Located in inland Dalmatia, north from the town of Vrlika, on the route between towns of Knin and Vrlika, Cetina village spreads 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.
History
In the 9th century, probably during the time of Duke Branimir, the old Church 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]
^Jurković 1995, p. 78: "They were built in the following order: Lopuška glavica and Žažvić in the mid century, St. Saviour at Cetina and St. Cecilia during the reign of prince Branimir, followed by St. Stjepan at Otok built before the year of 976."
Jurković, Miljenko (December 1995). "Sv. Spas na vrelu Cetine i problem westwerka u hrvatskoj predromanici" [The Church of the Saviour at the Source of the Cetina River and the Westwork in the Croatian Pre-Romanesque]. Starohrvatska Prosvjeta (in Croatian). III (22). Split: Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments: 63–64, 75. ISSN0351-4536. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
