{"id":4832,"date":"2021-10-11T19:42:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T19:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.gloriathemes.com\/loquet\/demo\/?page_id=4832"},"modified":"2026-07-07T19:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:29:07","slug":"povijest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/en\/povijest\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4832\" class=\"elementor elementor-4832\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0741571 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0741571\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ece2afe\" data-id=\"ece2afe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aea7108 elementor-widget elementor-widget-loquet-timeline-widget\" data-id=\"aea7108\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"loquet-timeline-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gt-timeline gt-style-2 gt-light\"><ul><li><div class=\"gt-top-content\"><div class=\"gt-photo\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"413\" height=\"290\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%203%202%27%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full gt-lazy-load\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1715-1.png\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1715-1.png 413w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1715-1-300x211.png 300w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1715-1-250x176.png 250w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gt-year\">1715<\/div><div class=\"gt-title-wrapper\"><div class=\"gt-title\">Beginnings<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-bottom-content\"><div class=\"gt-desc\"><div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<p>The Sinj Alka is a unique equestrian chivalric competition in Europe, held every year in the month of August in Sinj. It is run in remembrance of the famous battle of 1715, the Siege of Sinj, in which the people of Sinj, from the 7th to the 15th of August, valiantly resisted the Ottoman invader, and in honor of Our Lady of Sinj, who on that occasion, on the feast of Her Assumption, preserved the town from falling into enemy hands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"gt-top-content\"><div class=\"gt-title-wrapper\"><div class=\"gt-title\">Chivalric competitions<\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-year\">1784<\/div><div class=\"gt-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%203%202%27%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full gt-lazy-load\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-7.jpg\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-7.jpg 2000w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-7-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-7-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-7-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-7-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-7-415x277.jpg 415w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-7-650x434.jpg 650w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-7-250x167.jpg 250w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-bottom-content\"><div class=\"gt-desc\"><div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<p>Having emerged in the early 18th century, it is a continuation \u2014 and the only remaining survivor \u2014 of the numerous chivalric competitions once held in the larger towns of Dalmatia, the most famous of which took place in Zadar (until 1820), Imotski (until around 1840), and Makarska (until 1832). In the second half of the 18th century, Ivan Lovri\u0107 of Sinj mentioned the custom of holding ancient equestrian tournaments in Dalmatia, while the oldest direct written mention of the Sinj Alka dates from 1784. These are three sonnets and one ode composed in Italian by the Split physician and musician Julije Bajamonti.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"gt-top-content\"><div class=\"gt-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%203%202%27%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full gt-lazy-load\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1798.jpg\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1798.jpg 2000w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1798-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1798-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1798-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1798-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1798-415x277.jpg 415w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1798-650x434.jpg 650w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1798-250x167.jpg 250w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gt-year\">1798<\/div><div class=\"gt-title-wrapper\"><div class=\"gt-title\">Oldest document<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-bottom-content\"><div class=\"gt-desc\"><div class=\"main-slide\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"main-slide\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<p>The oldest document found to date is a letter that, on 10 February 1798, following the fall of Venice, the Austrian commissioner for the newly annexed territories sent to the then commander of Sinj, Colonel Jakov Grabovac, informing him that the Court Commission had approved the continued holding of the Alka in the Cetina region. From that same year comes the ceremonial speech of the Austrian commissioner for \"Istria, Dalmatia, and Albania,\" Carnea Steffanea, delivered after a ceremonial Alka held on 14 May in his honor. Calling the Alka a \"dazzling spectacle,\" he praised the people of Sinj and the winner of that Alka, Stjepan Vuleti\u0107, encouraging them to preserve the custom of its playing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"gt-top-content\"><div class=\"gt-title-wrapper\"><div class=\"gt-title\">Venetian and Austrian Times<\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-year\">1901<\/div><div class=\"gt-photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%203%202%27%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full gt-lazy-load\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-9.jpg\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-9.jpg 2000w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-9-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-9-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-9-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-9-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-9-415x277.jpg 415w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-9-650x434.jpg 650w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-9-250x167.jpg 250w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-bottom-content\"><div class=\"gt-desc\"><div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<p>The history of the Alka shows that in ancient times, in the 18th and early 19th centuries, during the Venetian and early Austrian period, it was run throughout the year in a somewhat different manner than today. Namely, the regular annual Alka, with a prescribed state prize for the champion, was run on Shrove Tuesday. Then, for the Feast of the Assumption, the greatest holiday of Sinj, an ordinary Alka was held, and it was also known to be run on various other festive occasions. For these two Alka events, the prize was provided by the local regional commanders. Besides the Alka as it exists today, in ancient times there also existed another, more complex form of the Alka \u2014 the Alka with godfathers, where each alkar was accompanied and represented in everything by a godfather on horseback as well, though this manner of holding the Alka ceased to exist sometime before the mid-19th century.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"gt-top-content\"><div class=\"gt-photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%203%202%27%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full gt-lazy-load\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-10.jpg\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-10.jpg 2000w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-10-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-10-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-10-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-10-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-10-415x277.jpg 415w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-10-650x434.jpg 650w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-10-250x167.jpg 250w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gt-year\">1916<\/div><div class=\"gt-title-wrapper\"><div class=\"gt-title\">Assumption Day<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-bottom-content\"><div class=\"gt-desc\"><div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<p>The regular annual Alka, state-funded since 1849, was customarily run on 18 August, the birthday of Emperor Franz Joseph I, which effectively merged it with the ordinary Alka held for the Feast of the Assumption, while ceremonial, special-occasion Alka events became rarer. From the accession of Emperor Charles I to the throne in 1916, it was run on his birthday, 17 August, and after the end of the First World War, in interwar Yugoslavia, on the first Sunday following the Assumption. For a time, this day remained the day the Alka was held after the Second World War as well, under socialist Yugoslavia, before it was later moved to the first Sunday in the month of August, as it is today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"gt-top-content\"><div class=\"gt-title-wrapper\"><div class=\"gt-title\">Double Alka<\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-year\">1818<\/div><div class=\"gt-photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%203%202%27%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full gt-lazy-load\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-11.jpg\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-11.jpg 2000w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-11-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-11-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-11-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-11-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-11-415x277.jpg 415w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-11-650x434.jpg 650w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-11-250x167.jpg 250w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-bottom-content\"><div class=\"gt-desc\"><div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<p>Let us mention a few more remarkable dates and figures from the history of the Alka. In 1818, before Emperor and King Francis I, the Alka was performed twice, at a time when he was staying in Sinj during the month of May. This was also a revived Alka, since it had not been held in recent years of French rule (from around 1811), due to that regime's disinclination toward such old-fashioned festivities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"gt-top-content\"><div class=\"gt-photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%203%202%27%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full gt-lazy-load\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-12.jpg\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-12.jpg 2000w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-12-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-12-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-12-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-12-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-12-415x277.jpg 415w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-12-650x434.jpg 650w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-12-250x167.jpg 250w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gt-year\">1838<\/div><div class=\"gt-title-wrapper\"><div class=\"gt-title\">King Frederick Augustus II<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-bottom-content\"><div class=\"gt-desc\"><div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<p>In 1838, a ceremonial Alka was held in honor of a distinguished foreign guest, King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, and on 28 March 1842, an Alka was held in honor of the arrival in Sinj of the Austrian Archduke Albert. That same year, on 22 October, an Alka was held in honor of the arrival in Sinj of another Austrian archduke, Franz Karl. In 1875, on 18 May, an extraordinary ceremonial Alka was held on the occasion of the stay of Emperor and King Franz Joseph I in Sinj. The Emperor presented the champion, Mate Boni\u0107, with a golden ring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"gt-top-content\"><div class=\"gt-title-wrapper\"><div class=\"gt-title\">The Alka racecourse<\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-year\">1875<\/div><div class=\"gt-photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%203%202%27%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full gt-lazy-load\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-13.jpg\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-13.jpg 2000w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-13-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-13-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-13-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-13-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-13-415x277.jpg 415w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-13-650x434.jpg 650w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-13-250x167.jpg 250w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-bottom-content\"><div class=\"gt-desc\"><div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<p>The Alka racecourse in 1875, for the Alka held in honor of Emperor Franz Joseph I's visit to Sinj.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"gt-top-content\"><div class=\"gt-photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%203%202%27%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full gt-lazy-load\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-1.jpg\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-1.jpg 2000w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-1-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-1-415x277.jpg 415w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-1-650x434.jpg 650w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-1-250x167.jpg 250w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gt-year\">1875<\/div><div class=\"gt-title-wrapper\"><div class=\"gt-title\">Franjo Josip 1<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-bottom-content\"><div class=\"gt-desc\"><div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<p>Alkars and alkar squires escorted Franz Joseph I to his temporary lodging in the Tripalo house on \u017dankova glavica. Both photographs are the work of Nikola Androvi\u0107, published in an album dedicated to the journey of Emperor Franz Joseph I through Dalmatia in 1875.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"gt-top-content\"><div class=\"gt-title-wrapper\"><div class=\"gt-title\">Ceremonial Alka<\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-year\">1887<\/div><div class=\"gt-photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%203%202%27%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full gt-lazy-load\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-15.jpg\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-15.jpg 2000w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-15-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-15-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-15-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-15-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-15-415x277.jpg 415w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-15-650x434.jpg 650w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-15-250x167.jpg 250w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-bottom-content\"><div class=\"gt-desc\"><div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<p>In 1887, on 14 August, a ceremonial Alka was held in honor of the 200th anniversary of the arrival and bringing of Our Lady's image from Rama. The champion was Nikola Cerini\u0107, who received as a prize a specially commissioned golden medal, minted by the Sinj municipality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"gt-top-content\"><div class=\"gt-photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%203%202%27%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full gt-lazy-load\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-16.jpg\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-16.jpg 2000w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-16-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-16-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-16-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-16-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-16-415x277.jpg 415w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-16-650x434.jpg 650w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-16-250x167.jpg 250w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gt-year\">1965<\/div><div class=\"gt-title-wrapper\"><div class=\"gt-title\">Predsjednik Tito na Alki<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-bottom-content\"><div class=\"gt-desc\"><div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<p>Heads of state have also been patrons of the Alka. In 1965, the jubilee 250th Alka was attended by the President of Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"gt-top-content\"><div class=\"gt-title-wrapper\"><div class=\"gt-title\">President Tu\u0111man at the Alka<\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-year\">1992<\/div><div class=\"gt-photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%203%202%27%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full gt-lazy-load\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-17.jpg\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-17.jpg 2000w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-17-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-17-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-17-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-17-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-17-415x277.jpg 415w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-17-650x434.jpg 650w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-17-250x167.jpg 250w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-bottom-content\"><div class=\"gt-desc\"><div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1990, 1992, and 1997, the Alka was attended by the President of the Republic of Croatia, Dr. Franjo Tu\u0111man.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"gt-top-content\"><div class=\"gt-photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%203%202%27%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full gt-lazy-load\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-18.jpg\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-18.jpg 2000w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-18-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-18-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-18-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-18-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-18-415x277.jpg 415w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-18-650x434.jpg 650w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-18-250x167.jpg 250w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gt-year\">2009<\/div><div class=\"gt-title-wrapper\"><div class=\"gt-title\">Predsjednik Mesi\u0107 na Alki<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-bottom-content\"><div class=\"gt-desc\"><div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<p>President Stjepan Mesi\u0107 attended the Alka in 2007 and 2009.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"gt-top-content\"><div class=\"gt-title-wrapper\"><div class=\"gt-title\">Predsjednik Josipovi\u0107 na Alki<\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-year\">2014<\/div><div class=\"gt-photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%203%202%27%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full gt-lazy-load\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Josipovic-na-Alki.jpg\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Josipovic-na-Alki.jpg 2000w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Josipovic-na-Alki-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Josipovic-na-Alki-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Josipovic-na-Alki-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Josipovic-na-Alki-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Josipovic-na-Alki-415x277.jpg 415w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Josipovic-na-Alki-650x434.jpg 650w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Josipovic-na-Alki-250x167.jpg 250w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-bottom-content\"><div class=\"gt-desc\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Ivo Josipovi\u0107 attended the Alka in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"gt-top-content\"><div class=\"gt-photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%203%202%27%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full gt-lazy-load\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-20.jpg\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-20.jpg 2000w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-20-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-20-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-20-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-20-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-20-415x277.jpg 415w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-20-650x434.jpg 650w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-20-250x167.jpg 250w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gt-year\">2019<\/div><div class=\"gt-title-wrapper\"><div class=\"gt-title\">Predsjednica Grabar Kitarovi\u0107 na Alki<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-bottom-content\"><div class=\"gt-desc\"><div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovi\u0107 attended the Alka in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"gt-top-content\"><div class=\"gt-title-wrapper\"><div class=\"gt-title\">Predsjednik Milanovi\u0107 na Alki<\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-year\">2025<\/div><div class=\"gt-photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"996\" height=\"562\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%203%202%27%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full gt-lazy-load\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/predsjednik-na-alki.webp\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/predsjednik-na-alki.webp 996w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/predsjednik-na-alki-300x169.webp 300w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/predsjednik-na-alki-768x433.webp 768w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/predsjednik-na-alki-415x234.webp 415w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/predsjednik-na-alki-650x367.webp 650w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/predsjednik-na-alki-250x141.webp 250w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 996px) 100vw, 996px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-bottom-content\"><div class=\"gt-desc\"><div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Zoran Milanovi\u0107 attended the Alka in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2033, and 2024 and 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 307th Sinj Alka, together with Slovenian President Borut Pahor<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 308th Sinj Alka, with Hungarian President Katalin Nov\u00e1k<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 309th Sinj Alka, with Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"gt-top-content\"><div class=\"gt-photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%203%202%27%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full gt-lazy-load\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-21.jpg\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-21.jpg 2000w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-21-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-21-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-21-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-21-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-21-415x277.jpg 415w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-21-650x434.jpg 650w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-21-250x167.jpg 250w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gt-year\">2015<\/div><div class=\"gt-title-wrapper\"><div class=\"gt-title\">300. Alka<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-bottom-content\"><div class=\"gt-desc\"><div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2015, the jubilee, three-hundredth Sinj Alka was held. The champion was Frano Ivkovi\u0107.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"gt-top-content\"><div class=\"gt-title-wrapper\"><div class=\"gt-title\">Alka in Vukovar<\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-year\">2017<\/div><div class=\"gt-photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%203%202%27%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full gt-lazy-load\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-22.jpg\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-22.jpg 2000w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-22-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-22-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-22-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-22-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-22-415x277.jpg 415w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-22-650x434.jpg 650w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-22-250x167.jpg 250w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt-bottom-content\"><div class=\"gt-desc\"><div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<div class=\"bottom-text\">\n<p>On 6 May 2017, as a gift from Sinj and the Cetina region to the Croatian heroic town of Vukovar, a ceremonial Alka was held in Vukovar. The champion was Ante Zorica.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a12bc36 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a12bc36\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-588b8e0e\" data-id=\"588b8e0e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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It closely resembles the rules of related chivalric competitions that still existed elsewhere in Europe until the late 18th and early 19th centuries, for example in the territory of the Venetian Republic, where the alka was known as la giostra con l'anello.\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d361ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9d361ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%203%202%27%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7696 gt-lazy-load\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-25.jpg\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-25.jpg 2000w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-25-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-25-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-25-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-25-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-25-415x277.jpg 415w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-25-650x434.jpg 650w, http:\/\/test.alka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-Povijest-Alke-25-250x167.jpg 250w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c1414e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2c1414e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65da445 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"65da445\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8dd8df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8dd8df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bottom-text\"><p>Participation in the Sinj Alka has always been limited solely to locals, those native to Sinj and the Cetina region. 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