Kaštela

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Kaštela is a series of seven towns in central Dalmatia, located northwest of Split, west of Solin and east of Trogir, in Croatia. They are part of the Split-Dalmatia county and are treated as a single city with a population of 34,103 (2001), although they are individually between 2,500 and 6,500 residents each.

The Kaštela (which is plural of Kaštel) include:

Kaštel Gomilica, 4,075
Kaštel Kambelovac, 4,505
Kaštel Lukšić, 4,880
Kaštel Novi, 5,309
Kaštel Stari, 6,448
Kaštel Sućurac, 6,236
Kaštel Štafilić, 2,650

The Kastela Riviera is a fertile area, about 20 kilometres in length, featuring the first Roman floating docks and 50 places on the long, verdant area, northwest of Split. It is divided into Gornja and Donja Kastela, and it consists of seven old and two relatively new settlements. The Kastela region with its Mediterranean tone, picturesque landscape and unique composition of natural beauty attracted people since prehistoric times. From ancient Greek sailors, Roman patricians, Croatian kings, rulers, Venetian royals to the present sun and sea lovers, as well as mysterious legacies from the past.

Once an ancient Greek port, a stopover point for Roman veterans and a summer place for Croatian kings is today a tourist resort, carrying the same name. Along its long sandy beach there are terraces and viewpoints, tennis and other sports grounds, surrounded by greenery of pine and tamaris trees.

The industrial zone is developed,and there's an aluminium extraction facility in the vicinity of Kaštel Sućurac and Resnik, the airport of Split, is also there. Present area of Kastela and its inland in the vicinity of ancient Salona were inhabited very early (the finds from the Roman and Old Croatian period).

The Jadro River (the original water supply for the ancient city of Diocletian's Palace)^[1] flows through the town of Solin and provides water supply to both Split and Kaštela. Contemporary studies indicate favourable water quality levels of the river near the headwaters at Jadro Spring.^[2] Certain other studies of hydrology and sedimentation have been conducted in this area.^[3]