Otavice is a small village in
Dalmatian hinterland in
Croatia
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, located on edge of
Petrovo field, approximately 35 km away from the city of
Šibenik
Šibenik () is a historic city in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is a political, educational, transport, industrial and tourist center of Šibenik-Knin County, and is also the ...
. The village has 183 permanent inhabitants (2011 census).
Houses in Otavice are built mostly of concrete, and some of stone. Before its present location, the village Otavice was located on the nearby
Svilaja mountain, spread in several groups of houses and barns, named after the family names of the people who lived there. In the 20th century, all this population relocated toward the valley and built new houses.
In Otavice, on a hill, there is a
Meštrović family
mausoleum, built by the famous Croatian sculptor
Ivan Meštrović
Ivan Meštrović (; 15 August 1883 – 16 January 1962) was a Croatian sculptor, architect, and writer. He was the most prominent modern Croatian sculptor and a leading artistic personality in contemporary Zagreb. He studied at Pavle Bilinić's ...
.
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Populated places in Šibenik-Knin County