Zagvozd

Zagvozd is a municipality in Croatia in the Split-Dalmatia County. It has a population of 1,642 (2001 census), 99% which are Croats.

Zagvozd celebrates its municipal day on July 16 to coincide with the local celebration of the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. [ [http://www.dalmacija.hr/Default.aspx?TabID=232&newsType=ArticleView&articleId=71&Issue=5 Zagvozd Day] ]

History

Zagvozd was the site of a 1945 massacre of 18 friars and civilians. [http://www.jutarnji.hr/clanak/art-2007,10,7,zagvozd_pokop,93234.jl Zagvozd: Franciscans killed in 1945 were buried] , Jutarnji list] Their remains were discovered in 2005.. DNA analysis in Split revealed the identities of three of the victims as Franciscan friars from the town of Široki Brijeg. [ [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2080568 Skeletal Remains from World War II Mass Grave: from Discovery to Identification] , Croatian Medical Journal] In 2007, the 15 unidentified bodies were buried in Zagvozd while the identified friars were buried in their native Široki Brijeg.

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