Lubenice

Lubenice (Croatian pronunciation: [luběnit͡sɛ], Italian: Lubenizze) is an ancient fort city on the Croatian island of Cres that was founded approximately four thousand years ago on top of a 380 m high ridge that overlooks the Adriatic Sea.[3] It is a small local center that comprises forty buildings and six permanent inhabitants.[4][2] Buildings in the city are mainly constructed out of the same material as the surrounding cliffs, a lesser part dates back to a former settlement of ancient Romans.[5] There are two well-preserved extant city gates on the north and south of the city as well a wall in the east. The church in the fort is devoted to the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Croatian: Crkva Pohođenja Blažene Djevice Marije).

Lubenice
Lubenizze
Village
View of Lubenice
View of Lubenice
Lubenice is located in Croatia
Lubenice
Lubenice
Coordinates: 44.88784°N 14.33160°E / 44.88784; 14.33160
Country Croatia
County Primorje-Gorski Kotar
TownCres
Area
[1]
 • Total7.8 km2 (3.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total6
 • Density0.77/km2 (2.0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
51557
Area code051
Vehicle registrationRI

It was nominated to be a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2005.[4]

  • View of Lubenice
    View of Lubenice
  • View of Lubenice
    View of Lubenice
  • Lubenice belltower
    Lubenice belltower
  • Lubenice beach
    Lubenice beach

See also

Notes and references
  1. Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. Barbir, F. & Ulgiati, S. (2008), Sustainable Energy Production and Consumption: Benefits, Springer, ISBN 1-4020-8493-5
  4. Lubenice - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
  5. Das Dorf Lubenice auf der nordkroatischen Insel Cres. Marcel Meier, ETH Zürich, 1997, 2015.10.31 called Archived 2015-08-13 at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography
  • Barbir, F. & Ulgiati, S. (2008), Sustainable Energy Production and Consumption: Benefits, Springer, ISBN 1-4020-8493-5

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