Perušić

Perušić is a town and a municipality in Lika-Senj County, Croatia. The municipality has 2,638 inhabitants, while the town itself has 852. The municipality is part of Lika, a mountainous region in central Croatia. The Kosinj region is located near the town.

Geography

Urban Perusic is located in the southeastern part of Lika, at an altitude 575-600M, lying in one of the area's valleys in a field between the railway line east of Citadels (old town Perušić in place today the Tower) and the hills west of Klis, along the main communication (Otocac-Gospic) .

The most important are the routes through which the Perušić well connected: state road D-50 between Otocac and Gospic, the Zagreb-Split highway (highway exit in Peru) and the main railway 11th MP

History

Perušić became an organized settlement in the 16th century, on the border between the Ottoman Empire and Europe. It was first called Perušić in 1487. It was founded by brothers Dominic and Gaspar Perušić, from a noble family who came from the hinterland. The family built a hill fortress. Contemporaneous literature used various names including old city, Gradina, or Perušić tower.