Potravlje Locate On Map

In Potravlje you can stay in private accommodation.

In city Split you will find many night clubs, restaurants, cafes where you can try Dalmatian food and Dalmatian wines.

Split also offers many water sports like diving, sailing, boat rentals, swimming... You can use private boat transfers to get to beaches on islands Brac, Hvar or Solta. In Split there are also organized group or private boat excursions to island Vis and attractions like Blue cave and Green Cave.

Attractions in and near Potravlje:
- Church of St. Philip and Jacob;
- Chapel of St. Paskal;
- Mountain Svilaja;
- Lake Perucko;
- Locality Grudina with remains of basilica;
- Ruins of Medieval town Potravnik;
- Town Sinj;
- City Split...

Early Christian basilica on locality Grudina is found with graves.

Ruins of Medieval town Potravnik were found in settlement Potravlje. Town Potravnik was first time mentioned in 1371.

From Split you can go on private or group car excursions to Sibenik, Makarska, Sinj or Omis. Also you can visit National parks Plitvice lakes and Krka.

Potravlje (Central Dalmatia, Croatia) is settlement in Municipality Hrvace. It is located in Split-Dalmatia county.

Potravlje is situated in the bottom of mountain Svilaja within lake Perucko, on 450 m altitude.

Potravlje is surrounded with settlements Maljkovo, Satric, Zelovo, Hrvace, Rumin...

Potravlje has around 823 inhabitants. It is one of the largest settlements in Municipality Hrvace according to number of inhabitants.

You can come to Potravlje with highway A1 and exit in Dugopolje, then continue for Sinj and Vrlika.
If you come with airplane to airport Split, you can rent a car or use private car transfers to get to Potravlje.

Distances from other towns: Sinj – 15 km, Trilj – 27 km, Split – 49 km, airport Split – 61 km, Sibenik – 100 km, Zadar – 171 km, Dubrovnik – 241 km, Senj – 239 km, Rijeka – 355 km, Pula – 461 km, Zagreb – 351 km, Osijek – 630 km, Varazdin – 435 km, Slavonski Brod – 538 km...

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Area of Potravlje has been inhabited since Prehistory. It was inhabited with Illyrians.

On locality Grudina were found remains of Early Christian basilica which testifies that Christianity came to this area early.

Parish of St. Philip and Jacob is consisted of settlements Potravlje, Maljkovo and Satric. In 17th century came new inhabitants when leader Franjo Marinovic brought 736 Catholic families from Zivogosce.

85 inhabitants of Potravlje participated in World War II.

In 1991. chetniks occupied this area and burned 90% of houses, two Catholic churches and schools.

Most often surnames in Potravlje: Babic, Cvitkovic, Glavinic, Juric, Glavurdic, Knezovic, Kudric, Balic, Marovic, Prelas, Rozic, Vidosavljevic, Soldic, Kotromanovic, Pripuzic, Tadic, Domnjak, Lovric, Mihaljevic and many other.

Most known persons from Potravlje are MP Ante Kotromanovic and hero of Homeland war Marko Babic.

Settlement Potravlje is known for „bakre“ which are loam dishes.