Editing Solin (section)

===Middle Ages===
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In the 9th century, Duke [[Trpimir I of Croatia]] built a Benedictine monastery between [[Klis]] and Solin. Inscriptions dated to 852 from there are first known written record of the name of [[Croats]] in modern-day Croatian territory.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solin.hr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=52&Itemid=194|language=hr|title=Rižinice|publisher=City of Solin|access-date=24 December 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227011853/http://www.solin.hr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=52&Itemid=194|archive-date=27 February 2012}}</ref>

In the 10th century, Queen [[Helen I of Croatia|Helen (Jelena)]] had built two churches by the Jadro: the Church of St. Stephen and the Church of St. Mary. The Church of St. Stephen was [[Mausoleum of Croatian Kings|the burial place of a number of Croatian kings]] along with other nobility,<ref name="gospin-otok">{{cite web|url=http://www.solin.hr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50&Itemid=192|language=hr|title=Gospin otok|publisher=City of Solin|access-date=24 December 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120013412/http://www.solin.hr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50&Itemid=192|archive-date=20 January 2012}}</ref> It was destroyed by the [[Ottoman Turks]] in the 16th century. The nearby Church of Saint Mary was the burial site of [[Mihajlo Krešimir II]] and his wife Jelena, the benefactress.<ref name="gospin-otok"/>

In the 11th century, the [[Hollow Church|Church of Saint Peter and Moses]] (known today as "hollow church") was built north of Solin, near the two churches of Saint Mary and Stephen, in which [[Demetrius Zvonimir of Croatia|Demetrius Zvonimir]] was crowned as king of Dalmatia and Croatia.
{{Wide image|Solin sa Klisa.jpg|700px|View of the Split conurbation (with Solin in the foreground) from Klis|box width|center|alt=alt text}}