Lubenice | |
Other Name: | Lubenizze |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Croatia |
Coordinates: | 44.8878°N 14.3316°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Croatia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Primorje-Gorski Kotar |
Subdivision Type2: | Town |
Subdivision Name2: | Cres |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 7.8 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 6 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 51557 |
Area Code: | 051 |
Registration Plate: | RI |
Lubenice (in Croatian pronounced as /luběnit͡sɛ/, Italian: 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.[2] It is a small local center that comprises forty buildings and six permanent inhabitants.[3] 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.[4] 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: Croatian: Crkva Pohođenja Blažene Djevice Marije).
It was nominated to be a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2005.[3]