Prozor is a settlement (
naselje
Settlements in Croatia, in Croatian ''naselje'' ( pl. ''naselja'') are the third-level spatial division of the country, and usually indicate existing or former human settlement. Each Croatian city or town (''grad'', pl. ''gradovi'') or municip ...
) in the valley of river
Gacka
The Gacka is a river located in the Lika region of central Croatia.
Because for a large part of its course it is a subterranean river, estimates of its length vary. The aboveground part has undergone substantial human intervention – before it ...
in
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
, just south of
Otočac
Otočac () is a town in Croatia, former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see. It lies in the northwestern part of Lika region, in the Gacka river valley. The population of the administrative area of the Town of Otočac was 9,778 in ...
and a part of the Town of Otočac municipality.
It is the site of the ancient
Iapodian
The Iapodes (or Iapydes, Japodes; ; ) were an ancient people who dwelt north of and inland from the Liburnians, off the Adriatic coast and eastwards of the Istrian peninsula. They occupied the interior of the country between the ''Colapis'' (Kupa) ...
and
Roman
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of Roman civilization
*Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter w ...
settlement of ''Arupium''.
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References
Populated places in Lika-Senj County
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