16-Riding the Napoleon route

The old core of Seget Donji is located inside the Seget castle, which is a valuable monument of Dalmatian urbanism. This place was created according to the plan in 1564 with the purpose of defending the population from the villages of the Trogir hinterland against the Ottoman conquests.
Trogir nobleman Jakov Rotundo received the permission of the Prince of Trogir to build a castle with four towers and three city entrances, which until the 17th century was called Kaštel Rotundo. What is very interesting is the way of construction, which resembles a reduced version of Split’s Diocletian’s Palace. The harmonious stone streets, houses, yards and benches make it especially charming.
From the top of the Vlaška hill opens a breath-taking panoramic view over Seget Donji, which looks like a closed stone box covered with irregular red roofs, from the centre of which rises the bell tower of the parish church of Our Lady of the Rosary, built in the middle of the 18th century. At the time of its construction, the settlement expanded beyond the castle, while at the same time Seget Gornji was formed in the hinterland of the town, with the settlement of defectors from the Turkish side. Today we can explore the surroundings on the trail of the former Napoleonic road built at the beginning of the 19th century during the French rule in these areas.