Tourist attraction
Mirabela
Clifftop stone fortress that once sheltered swift pirate raiders inside a narrow river gorge.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Mirabela fortress above Omiš, near Split, begins at an arrow slit over the Cetina gorge, with the Kačić dukes who ruled the town below as a pirate stronghold in the early twelve hundreds. You'll hear what made their oar-driven raiding ships impossible to chase, and what they did around twelve twenty-one that turned a local nuisance into a matter for Rome. Best heard at the gap in the stone, with the river narrowing below you.
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