Smiljan: Hotels and Accommodation

The Nikola Tesla Memorial Centre in Smiljan includes, among its historic buildings, Nikola Tesla’s birthplace and the Church of the Apostles Peter and Paul. It also includes a multimedia centre with an adjoining children’s playground.

Culture

The permanent multimedia exhibition in Nikola Tesla’s birthplace presents his life story through images, text and sound. The attic of the birthplace contains replicas of Tesla’s inventions.

The memorial centre’s broader visitor offering presents Tesla’s life together with the local heritage and surroundings of Smiljan; the surroundings influenced his early ideas. The present-day Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Smiljan was built in 1864.

The 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, and the wireless transmission of information and energy.

The Čovini-Crikvine archaeological site in Smiljan is described as exceptionally important for the medieval history of Lika.

Nature

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.

Geographical location

Mala Karauševica is located in the area near Smiljan. Velika Karauševica is also located in the area near Smiljan. Gluvaja is located in the surrounding area of Smiljan. Rošin Vrh is located in the surrounding area of Smiljan.

More location pages: Brušane, Gospić, Budak, Donje Pazariste, Mogorić, Trnovac, Ostrvica, Klanac.

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To the higher-level travel overview: Općina Gospić.