Cetina Цетина (Serbian) | |
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Village | |
  Cetina Location of Cetina in Croatia | |
| Coordinates:43°58′4″N16°25′56″E / 43.96778°N 16.43222°E /43.96778; 16.43222 | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County | Šibenik-Knin |
| Municipality | Civljane |
| Area | |
• Total | 61.7 km2 (23.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 124 |
| • Density | 2.01/km2 (5.21/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
Cetina (Serbian Cyrillic:Цетина)[3] is a small village, administratively located in theCivljane Municipality inŠibenik-Knin County,Croatia. According to the2011 census, the village had 195 inhabitants.
Located in inlandDalmatia, north from the town ofVrlika, on the route between towns ofKnin and Vrlika, Cetina village spreads on 50.98 km2, on the field near the spring of riverCetina, on altitude of approximately 380 m, just under south base of mountainDinara. 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 ofDuke Branimir, the oldChurch of Holy Salvation (Crkva Sv. Spasa) was built in the village.[4] It is one of the oldest and best preserved monuments of the early Croatian sacral architecture.[5]
TheSerbian OrthodoxChurch of the Ascension of the Lord (Hram Vaznesenja Gospodnjeg) was built in 1940 by Marko Četnik and his wife Jelena on the spring of river Cetina. The church was rebuilt in 1974.