Lubenice
Lubenizze
Village
View of Lubenice
View of Lubenice
Lubenice is located in Croatia
Lubenice
Lubenice
Coordinates: 44°53′16″N 14°19′54″E / 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

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).

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

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. 1 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. 1 2 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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