Professional Documents
Culture Documents
In April and May 2003, in the exhibi- unsolved ownerships and lack of cadas- 77, 76, 142, 125; the cadastar collection
tion hall of the States Archives in Zadar, tral records, the general principal Franc- of the Kurir family No. 105; geographical
the States Archives in Zadar organized esco Grimani adopts the provision on land and topographical maps No. 207, 41; the
an exhibition of the land-registry collec- restructuring in Dalmatia on 25th April general principal, Francesco Grimanis
tion Grimani, on the occasion of the Za- 1756. This provision was named The notice of 25th April 1756. At the end of
dar County days and the Archives week. Grimani Law. The law regulated the fol- the 19th century, the archivist E. Bottner
The authors of this exhibition were Denis lowing: newly acquired land belongs to the created this collection, inventory and al-
Martinoviæ, Suzana Martinoviæ and Anki- state and as such it can not be estranged. phabetical directory by places.
ca Strmota.
The Grimanis maps contain borders The States Archives in cooperation
In 18th century, while Dalmatia was between certain places, villages and pri- with the authors of the exhibition pub-
under the Venetian Republic, due to the vate land in details. They were very im- lished a catalogue of the exhibition in
portant in border disputes and in defining Croatian. The catalogues dimensions are
of ownership as well as in marking the 30 × 14,5 cm. It has 16 pages and it is
borders between individuals and places. divided in two parts. The first part de-
scribes historic genesis of the Grimani
The Archival records The Grimani
maps, while the second part contains the
Maps contain 535 maps, 51 different
maps from the exhibition, described in
sketches and 3 books of letters from the
details, some of them illustrated also.
public meter technicians sent to the prin-
cipal from the field. Maps for the area of The Grimani cadastar collection is
Zemunik, Jagodnja and Islam Grèki are entirely well preserved, and its value lies
missing. The exhibition showed the maps not only in land-register sense, but it is
number: 505, 134, 47, 269, 266, 42, 378, also important for studying of contempo-
378/1, 248, 238, 152, 80, 275, 108, 290/ rary history of the Venetian Province of
III/1, 270/III, 290/II, 290/IV, 290/VI, 213, Dalmatia.
194/III, 124, 202, 32, 293, 207, 94, 160,
218, 86, 381, 44, 189, 220/I, 220, 77/I, Petra Petriæ
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The exhibition of cadastral maps The Zadar make them the most valuable ar- There was the so-called Candia War
Imotska Krajina on Geographical Maps chive in Croatia, and from it a part of geo- (1645-1669), and the well-known ballade
and Cadastral Plans took place in the graphical maps and cadastral plans which Hasanaginica originated in the region of
exhibition hall of the State Archive in Za- represent the Imotska Krajina was select- Imotski at that time. The next was the so-
dar in May, 2004. The exhibition was or- ed. More than 50 exhibits were selected called Morea War (1684-1699), during
ganized by the department of Matica Hr- from the State Archive in Zadar in the fol- which the cities Makarska, Zadvarje, Sinj,
vatska from Imotski, as well as the State lowing funds: Geographical and Topo- Knin, Vrlika and Vrgorac were released
Archive in Zadar. Milan Glibota, Suzana graphical Maps, Miscellanea, Maps Grim- and thus the border to the Ottoman Em-
Martinoviæ, Ivica Raov and Zvonko Ba- ani, Map Collection of the Family Corir, pire was defined, and the so-called Linea
biæ were the authors of this exhibition. It Writings of the General Providurs and the Grimani established. The Venetians
was organized during the Week of the Cadastral Maps of Dalmatia. The exhib- called the new conquered area Acquisto
Archive, which take place annually. The its are important for the research of bor- Nuovo (The New Conquest). The 3rd war,
number of cadastral plans kept at the ders, toponomy, structure of the soil, state the so-called Small War (1716-1718) end-
State Archive in Zadar is larger than those and development of hydrographic net- ed with the Peace of Poarevac. After
of the Kninska Krajina and Sinjska Kraji- works and traffic routes, as well as land banishing the Turks, todays border was
na, and also many inhabitants originat- use in the Imotska Krajina during the pro- created to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Lin-
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ing from the Imotski region live in Zadar duction of these maps and cadastral ea Mocenigo), and the Imotska Krajina
and look for their roots at the Archive. The plans. was called at that time Acquisto Nuovis-
department of Matica Hrvatska from Imo- simo (The Newest Conquest) by the
At the opening of the exhibition the
tski was engaged for the publication of this Venetians. With this peace, the Venetian
president of the department of Matica
material unknown so far, which is kept at Empire lost the entire peninsula Morea
Hrvatske from Imotski, Milan Glibota, and
the State Archive in Zadar. (Peloponnes) and got only the Imotska
the president of the Management Com-
Krajina. Thus at that time it was laughful-
The content and number of carto- mittee of kolska knjiga in Zagreb, Ante
ly noticed that the Venetians lost a King-
graphical sources of the State Archive in uul, held a speech, besides the direc-
dom (Morea) for a mosquito, with allu-
tor of the State Archive in
sion on the word similarity of Italian Mo-
Zadar, Slavko Raov. An ap-
sca (= mosquito) and Imotski (Imotschi ~
propriate catalogue was pro-
Mosca). The valley of Imotski was from
vided in Croatian, in the size
that time split in two approximately equally
of 30 × 14.5 cm, 20 pages
large halves, the Dalmatian part of todays
with coloured illustrations.
Croatia and the Herzegovinian part, the
The introductory text is by
so-called Bekija (from Turkish the rest),
Milan Glibota, while the au-
todays Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is in-
thors are Suzana Martinoviæ
teresting that the border runs in a way
and Milan Glibota.
around the city of Imotski as far as a can-
The Imotska Krajina, in non of the fortress Imotski in that time
the border area to Bosnia and could have an shot, therefore today there
Hercegovina as well as Dal- is still a semicircular border around the
matia, had a turbulent past. city.
The Byzantine emperor Con-
These wars devastated the Imotska
stantin Porphyrogennetos
Krajina economically and demographical-
described in approx. 950
ly, as a consequence of mass emigrations.
A.D. for the first time the Im-
After the reconquest of the Imotska Kraji-
otska Krajina as a region of
na, the providur Mocenigo took care for
the old Croatian municipality
repopulation with the goal that with the
district Imota as the third of
introduction of a legally secured real es-
the sequence of altogether
tate system of the settling areas the bor-
eleven municipality districts
der would also have been secured. The
of the Dalmatian Croatia. The
origins of land surveying for installing a
Imotska Krajina probably be-
land registry of the new conquest began
came ruled by the Ottoman
in 1721, up to the definite installation of
Empire around 1493, thus in
the Grimani Cadastre (1748-1756). With
the same year as the, so fa-
the introduction of the Grimani Laws in
tal for Croatia, battle of Krba-
1756, the right to further process agricul-
va took place. During the pe-
tural goods of assigned possession be-
riod 16451718, there were
came legal.
three large wars between the
Turks and the Venetians. Mario Æapin
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U dvorani Dravnog arhiva u Zadru jedanaest upa u Dalmatinskoj Hrvatskoj. Imotsku krajinu, pa je u to doba nastala
bila je u svibnju 2004. postavljena izloba Imotska krajina je pod tursku vlast, vjero- rugalica da je izgubila kraljevstvo (More-
katastarskih karata Imotska krajina na jatno, dospjela 1493. godine, dakle iste ju), a dobila muhu (Imotschi - mosca na
zemljopisnim kartama i katastarskim pla- godine kada se zbivala za Hrvatsku sud- talijanskom znaèi muha). Samo Imotsko
novima iz Dravnog arhiva u Zadru. Izlo- bonosna Krbavska bitka. Izmeðu 1645. i polje podijeljeno je na dva gotovo jednaka
bu su organizirali ogranak Matice hrvatske 1718. voðena su tri velika rata izmeðu dijela, dalmatinski je dio zadrao stari
Imotski i Dravni arhiv u Zadru. Autori Turaka i Mleèana. Kandijski rat (1645- naziv, a hercegovaèki je nazvan Bekija
izlobe bili su Milan Glibota, Suzana Ma- 1669) za kojeg je vrijedno spomenuti da (prema turskom ostatak). Zanimljivo je da
rtinoviæ, Ivica Raov i Zvonko Babiæ. Izlo- je upravo u tom kraju i u to doba nastala je granica iznad Imotskog povuèena pre-
ba je prireðena prigodom Tjedna arhiva narodna balada Hasanaginica. Morejski ma tome dokle je top mogao dobaciti.
koji se obiljeava svake godine, a Imotska rat (1684-1699) tijekom kojeg su oslobo- Ti su ratovi gospodarski i demografski
krajina je izabrana iz nekoliko razloga. Po ðena Makarska, Zadvarje, Sinj, Knin Vrli- potpuno opustoili Imotsku krajinu i uzro-
broju katastarskih planova i karata pred- ka i Vrgorac, pa je kao granica s osman- kovali masovne seobe ljudi. Nakon osva-
njaèi pred Kninskom i Sinjskom krajinom, skom vladavinom uspostavljena tzv. Linea janja Imotske krajine generalni providur
a u Zadru ive brojni Imoæani koji svoje Grimani, to su je Mleèani kao novoosvo- Mocenigo zauzeo se za njezino nase-
korijene trae i kroz te arhivske izvore. jeno podruèje nazvali acquisto nuovo ljavanje, s ciljem da s uspostavljanjem
Ogranak Matice hrvatske iz Imotskog se,
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(nova steèevina). Te treæi rat (1716-1718), sustava imovinsko pravnih odnosa po-
uz to, znaèajno angairao na objavljivanju tzv. Mali rat, koji je zavrio Poarevaèkim novno doseljenih ljudi uèvrsti granicu.
takve, javnosti do sada gotovo nepoznate
graðe koju èuva zadarski Dravni arhiv.
Dravni arhiv u Zadru je po vrijednosti
i broju kartografskih izvora najbogatiji
arhiv u Hrvatskoj, iz kojeg je izdvojen dio
geografskih karata i katastarskih planova
koje prikazuju Imotsku krajinu. Za tu je
priliku odabrano vie od 50 izloaka koji
se u zadarskom arhivu èuvaju u fondo-
vima Geografske i topografske karte, Mis-
cellanea, Mape Grimani, Kartografska zbir-
ka obitelji Corir, Spisi generalnih providura
i Katastarske mape Dalmacije. Znaèajni
su za prouèavanje granica, toponomasti-
ke, strukture zemljinog prostora, stanja i
promjene hidrografske mree te razvoja
prometne, kao i naèina koritenja zemlji-
ta u Imotskoj krajini u vrijeme nastanka
tih karata i katastarskih planova.
Uz ravnatelja Dravnog arhiva grada
Zadra, Slavka Raova, na otvaranju izlo-
be govorili su i predsjednik ogranka Mati-
ce hrvatske Imotskoga, Milan Glibota, te
predsjednik Upravnog odbora kolske
knjige u Zagrebu, Ante uul. Prigodan
katalog izlobe je velièine 30 × 14,5 cm,
ima 20 stranica s ilustracijama u boji, a
napisan je na hrvatskom jeziku. Uvodni Cadastral map, no. 106 - Imotski. State Archive Zadar, sign. 106.
tekst napisao je Milan Glibota, a autori Katastarska mapa, br. 106 - Imotski. Dravni arhiv Zadar, sign. 106.
kataloga su Suzana Martinoviæ i Milan
Glibota.
Imotska krajina je smjetena na tro- mirom. Nakon protjerivanja Turaka uspos- Katastar nove steèevine zapoèelo se raditi
meðu Bosne, Hercegovine i Dalmacije, a tavljena je dananja granica prema Bosni jo 1721. sve do uspostave Grimanijeva
kao pogranièni kraj imala je burnu pro- i Hercegovini (Linea Mocenigo), a Imotska katastra (1748-1756). Nakon donoenje
lost. Bizantinski car Konstantin Porfiroge- krajina je tada od Mleèana nazvana acqu- Grimanijeva zakona iz 1756. priznaje se
net oko 950. god. prvi put spominje Imot- isto nuovissimo (najnovija steèevina). Tim pravo daljnje obrade zemljita dosada-
sku krajinu kao prostor starohrvatske u- mirom Mletaèka je Republika izgubila njim obraðivaèima.
pe Imota, kao treæu po redu izmeðu Peloponez (Moreju), a dobila je samo Mario Æapin
Conferences and Exhibitions KiG 2007, 8
Exhibition titled Knin Area on Maps tradition. The Venetians divided the con- picturesque, while plans only represent-
and Cadastral Plans from the State Ar- quered land among the inhabitants. The ing land parcels were not exhibited.
chive in Zadar at the exhibition hall of the distribution of the land was accompanied
The State Archive published the ex-
State Archive in Zadar in September by production of a cadastre which includ-
hibition catalogue in collaboration with
2005. Part of cadastral plans and maps ed a cadastral list and a cadastral map.
article authors Milan Glibota and Suzana
from various funds of the State Archive
Numerous maps and cadastral plans Martinoviæ. The catalogue is 30 × 14.5 cm
representing the Knin border were pre-
of the Knin border are kept at the State in size, it has 16 pages with detailed texts
sented at the exhibition.
Archive in Zadar. Representations from about the history of the Knin area, and
Through history, due to its geograph- following archive funds were used for the several colour illustrations.
ical spread, the Knin area has one of the exhibition:
Maps and cadastral plans exhibited
most important strategic military positions,
1. Geographic and Topographic Maps at this exhibition enables one to follow the
and its administrative centre was, also at
spatial arrangement and development of
a strategic position, on a narrow hill of Sv. 2. Miscellanea
the settlement, the hydrographic network
Spas, the ancient city of Knin. In 1932,
3. Mappae Grimani and the changes caused by natural move-
unearthed evidence of Knins existence
4. Venetian dragoman ment of waters. They also contain lost of
in the Iron Age, as well as the Antique and
old oronyms and toponyms and represen-
172 Early Croatian period, and excavations 5. Cadastral Maps of Dalmatia tations of transport network and other in-
from surroundings witness numerous
Most of cadastral plans of Knin are frastructure. Therefore, they are an un-
kings reigns and battles fought on that
kept at the archive fund Mappae Grima- failing source for studying history, geog-
geostrategic and historically important
ni, out of which 53 exhibits were select- raphy, cartography and cadastre of the
area. The Turkish Empire ruled the area
ed. Exhibits which represent the relief, Knin area.
the longest, and was subdued by Venice
after 160 years. Venice established its houses and borders of cadastral units
administration, but with respect to local were selected because they are more Kristina Milinoviæ
Strmica and Grab. State Archive Zadar, sign. Mape Grimani, no. 403.
Strmica i Grab. Dravni arhiv Zadar, sign. Mape Grimani, br. 403.
KiG 2007, 8 Skupovi i izlobe
U izlobenoj dvorani Dravnog arhiva 160 godina vladavine, pokorila Venecija Odabrani su oni izloci koji prikazuju reljef,
u Zadru u rujnu 2005. godine odrana je koja je tu uspostavila svoju upravu, ali uz kuæe i granice katastarskih jedinica jer su
izloba pod naslovom Kninsko podruèje potovanje podruène tradicije. Zemljita slikovitiji, dok planovi koji prikazuju samo
na zemljopisnim kartama i katastarskim na osvojenom podruèju Mleèani su dijelili zemljine èestice nisu bili izloeni.
planovima iz Dravnog arhiva u Zadru. naseljenom puèanstvu. To dijeljenje je
Dravni arhiv je u suradnji s autorima
Na izlobi je prikazan dio katastarskih popratila izrada katastra koji je ukljuèivao
èlanaka Milanom Glibotom i Suzanom
planova i geografskih karata iz raznih katastarski popis i katastarsku kartu.
Martinoviæ izdao i prigodni katalog izlobe.
fondova Dravnog arhiva, na kojim je
U dravnom arhivu u Zadru èuva se Katalog je velièine 30 × 14,5 cm, ima 16
prikazano podruèje Kninske krajine.
u raznim arhivskim fondovima veæi broj stranica na kojima su tekstovi s detaljnim
Kninsko podruèje je kroz povijest, geografskih karata i katastarskih planova povijesnim prikazom kninskog podruèja,
zbog svog geografskog rasprostiranja, podruèja Kninske krajine. Za ovu izlobu i nekoliko ilustracija u boji.
bilo jedno od najvanijih stratekih vojnih koriteni su prikazi iz sljedeæih arhivskih
Karte i katastarski planovi izloeni na
poloaja, a kao upravno sredite mu je, fondova:
ovoj izlobi omoguæuju praæenje prostor-
na takoðer strateki postavljenom mjestu,
1. Geografske i topografske karte nog rasporeda i razvitka naselja, hidro-
na strmom i klisurastom brdu Sv. Spasa,
grafske mree i promjena uslijed prirod-
bio drevni grad Knin. Arheolozi su 1932. 2. Miscellanea
nog kretanja voda. Na njima je takoðer
godine na tom brdu iskopali dokaze o
3. Mape Grimani upisano mnotvo starih oronima i topo- 173
postojanju Knina u eljezno doba, te u
nima te prikazana prometna mrea i osta-
antièkom i starohrvatskom razdoblju, a 4. Mletaèki dragoman
la infrastruktura, pa su zato nepresuan
iskopine iz okolice govore o brojnim vla-
5. Katastarske mape Dalmacije izvor za prouèavanje povijesti, geografije,
davinama kraljeva i voðenim bitkama na
kartografije i katastra kninskog podruèja.
tom geostratekom i povijesno vanom Najveæi broj katastarskih planova
podruèju. Najdulje je tim podruèjem vla- Knina èuva se u arhivskom fondu Mape
dalo Tursko carstvo koje je nakon oko Grimani iz kojega je odabrano 53 izloka. Kristina Milinoviæ
Cadastral map, no. 267 - Knin, Knin field and Vrpolje. State Archive Zadar, sign. 267.
Katastarska mapa, br. 267 - Knin, Kninsko polje i Vrpolje. Dravni arhiv Zadar, sign. 267.