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Vrgorac is a city in the Split-.Dalmatia County, in region
known as Imotska krajina in the hinterland, about 100 km
south-east from Split. 7,500
inhabitants, 2,200 in the town of the same name. Until 1910 the
name was spelled Vrhgorac (from which is obvious meaning of the
name "top of the mountain" that may not be so obvious
nowadays). First mentioned in documents in 1419. Of a very
important strategic position it was well fortified, but
nevertheless in second half of 15th century it was taken by Turks
and held over 200 years. After the liberation in 1690 the mosque
built where once stood a small chapel was again transformed into
a chruch, rebuilt in 1913. Today the city is interesting tourist
desitination for those who are fed up with coast and seek for
other things then sun and sea. The city is dominated by the seven
medieval fortified towers. The Coat of Arms
of Vrgorac shown on the web site <www.vrgorac.hr> is: gules
from a rock argent a massoned tower issuant and atop of it
sinister a tower topped with a mast flying a flag azure.
The flag seems to be light blue with the coat of arms in the
middle, but confirmation is necessary.
If this Coat of Arms is a modernization of a historical one or a
newly devised, I wouldn't know (althugh no Coat of Arms is shown
for Vrgorac in 1934 Laszowski book).
Željko Heimer, 5 July 2006
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image by Željko Heimer, 5 July 2006