Volosko (Italian: ''Volosco, Volosca'') is a part of the city of

Opatija Opatija (; it, Abbazia; german: Sankt Jakobi) is a List of cities and towns in Croatia, town and a municipality in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia. The traditional seaside resort on the Kvarner Gulf is known for its Mediterranean ...

, located in the

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in western

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. It is located in the north of Opatija, on the road towards

Kastav Kastav (Italian: Castua) is a town in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia, built on a 365 m high hill overlooking the Kvarner Gulf in the northern part of the Adriatic coast. It is in close vicinity of Rijeka, the largest port in Croatia, an ...

and Rijeka. The

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''Volosko'' drives from the name of the Slavic deity Veles.

History

Until 1918, the town (named ''VOLOSCA'') was part of Cisleithania, the Austrian side of

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after

1867 Events January–March * January 1 – The Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world. It was renamed a ...

, head of the district of the same name, one of the 11 ''Bezirkshauptmannschaften'' in the Austrian Littoral province.

People

* Amelia Milka Sablich, born there *

Andrija Mohorovičić Andrija Mohorovičić (23 January 1857 – 18 December 1936) was a Croatian geophysicist. He is best known for the eponymous Mohorovičić discontinuity and is considered one of the founders of modern seismology. Early years Mohorovičić wa ...

, born there * Gyula Andrássy, died there * Emil Sax, died there

Monuments and sights

Art installations "Lautus" and "1857"

A permanent underwater

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installation under the name "Lautus" (lat. cleaner) by artist Nika Laginja from

can be found in the Voloscan bay 15 meters below sea level. It consists of mosses, shellfish, sponges and other organisms that act as sea cleaners and grow over the years. In addition to contributing to the restoration of underwater biodiversity, this stone installation also conveys a message of individual engagement and taking responsibility for the world in which we live. As a response to Nika Laginja's underwater project, Czech artist Jiří Kovanda created the minimalist

installation "1857" which found its permanent home at the very beginning of the Lungomare promenade. Inspired by local nature and its history, Kovanda places his work near the birthplace of

, highlighting the distribution of the Adriatic Fucus, an endangered marine species today, back in 1857 when this prominent scientist was born.

Film location

Several scenes of "The Legacy Run" have been shot in Volosko. The movie, in good part shot in the Opatja-Rijeka region, is the conceptual prequel of the international Tv Series "Sport Crime".

Windsurfing

Volosko is situated on the west side of Preluka Bay, which is known for good

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and

sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen cou ...

conditions. Daily thermal winds, locally known as Tramuntana, blow regularly from the north each morning, peaking just after sunrise and ending a few hours later. Under prolonged high pressure systems, weather conditions may become stable, creating persistent winds strong enough to ensure adequate windsurfing ( planing conditions) for hours each morning, making the Volosko and Preluk areas one of the most consistent windsurfing spots on the Adriatic coast. Launch spots are at the beach near the Preluk auto camp and within the Volosko harbor itself. Each season, the local windsurfing club, DSNM Volosko, organizes one or more windsurfing races, open to both professional and amateur windsurfers.

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* {{Coord, 45, 21, N, 14, 19, E, region:HR_type:city, display=title Populated places in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County