A port city with a pirate history The spectacular location at the water mouth of the river Cetina in the Croatian Central Dalmatia turned the city of Omis into a pirates’ nest in medieval times – and makes it into a frequent destination for tourism today. Well into the 15th century the residents were among the most dangerous buccaneers in the Adriatic, although this did not tarnish the relationship to the former Republic of Poljica, a semi-autonomous community at the gates of Omis....