Šibenik lies almost in the middle of the Croatian Adriatic Coast, in the picturesque and indented bay around the mouth of the river Krka, one of the most beautiful Karst rivers in Croatia.Today, Šibenik is the administrative, political, economic and cultural center of a county which stretches along the 100 kilometer long belt between the Zadar and Split Rivieras,
The town is surrounded by the fortresses of St. Michael, St. John and Šubićevac that, together with the fortress of St. Nicholas, make the symbol of the centuries long no subjugation of Šibenik, confirmed in the recent Fatherland War.
The St. Jacob’s, the cathedral of Šibenik, built for over a century, is a testimony of persistency, sacrifice and belief of the generations of inhabitants of Šibenik.
The cathedral and the nearby renaissance town hall, other churches, palaces, and the Prince’s Palace presently housing the County Museum, make probably the most beautiful town square of the Croatian urban heritage. In the 15th, and the 16th century Šibenik was among the Croatia’s most important centers of humanism and renaissance. They're lived and worked writers Juraj Šižgorić, Antun and Faust Vrančić, Petar Divnić and Ivan Polikarp Severitan, composers Ivan Šibenčanin, Julije Skjavetić and Ivan Lukačić, historian Dinko Zavorović, painters Nikola Vladanov and Juraj Čulinović, printers Martin Kolunić - Rota, Horacije Fortezza and Natal Bonifacij, and many sculptors and builders of the Juraj Matejev Dalmatian's circle.