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Lesci

Lesci is a village in Croatia, under the Vrbovsko township, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. It is a ghost town.

History

Ivan Goran Kovačić wrote a poem about the accordion players of Lesci titled "Petr Breški harmonikaš":

In December 1942, Ivan Goran Kovačić crossed the Kupa at Lesci in Matija Paviša's boat together with Vladimir Nazor on their way to join the Yugoslav Partisans. The news was featured on the BBC.

The 2014 Dinaric ice storm permanently blocked the old two-track dirt bridle path from Lesci to Košac.

In 2014 and 2015, the gravel road from Riblje by Severin na Kupi to Lesci was completed and equipped with benches.

Demographics

As of 2011, it was one of four uninhabited statistical villages in Vrbovsko, along with Međedi, Podvučnik and Radočaj. These were followed by Gornji Vukšići.

Further reading

  • Page 33.

Politics

As of its foundation on 3 March 2008, it belongs to the of Lukovdol.

Dialect

According to local former resident Lidija Žagar, the dialect of Lesci differed somewhat from the dialect of Lukovdol significantly in accent and vocabulary, but without being closer to dialects across the river.

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