Vitturi Castle

Vitturi Castle, locally known as Kaštel Vitturi, lies in the town of Kaštel Lukšić, in the county of Split-Dalmatia in Croatia.

After the fall of Bosnia to the Ottoman Empire in 1463, Dalmatia, being part of the Venetian Republic, faced the danger of Ottoman invasions. Local landowners; the Split Archbishopric, monasteries and nobles from Trogir and Split, therefore wished to protect their estates and the villagers working for them. So, during the following decades they started to build 17 fortifications and fortified 12 villages along the coast of the Kaštela Bay, between Trogir and Split.

Vitturi Castle was one of these fortifications. It was built by the noble Vitturi family from Trogir. Building commenced at the end of the 15th century, and it was finally completed in 1564.

The castle was the center of a village, which was itself fortified by a surrounding curtain wall with corner towers. Originally, there would have been a water-filled moat in front of the castle. After the danger of Turkic attack disappeared, that moat was filled in and replaced by a small square.

Vitturi Castle is now a local history museum and a venue for cultural events. It can be visited for a fee. A nice coastal village castle.

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