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Ancient fort city in Croatia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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Village | |
![]() View of Lubenice | |
Coordinates: 44.88784°N 14.33160°E | |
Country | ![]() |
County | ![]() |
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 |
It was nominated to be a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2005.[4]
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