Lonja: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Lonja is associated with a Sava floodplain landscape in which the Lonja River is interwoven with extensive marshlands. The local landscape was shaped by traditional livestock farming and seasonal flooding.

History

Lonja’s documented heritage includes the wooden Ustilonja fortress, built in 1538 by Petar III Keglević as an outpost of the fortress in Sisak, before it was conquered and destroyed by the Ottomans.

Nature

Mitrovića Kosa is located in the surrounding area of Lonja.

Geographical Setting

The wider regional surroundings of Lonja include the Jasenovac Memorial, Gajića Brdo, Sveta Gospa, Sveta Ana, Sveti Duh, Ševinac and Točak.

Land and Life

In Lonja, visitors can observe a traditional Posavina way of life associated with agriculture, livestock farming, fishing, marshes and a rural landscape shaped by flooding.

Those wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Lonja can then continue their accommodation search. More destination pages: Gušće, Sisak, Mužilovčica.

For the higher-level travel overview: Općina Sisak.