Blizna Donja: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Blizna Donja is the venue for the Ojkavica and Folk Dance Festival. Ojkavica is sung here as part of the tradition of the Dalmatian hinterland, which UNESCO added to the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2010.

Culture and History

The parish house of Blizna Donja is classified as a preventively protected cultural asset under registration number P-3579. The parish church of Saint Anthony of Padua was built in 1965. The Church of Saint Mary in Blizna is associated with a protected painting of the Immaculate Conception; it bears registration number Z-3599. A protected painting of Saint Michael is likewise associated with Blizna’s Church of Saint Michael and is registered under registration number Z-3598.

Religion

The celebration of Osmina svetoga Ante takes place on the first Sunday after the feast of Saint Anthony. This celebration includes a procession with a statue of Saint Anthony and five prayer stations.

Cycling and Landscape

The Explore-Hyllis cycling route passes through Blizna Donja; it is a 51.8-kilometre circular route with 873 metres of elevation gain. A rest area for cyclists has been set up nearby at the Lokve na Blizni site.

The Bliznice ponds are located near Gustirna. They have picnic benches and are considered worth seeing for their scenic beauty, especially in spring when water lilies are in bloom. Ceramic fragments from the Roman period were found at the ponds known as Lokve na Blizni in the vicinity of Blizna Donja.

Rural Surroundings and Cuisine

Blizna Donja is one of the villages in the hinterland of Marina where rural tourism is developing. According to reports, the Konoba Kumpar in Blizna Donja serves Dalmatian dishes prepared according to Marina’s recipe.

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More location pages: Vrsine, Poljica, Marina, Sevid, Mitlo, Gustirna, Vinišće

To the higher-level travel overview: Općina Marina.