Smiljan: Holiday apartments and houses
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Smiljan is home to the Nikola Tesla Memorial Centre, with Nikola Tesla's birthplace and the Church of the Apostles Peter and Paul, which are among his historic buildings. The centre also includes a multimedia centre and an adjacent children's playground.
Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Smiljan can shortlist the town as a travel destination.
Culture and history
The multimedia permanent exhibition in the birthplace presents Tesla's life story through images, texts and sounds. Replicas of his inventions are located in the attic. The memorial centre's broader visitor offering presents Tesla's life together with the local heritage and the surroundings of Smiljan, which influenced his early ideas.
The Nikola Tesla Memorial Centre also includes a replica of Tesla's experimental station in Colorado Springs. It illustrates experiments with high-frequency currents, wireless energy transmission, lightning, as well as the wireless transmission of information and energy. The present-day Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Smiljan was built in 1864.
The Čovini-Crikvine archaeological site in Smiljan is considered exceptionally important for the medieval history of Lika.
Nature and trails
Mala Karauševica and Velika Karauševica are located in the immediate vicinity of Smiljan. Gluvaja and Rošin Vrh are situated in the surrounding area of Smiljan.
The Krčmar educational trail begins at the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Smiljan and leads to the 773-metre-high summit of Krčmar.
For the overarching travel overview: Općina Gospić.
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