Archaeological Zone of the Lovranska Draga Canyon, Lovran

The canyon of the little river Medvejica near Lovranska Draga, in the municipality of Lovran in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, is a natural and archaeological attraction. It is suitable for excursions, and will particularly interest those who like caves, cliffs and a landscape that people have worked for millennia.

In the cliffs are the caves Oporovina or Poduporica on one side and Vrtačke peći on the opposite one, along with a whole series of other caves and shelters such as Zemunica, Podoraj, Vela peć, Pinkina peć and Podbela peć, most of which are archaeological sites. Oporovina is a multi-layered site with finds from the late Neolithic, Eneolithic, Bronze Age and late antiquity. Vrtačke peći are a series of half-caves in vertical, inaccessible rock faces, with finds from the Bronze Age and late antiquity. According to the data the zone dates from about 2000 BC.

The zone is a protected cultural property, entered in the Register of Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia under the code Z-2728.

Data: Register of Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia (Ministry of Culture and Media), Open Licence.