Kaluđerovac is a village situated bellow the mountain Metlača near the Lika River, and it is known for the potter's trade. During the 19th century, the peasants from Kaluđerovac made pottery which they carried around Lika and Krbava and in that way provided for their families since there was not enough farm land. Nowadays, nobody in Kaluđerovac makes pottery, but it is worthwhile to see this village because of its indigenous rural building structure that you can find in a historical village bellow the mountain Metlača in the old part of Kaluđerovac.
The friendliness of the 25 people who live in Kaluđerovac at the moment, while in 1843 there were more than 330 inhabitants, will surely get you to visit occasionaly this picturesque village that gives off a smell of history.

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on the exit Perusic on the highway A1

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Richard C.

Sep 19, 2010

Useful information, but get there soon if you want to see traditional houses, as they are disappearing fast. In teh 1990s when I visited, there were more occupied houses and, as well as a potter, a shoe-maker. Pottery-making only died out at Kaluderovac in the mid 1990s, with the death of the last potter, Franjo Arbanas. Richard Carlton - Newcastle, UK

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Mario P.

May 6, 2010

Quiet, little village, that used to be full of people, now only few residents. It's so sad to see that village is dying, and one day there will be no one left...

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