Runovići

Runović, also commonly encountered in the older plural form Runovići, lies in Imotsko polje beside the Vrljika River, eleven kilometres south-east of Imotski. The Croatian Encyclopaedia places the settlement at 269 metres above sea level and records 1,706 inhabitants in the 2021 census. Its most important historic layer is the Roman municipium of Novae on the Salona–Narona road; architectural remains, gravestones, altars, gems, fibulae and coins document life from the second to the sixth century. In the modern settlement, the parish Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel from 1869 stands out, built of dressed stone, together with the small Church of Our Lady of Health from 1894. Runović is inland and has no seaside beach, so a visit is better focused on archaeology, the Vrljika and the landscape of Imotsko polje. Its position only eleven kilometres from Imotski also makes it easy to combine with the town and the famous karst-lake landscape nearby. The Vrljika is the settlement’s main natural axis across the Imotski field.

Runović is a municipal centre in Imotsko polje beside the Vrljika, eleven kilometres south-east of Imotski. Although the modern settlement is small, its history includes the Roman municipium of Novae on the Salona–Narona road, with finds spanning the second to sixth centuries. The parish Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, built from dressed stone in 1869, is a visible landmark of present-day Runović, while the smaller Church of Our Lady of Health dates from 1894. The Vrljika and the agricultural landscape of Imotsko polje, rather than a sea coast, define the setting and distinguish Runović from Dalmatian resort settlements on the Adriatic.