Lubenice
Lubenizze | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 44°53′16″N 14°19′54″E / 44.88784°N 14.33160°E | |
Country | Croatia |
County | Primorje-Gorski Kotar |
Town | Cres |
Area | |
• Total | 7.8 km2 (3.0 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | |
• Total | 6 |
• Density | 0.77/km2 (2.0/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Postal code | 51557 |
Area code | 051 |
Vehicle registration | RI |
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]
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