Biovičino Selo

Biovičino Selo (Serbian Cyrillic: Биовичино Село, Italian: "Biocinosello") is a village located in the municipality of Kistanje, in the Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia. The village is situated in northern Dalmatia, in the region known as Bukovica.

History

Serbian Orthodox church Sv. Petra i Pavla (dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul), was built from 1524-1534 AD. First school was opened in 1909/1910. This school was located by the church. First teacher was Mirko Lezajic. Old school was used until 1936. It was also used by other nearby villages, of Kolašac and Modrino Selo. Beginning in 1936, school is moved to the center of Biovičino Selo. The first teacher was Blažo Karadjinović, from Montenegro. During World War II, this school was destroyed. Students used the home of Ljuban Medos, until school was rebuilt in 1949. After the war, teacher was Darinka Vujasinovic. New school started functioning in 1966, and is named Jovo Kablar.

Population

The population is mostly Serbian, Eastern Orthodox Christians. After August 1995 Operation Storm Biovičino Selo is populated by mostly elderly people of over 50 years old.

ee also

*Serbs of Croatia

External links

* [http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=44.0559&lon=15.928&scale=50000&icon=x Map of Biovicino Selo]
* [http://www.jordinclub.com/other/biovicinoselo Slike iz Biovičina Sela ]