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Trogir and its suburbs

Important determinant of the history of Trogir lies in position itself. Historic nucleus is situated on a sand bank in the sea strait between the mainland and the island of Čiovo. As this space is extremely restricted, necessity for spatial development of Trogir appeared soon. It was possible by heaping up marshy shallows to the west of the historical nucleus. Already in the 13th century a suburb developed there, firstly with wooden houses that were lately replaced by ones in stone. The suburb was named Pasike, which is an old Slavic toponym for subsequently cultivated terrain. Due to the restricted space and the evaporation from surrounding marshy shallows, health and ecological conditions on an islet were poor and the town was endangered to be abandoned. The banks of Čiovo, across the town, were most attractive. Starting from the 14th century communal policy was trying to stop an irrepressible process of settling that part of Čiovo. The earliest documents mentioning the settlement named Otok (Island) and its inhabitants date from the 15th century. The network of old routes and churches had a primal role in the genesis of this spacious suburb. On the mainland, a fertile field spreads which remained preserved of construction during the centuries. It seems, however, that there were some houses belonging to the cultivators of surrounding fields and gardens. Archival sources mention these inhabitants, and in the 15th century this part was also considered as a part of the town and was named Vrtal (Gardens). Today there are no traces of those houses. They were probably destroyed in a precaution during Turkish menace, just as was destroyed the Franciscan monastery, which could have become, as it is usual, a nucleus of eventual urbanisation. This research is based on examination of archival documents, old plans and maps that are compared with contemporary urban state and topographic surveying. It is also compared with other researches dealing with urban history of Dalmatian cities.

Trogir, suburbs, spatial development

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