| Sinj,
a town in the region of the Cetina river
(Cetinjska Krajina), 34 km northeast of
Split; elevation 326 m; population 11,378.
Chief occupations include farming, livestock
breeding,
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threads factory, plastic masses, building
trade and tourism (religious). Sinj is
situated at the intersection of the main
road (M6.02, E71) Knin - Split and the
regional road towards the border with
the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Livno).
The altar with an inscription referring
to Genio Osiniatium dates back from the
ancient Roman period. In Citluk, near
Sinj, there is a site with the ruins and
excavations of the Roman Aequum. The sources
from the 14th century mention a Franciscan
monastery and the church of St. Mary,
later destroyed by the Turks. I. F. Macanovic
initiated the construction of the parish
church of Our Lady of Sinj in 1698. Collapsed
on several occasions, the church was restored
at the end of the 18th century, when the
Franciscan monastery was attached to it.
The sacristy holds a Gothic chalice from
1402, and the church keeps the painting
of the Miraculous Lady of Sinj (a Venetian
piece of art from the 17th c.). The Franciscan
mo-na-stery accommodates rich ethnographic,
archaeological (monumental plastics from
Aequum) collections as well as a natural
science collection. The Kamicak fortress
above the city was constructed by Ignacije
Macanovic at the beginning of the 18th
century. The public city areas are decorated
with the Mestrovic's bust of Dinko Simunovic
and the Monument to the Alkar (the local
tilter) from 1965 as well as with the
bronze main gate of the church of Our
Lady of Sinj (1987) by Stipe Sikirica.
- The Museum of Ce-tin-ska Krajina holds
tilter, ethnographic and archaeological
collections.
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