Gospić is a town in Croatia, Lika region. It is the center of the Lika-Senj county and it has a population 12,980 (2001), making it the third smallest town that's also the center of county government in the country (Lika is a mountainous, sparsely populated region).
Gospić is located on the Ličina river in the middle of a karst field. The first organized inhabitation of the area was recorded in 1263 as Kaseg or Kasezi. The name Gospić was first mentioned in 1604, and it likely originates in the Croatian word for "Lady", Gospa or another archaic form, Gospava.
Today's town was built around two Ottoman forts (the towers of aga Senković and of aga Alić). The Turkish incursion was repelled by the end of the 17th century and Gospić became an administrative center of the Lika region within the Military Frontier.
The Gospić municipality was the birthplace of such great men as the later American physicist and engineer Nikola Tesla, and also Croat national thinkers like Ante Starčević.
GOSPIC, a town in the central part of Lika, situated on a drained plateau near the Novcica river; elevation 656 m; population 9,025.
However, it is interesting that Dragutin Franic, a professor from Gospic, wrote an extensive book under the title The Plitvice Lakes and Their Surroundings as early as 1910, and predicted the importance of tourism for this region.
Gospic is the starting point of several routes toward Velebit (Gospic - Ostarije, 27 km; Gospic - Pazariste - Stirovaca - Veliki Alan, 60 km), and the vicinity of Hotel Velebno in Baske Ostarije provides excellent opportunities for winter and ski tourism.
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