Donji Humac

If one approaches Donji Humac from the direction of the Kopacina cave, which is about 15 minutes away, it is as though one were travelling through the time and the history of the place: in the cave there are traces of people from the Bronze and Late Stone Ages; soon afterwards one comes upon the remains of a mausoleum, and shortly before the entrance to the village stands the pre-Romanesque chapel of Sv. Ilija, built in the 10th century. The village itself was presumably founded in the 11th century, but it took until 1345 before "Humac" receives its first written mention. If one now crosses the place towards the north, one comes upon the oldest preserved drawing of a ship in Dalmatia: it was scratched into the wall of the church of Sveti Luka in the Middle Ages. Anyone who still has not seen enough will be delighted by the parish church - easily recognisable by its onion tower - from the 14th century. In the 19th century it was additionally extended in order to offer room to all the faithful. But most of their descendants are unfortunately drawn away from Donji Humac. For the mainland and abroad tempt with well-paid, varied work, comfort and entertainment, while the home town has little more to offer than ruins that are interesting for tourists and quarries that are exhausting for locals.