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Fužine

Gorski Kotar - Lika

Fužine, picturesque town, situated at 730 meters above sea level, are the ideal natural corner of the only 30-kilometers from the sea.
Fužine
Fužine
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Escape the summer heat and a rest in a shady forests or waters of the lake Bajer and Lepenica right of discovery. Fishing is a unique experience in Fužinama. Clear and unpolluted waters are rich in various kinds of fish, a rich forest vegetation provides homes in forested areas. With the ability to swim in lakes offer the pleasure of practicing water sports: sailing, windsurfing, boating, canoeing, kayaking, scuba diving ... Pedestrians and cyclists will find Fužine beautiful paths for walking and cycling.

The typical climatic features and natural beauty, Fužine records and historical value. There was born, Dr. Franjo Racki, academician and first President of the Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Fužine offer excellent accommodation in private houses, apartments and boarding houses which, like other restaurants, offering local food and traditional local specialties. If Fužine visit in winter, the landscape offers you the magic of the real beauty of Gorski Kotar, the possibility of skiing, sledding, skating and more: Fužine have a very nice cave - Postojna in small ". Often it's the name of the cave spring, just two kilometers away from the village, with close proximity to roads and very easy access to all generations.

By the last census in 2001. The municipalities Fužine had 1855 inhabitants, distributed in 9 villages.

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Fužine are a relatively new town developed in the 17th Zrinski century when there began to dig the iron ore. Shutting the job soon abandoned, but Fužinama from the rest of the time named. "Fužinarstvo" is a term for the excavation and processing (iron) ore, and the root word probably comes from the Italian phrase "Fucina" or German "fusioniren. The settlement is then developed on Charles Road (1726th-1737th), which connects the interior and the sea, later on the railway line Zagreb-Rijeka (1873.) And now the highway Rijeka - Zagreb (1995.) With the node in the door.

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Fužine celebrated the wealth of water. Today there are three dams: Bajer, Lepenica Potkoš and that they fit perfectly in a mountainous landscape. Are rich in fish and are a real lure for anglers. Clear water abound in trout, chub, lettuce, carp, pike, grass carp ... The lakes are held sailing, diving competitions, and it is possible to surfing, boating and canoeing. The deep forests of Gorski Kotar are perfect for hunters, because the most abundant high, but the second game.

Especially important tourist attraction is the Cave Spring. The cave was discovered in the fifties of the 20th century in the construction of the lake Bajer. Quality is lit and decorated for the visit with a professional guide. 300 meters long in total and specific because it was the only Holiday decorated caves in Croatia through which groundwater flows.

As a popular tourist destination, Fužine offer tourists many sporting and recreational facilities. Nearby you'll find nine of marked hiking and biking trails are marked and hiking trails, is a popular promenade along the lake Bajer with auxiliary paths. Beautiful park Gorica with three tennis courts offers the opportunity to participate actively in sports and recreation. In the settlement of the Gate is located sports - recreation center "Gmajna.

District Fužine-Lika region is rich in cultural and religious objects. The oldest church of Sv. George in the face of the 1662nd , and St.. Anthony of Padua in Fužinama was built for 25 years from the 1808th to 1833rd and is the largest such facility in Gorski Kotar. It is particularly interesting and attractive sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin Mary Snow in Ličkom field. The oldest settlement, the face, is very attractive in many ways a special collection of Native where they collected interesting ethnographic objects and archival materials that tell about the history of this region.

Cultural organizations have a long tradition, and one of the most prominent place in history and today occupies Fužine music, the Orchestra of the Croatian Red Cross, established in 1848th year. Music is a trademark Fužina, successful performances at home and abroad and has over 50 active members.

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Fužine are very famous for its cuisine. Excellent restaurants offer a wide selection of authentic local dishes or dishes with mushrooms, game and forest products prepared according to original recipes. They are known for its cozy accommodations in inns, hotels, apartments and mountain homes, and here you will find a wellness and fitness facilities.

In Fužinama'll always find fun and possibility. Every day at the "Bitoraj" playing live music and entertainment programs and events are already well known: "Summer in Fužinama" with sailing regattas, and the gathering of bikers known carnival, concerts of all kinds of orchestras, vocal groups, guest entertainers. The winter months are especially notable carnival, Christmas Concert Fužine music and genuine funeral years old in the open, every 31st December at noon.

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Fužine a region extremely rich in water. Fuzine populated place in Croatia receives the highest annual rainfall. Here annual rainfall between 1500 to 2000 mm precipitation per square meter, and in extreme years up to 4000 liters. To the immense amount of water retained and used in Fužinama have built three dams.

The oldest lake was built Bajer fifties of last century. The lake is placed in the former Ličanka attractive river valley, close to the village Fužine. The lake has an average depth of 2 to 7 meters and has about one million cubic meters of water. It is suitable for boating, canoeing, kayaking and surfing due to frequent wind flow.

Lepenica Lake is the largest artificial lake in Fužine. Built in 1988. year, area and volume of water is greater than znanto Bajer, and the maximum depth is 18 meters. It is very convenient and comfortable in summer for swimming (the temperature reaches more than 23 ° Celsius. At the lake in 1989. Held the World Championships in orienteering diving, in 2007. The World Cup.
Both lakes are extremely rich in fish and bait for anglers.

The youngest and smallest lake is Potkoš. It is situated at the foot of the slopes Bitoraj between Fužina and face. Attractive as a holiday resort and picnic area.
All three lakes are perfectly blended in a mountainous landscape and a real tourist gem Fužina. It is especially popular lake Bajer, around which water and an attractive promenade which is the most common destination for tourists.

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