Šušnjevica ( Istro-Romanian: ''Šušnjevice''; it, Susgneviza, Susgnevizza, and Valdarsa) is a small village in

Istria County Istria County (; hr, Istarska županija; it, Regione istriana, "Istrian Region") is the westernmost county of Croatia which includes the biggest part of the Istrian peninsula ( out of , or 89%). Administrative centers in the county are Pazi ...

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, in the municipality of

Kršan Kršan ( it, Chersano, ruo, Cârșån) is a village and municipality in the eastern part of Istria County, Croatia. Description It is located in the eastern part of Istria, west of mountain Učka and south-west of Čepić field, on the state r ...

. In 2011, the population of the village was 69. The village is inhabited mostly by

Istro-Romanians The Istro-Romanians ( ruo, rumeri or ) are a Romance ethnic group native to or associated with the Istrian Peninsula. Historically, they inhabited vast parts of it, as well as the western side of the island of Krk until 1875. However, due to se ...

Location

It is located in the North-Eastern part of

Istria Istria ( ; Croatian language, Croatian and Slovene language, Slovene: ; ist, Eîstria; Istro-Romanian language, Istro-Romanian, Italian language, Italian and Venetian language, Venetian: ; formerly in Latin and in Ancient Greek) is the larges ...

, 20 km North from Labin and 10 km from the centre of the municipality Kršan. It is on the local road Šušnjevica-Vozilići (L50180), near the road D500, which connects roads D64 and A8. It is near Northern part of Čepić field.

History

Archeological evidence suggests that it was a populated place in prehistoric as well as Roman times. During the Middle Ages, it belonged to the lord of

Kožljak Kožljak (Kozljak, it, Cosliacco, german: Waxenstein) is a village in Istria County, Croatia, in the municipality of Kršan. In 2011, the population of the village is 160. The settlement besides of the village consists of nearby homonymous medi ...

. The earliest surviving written evidence of the place dates from 1340. During the 15th and 16th centuries, numerous

presumably settled in the area. There are contradictory claims, however, that they came much earlier - specifically, during Roman times. In 1922, under the period of Italian rule, because of its Romanian language and the distinct origin of its population, it was made the center of a municipality. Its church of St.

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was built in 1838, replacing the older single-nave church. In the churchyard is a chapel dedicated to

St. Sylvester Pope Sylvester I (also Silvester, 285 – 31 December 335) was the bishop of Rome from 31 January 314 until his death. He filled the see of Rome at an important era in the history of the Western Church, yet very little is known of him. The acco ...

, dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, in which the remains of frescoes and Glagolithic graphites can be seen. The inhabitants mainly lived from agriculture, and until the draining of

Lake Čepić Lake Čepić ( hr, Čepićko jezero, Raško, Kožljansko, Sisolsko, it, Lago d'Arsa) was the only natural lake in Istria, Croatia. It was drained in 1932 with a 4,250 m long tunnel near Plomin to the sea. The surface of the vast green valley wa ...

also from fishing.

Population

References

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External links

Istria on the Internet - Šušnjevica
{{DEFAULTSORT:Susnjevica Populated places in Istria County Istro-Romanian settlements