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Smiljan, Croatia

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kuće. – Pripadnici HV-a ugasili su požar, a onda su namještaj i svi predmeti deponirani u Muzeju Like. Od 2000. godine Muzej Like krenuo je u sanaciju krova, dok je gospodarski objekt ponovno sagrađen 2003. godine – pojasnila je Vesna Bunčić. U Muzeju su, uz namještaj, i porculanski predmeti te 133 knjige iz biblioteke Teslina oca Milutina. Namještaj će tu i ostati jer se u obnovljenoj Teslinoj kući sada priprema drukčiji postav.
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206 houses existed in 1830, with 1,880 people, of whom 1,401 Roman Catholic, and 479 Orthodox faith. After some settlements got separated, in 1857 numbered only 110 houses with 1,132 people, of whom 535 Roman Catholic and 597 Orthodox faith, with further separation, in 1910 the hamlet numbered only
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church of St. Peter and Paul (built in 1765) and the surrounding area, make up a memorial complex. There are various exhibits of Tesla's inventions and a museum where the details of the inventor's life are shown. There is also a congress hall in a nearby building. The original memorial complex was
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Vesna Bunčić, ravnateljica Muzeja Like u kojem se čuvaju namještaj i predmeti iz Tesline rodne kuće. Kada je u svibnju 1992. jedan projektil pao na gospodarski objekt tik uz kuću, izbio je požar u kojem je ta drvena zgradica u potpunosti izgorjela. No, požar je zahvatio i dio krova Tesline rodne
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Some of the most numerous families (actually kind of tribe-collective) in Lika and Krbava were in Smiljan; of count and captain Nikola Rukavina Bevandić (56 members), Dujam Kovačević (50), Ivan Devčić (46), Mijat Lemajić (40), Juriša Pavičić (40), Milanko Pejnović (40), Petar Serdar (40), Ilija
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movement in 1941. During the same period, the Ustaše also established a concentration camp in Smiljan through which 5,000 inmates passed. The camp was part of a wider network of Ustaše concentration camps centred around the town of Gospić.
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It consists of eighteen scattered hamlets (Baćinac, Bogdanić, Čovini, Debelo Brdo, Dražica, Kolakovica, Kovačevići, Ljutača, Milkovića Varoš, Miljača, Miškulin Brdo, Podkrčmar, Rasovača, Rosulje, Smiljan, Smiljansko Polje, Vaganac).
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was built in 1765; it is now a branch of a parish in Gospić. The re-construction of the Catholic parish church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel was started in 1860, and finished 1864. In 1830 a minor school was founded.
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Bogdanić, Smiljan and Krčmar, prehistoric tombs, the churches of St. Anastasia, St. Mark and St. Vitus. It got its name from the fort Smiljan which ruins are located at hill Vekavac.
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between 1527–1686, after which the Ottoman rule was expelled from those parts by counts Jerko Rukavina and Dujam Kovačević. Until that time the Ottoman
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officials opened a Tesla memorial complex, including a museum inside his restored childhood home. Today, Tesla's birth house, together with the
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were divided according to religious confession, Serbian Orthodox minority lived in the hamlets of Selište, Ljutača and Bogdanić at that time.
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In 1869 and 1880 contains data for villages Rastoka (Gospić) and Smiljansko Polje, while in 1857 part of data for Smiljansko Polje.
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Istorijska prava srpskog naroda na krajeve: Dalmaciju, Krbavu, Liku, Gorski Kotar, Žemberak, Kordun, Baniju i Slavoniju
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was born, as well as the Serbian Orthodox church in which his father had served as a priest, were destroyed by the
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50 people, however whole municipality had 2,286 people, of whom 1,698 Roman Catholic, and 588 Orthodox faith.
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with Ikavian accent) migrated to Lika, including Smiljan between 1683–87. A 1700 church register listed 17
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In 1746 there lived 2,149 people, with 2,144 people land owners, and 290 families of land owners.
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Due to celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of the electricity pioneer and inventor
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The origin of the name Smiljan is not fully certain. It is commonly believed to be derived from
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The oldest traces of settlement on the ground of Smiljan are dating from the Middle and Late
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Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia
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inventor and electrical engineer. He migrated to the United States in 1884.
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The village of Smiljan (with Brušane and Oštarije) was incorporated to the
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Triplex Confinium, ili o granicama i regijama hrvatske povijesti 1500–1800
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Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021
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After the defeat of the Ottomans in Lika, most of the
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Grahovac-Pražić, Vesna; Vrcić-Mataija, Sanja (2010).
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only in 1713 (after being separated from the city of
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Smiljan resort is located in the central part of the
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families in the village, who had settled during the
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Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011
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Srpski narodni savez. pp. 18–19. 730: 721:, Croatian Serb feminist and politician 241: 203: 182: 169: 127: 92: 58: 54: 34: 1269:"150. obljetnica rođenja Nikole Tesle" 421:was founded. There is a small chapel, 375:, Rizvan and Zenković, from Novi near 1121: 1109: 1097: 1058: 1046: 1034: 955: 939:Sinđel Dimitrije Dušan Balać (1943). 926: 710:Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts 417:In 1708 the Roman Catholic parish of 271: 251: 220: 195: 187: 174: 157: 145: 7: 1468:Populated places in Lika-Senj County 968:Margaret Cheney; Robert Uth (1999). 708:(1906–1993) – artist, member of the 16:Village in Lika-Senj County, Croatia 1419:Identitet Like: Korijeni i razvitak 1184:"Electrical pioneer Tesla honoured" 514:Population number according census 1273:Office of the President of Croatia 464:. The house in which the inventor 352:plant. However, Croatian linguist 292:, and fifteen kilometers from the 179:19.9 km (7.7 sq mi) 85:Location of Smiljan within Croatia 14: 445:troops and was included into the 429:. The Serbian Orthodox church of 133: 71: 64: 36: 1401:(in Croatian). Zagreb: Barbat. 72: 1: 1453:Memorijalni centar in Croatia 1370:"Ojkonimi gospićkog područja" 799:Croatian Bureau of Statistics 774:Croatian Bureau of Statistics 280:in the mountainous region of 1279:. 2006-07-10. Archived from 1210:"Lika napokon otkrila Teslu" 667:Croatian War of Independence 645:Nikola Tesla Memorial Center 450:Independent State of Croatia 48:Nikola Tesla Memorial Center 441:, the town was occupied by 1484: 971:Tesla, Master of Lightning 642: 513: 483:Croatian Military Frontier 406:. Villages and hamlets in 1392:Roksandić, Drago (2003). 1379:(in Croatian) (19): 81–96 1377:Folia onomastica Croatica 93: 59: 55: 35: 28: 995:Dulić, Tomislav (2005). 419:Our Lady of Mount Carmel 379:had estates in Smiljan, 319:In the surroundings are 1342:(in Croatian). Zagreb: 1310:(in Croatian). Zagreb: 904:(in Croatian). Zagreb: 860:(in Croatian). Zagreb: 712:, and recipient of the 1302:"Kovačević, Ferdinand" 852:"Arheološka nalazišta" 639:Tesla memorial complex 1339:Croatian Encyclopedia 1307:Croatian Encyclopedia 901:Croatian Encyclopedia 857:Croatian Encyclopedia 458:Genocide of the Serbs 456:regime committed the 423:Immaculate Conception 223: • Summer ( 200:20/km (51/sq mi) 714:Vladimir Nazor Award 665:In 1992, during the 631:A nearby village of 356:believed Smiljan is 294:Zagreb-Split highway 197: • Density 1088:, p. 107, 111. 697:Ferdinand Kovačević 452:(NDH). 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Statue of Nikola Tesla at the Nikola Tesla Memorial Center in Smiljan
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla Memorial Center
Smiljan is located in Croatia
44°34′N 15°19′E / 44.567°N 15.317°E / 44.567; 15.317
Croatia
County
Lika-Senj County
Municipality
Gospić
Time zone
UTC+1
CET
DST
UTC+2
CEST
Area code
[smîʎan]
village
Lika
Croatia
Gospić
Zagreb-Split highway
Nikola Tesla
Velebit
Hill-forts
Bronze Age
Iapodian
Helichrysum
Petar Šimunović

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