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Brseč ( it, Bersezio) is a
village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in western
Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit ...
. It is part of
Mošćenička Draga Mošćenička Draga ( it, Draga di Moschiena) is municipality in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia. It has 1,535 inhabitants, 90.7% of which are Croats. It is situated southwest of Opatija under Mt. Učka. Settlements The centre of the munic ...
municipality in
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Primorje-Gorski Kotar County ( hr, Primorsko-goranska županija, ) is a county in western Croatia that includes the Bay of Kvarner, the surrounding Northern Croatian Littoral, and the mountainous region of Gorski kotar. Its center is Rijeka. The ...
. The village is located on the steep, eastern shore of the
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 ...
n peninsula, on cliffs high above the
Kvarner Gulf The Kvarner Gulf (, or , la, Sinus Flanaticus or ), sometimes also Kvarner Bay, is a bay in the northern Adriatic Sea, located between the Istrian peninsula and the northern Croatian Littoral mainland. The bay is a part of Croatia's internal wat ...
, about south of Opatija. It is connected to Rijeka and Pula by the D66 highway.


Notable people

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Eugen Kumičić Eugen Kumičić (11 January 1850 – 13 May 1904) was a prominent Croatian writer and politician. Kumičić was one of the most prolific Croatian novelists of the realism era and a pioneer of naturalism in Croatian literature. Biography Kumi ...
(1850–1904), writer.


Monuments and sights


Art installation "Strokes and Incisions"

"Strokes and Incisions", a site-specific art installation authored by Danish-Austrian artist Sofie Thorsen can be found in the small park next to the bocce court at the very entrance to Brseč. Thorsen was inspired by a primary school in Brseč closing after more than one hundred and seventy-five years of continuous work. The installation consists of three stone objects whose shapes and colors symbolize paper, and the incised lines represent a fountain pen. The engraved forms were created on the basis of three pre-existing inscriptions: scribbles from old student notebooks from the closed school, graffiti from a street in Brseč and fragments of manuscripts by
Eugen Kumičić Eugen Kumičić (11 January 1850 – 13 May 1904) was a prominent Croatian writer and politician. Kumičić was one of the most prolific Croatian novelists of the realism era and a pioneer of naturalism in Croatian literature. Biography Kumi ...
. As part of the project, the aforementioned Brseč bocce court was renovated.


References

Populated places in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County {{PrimorjeGorskiKotar-geo-stub