Cetina, Croatia

Cetina
—  Village  —
Cetina Location of Cetina in Croatia
Coordinates: 43°57′N 16°25′E / 43.95°N 16.417°E / 43.95; 16.417
Country	Croatia
County	Šibenik-Knin
Area
- Total	50.98 km2 (19.7 sq mi)
Population (2001)[1]
- Total	123
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website	http://www.civljane.hr/

Cetina is a small village a part of Civljane municipality in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia, with 123 inhabitants.^[1]

Located in inland Dalmatia, north from the town of Vrlika, on the route between towns of Knin and Vrlika, Cetina village spread on 50.98 km², on the field near the spring of river Cetina, on altitude of approximately 380 m, just under south base of mountain Dinara. Parts of a settlement are hamlets: Dolac nad Lukovačom, Dražica u Lukovači, Jarčište, Lukovača, Nad Glavicom, Nad Lukovačom, Njiva u Lukovači, Podić, Podunište, Sjenokos, Unište, Vaganac and Ždrilo.

In the 9th century probably during the time of Duke Branimir of Dalmatian Croatia, the old Croatian Catholic Church of Holy Salvation "Crkva Sv. Spasa" was built in Cetina village (Civljane municipality). It is one of the oldest and best preserved monuments of the early Croatian sacral architecture.

Orthodox Church (Hram Vaznesenja) on the spring of river Cetina was built in 1940, as a foundation of Marka Četnika and his wife Helen. The church was rebuilt in 1974.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://www.dzs.hr/hrv/censuses/census2001/Popis/H01_01_03/h01_01_03_zup15-0515.html

External links

• Official site

Coordinates: 43°57′N 16°25′E / 43.95°N 16.417°E / 43.95; 16.417