The Church of St. Mary, in the vicinity of Blizina Gornja, built in the 9th century on the foundations of an ancient building, belongs to a small group of important monuments of ancient Croatian rulers’ sacral architecture that was itself under strong Carolingian influence. According to the inscription on the fragment of the partition wall, the church was owned by the County governor of Drid. The necropolis in the surrounding area was likely created after the restoration of the church in the mid-13th century.
