Kaštel Gomilica (Kaštela)

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Kaštel Gomilica is a town within the administrative area of Kaštela in Dalmatia, Croatia.
The town of Kaštela is located on the coast of the Bay of Kaštela. It has over 40 000 inhabitants, and it is the second largest town in the Split and Dalmatia County. It stretches over the length of 17 kilometers. Our town is specific because of the fact that it developed around 7 settlements or around castles. Kaštel Gomilica is second of 7 kastels from East.
Kaštel Gomilica was built in the first half of the 16th century by Benedictine nuns from Split, on the estate (Pustica) donated to them in 1078 by King Zvonimir of Croatia. They also consecrated the Romanesque church of Sts. Cosmas and Damian in 1160, and erected Catholic Monastery on a small island, that became today's Kaštilac.