naselja koja su rasla, razvijala se i konačno spojila u grad Kaštela. Sedam malih kamenih bisera u jednoj školjci, a magični broj 7 ostat će zauvijek simbol bogatstva i raznolikosti našeg grada.

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