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![The Sinjska alka [siɲska alka] is an equestrian competition which has been held every first Sunday in the month of August in town of Sinj, Croatia since 1715,[1][2] commemorating the victory over Ottoman Turkish administration. It consists of an equestrian competition, in which various horsemen attempt to aim their lances at a hanging metal ring (alka) at full gallop. In 2010 it has been inscribed in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists The Balkans, Hiking Balkans, Medieval Croatia, Medieval Balkan Territories, Sarajevo Film Festival, Balkans Travel, Beautiful Vacation Destinations, Thousand Islands, Central Europe](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/2b/70/ed/2b70ed99b70894d58f538bc481cfbd23.jpg)
The Sinjska alka [siɲska alka] is an equestrian competition which has been held every first Sunday in the month of August in town of Sinj, Croatia since 1715,[1][2] commemorating the victory over Ottoman Turkish administration. It consists of an equestrian competition, in which various horsemen attempt to aim their lances at a hanging metal ring (alka) at full gallop. In 2010 it has been inscribed in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists
Croatia, Sinjska alka 2014
The Sinjska alka [siɲska alka] is an equestrian competition which has been held every first Sunday in the month of August in town of Sinj, Croatia since 1715,[1][2] commemorating the victory over Ottoman Turks. It consists of an equestrian competition, in which various horsemen attempt to aim their lances at a hanging metal ring (alka) at full gallop. In 2010 it has been inscribed in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.[3]
The ring, alka; Photo: Ante Gašpar
299th Alka of Sinj, a knights' tournament, Photo: Nikola Belančić
#Sinjska #Alka #Croatia
CHILDREN'S ALKA. In memory of their ancestors Father Pavao, Bože, Tadija and Zec, whose heroism and bravery made them become prominent in the decisive battle against the Ottomans in 1715, the people in the hamlet of Vučkovići (Brnaze near Sinj) instituted in 1955 their Alka Tournament in which only children can participate. Photo: Ante Gašpar
MONUMENT TO AN ALKAR. One of the most representative symbols of Sinj, a bright sculpture of an Alkar is a work of the academic sculptor Stipe Sikirica. It was set in 1965 at the very beginning of the Alka Tournament Course (Alkarsko trkalište), called Biljeg, a place from which the Alkari start to gallop.
300th anniversary of the Sinjska Alka - celebration on Ban Jelacic square in Zagreb in 2014. Photo: Nikola Piasevoli
300th anniversary of the Sinjska Alka - celebration on Ban Jelacic square in Zagreb in 2014. Photo: Nikola Piasevoli
300th anniversary of the Sinjska Alka - celebration on Ban Jelacic square in Zagreb in 2014. Photo: Nikola Piasevoli
The Alka of Sinj
SINJSKA ALKA Sinj, Dalmatinska Zagora, HRVATSKA
Sinjska alka/historical equestrian competition Sinj -UNESCO Heritage- (Croatia) Photographer: Damir Fabijanić
CHILDREN'S ALKA TOURNAMENT OF VUČKOVIĆI. The Children’s Alka was naturally instituted following the example of the famous Alka of Sinj. Photo: Ante Gašpar
#Alka #Sinj #Croatia #Sartiglia
SINJSKA ALKA Sinj, Dalmatinska Zagora, HRVATSKA
