The Sinjska alka (Croatian pronunciation: [sîːɲskaː âːlka]) is an equestrian competition held in the Croatian town of Sinj. It commemorates a Croatian–Venetian victory in the Ottoman–Venetian war in the night of August 14, 1715, in which around 700 professional Venetian soldiers and 100 locals defended Sinj against an Ottoman army led by Mehmed-paša Ćelić of at least 40,000.
The Sinjska alka (Croatian pronunciation: [sîːɲskaː âːlka]) is an equestrian competition held in the Croatian town of Sinj. It commemorates a Croatian–Venetian victory in the Ottoman–Venetian war in the night of August 14, 1715, in which around 700 professional Venetian soldiers and 100 locals defended Sinj against an Ottoman army led by Mehmed-paša Ćelić of at least 40,000.
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