Gospic

Gospic is a metropolis and municipality inside the mountainous and in moderation populated place of Lika, Croatia. It is the executive centre of Lika-Senj county. Gospić is located close to the Lika River within the center of a karst field. Gospic is the third smallest seat of a county government in Croatia.

Its reputation because the county capital helped to spur a few development in it, but the metropolis in addition to the complete place have suffered a regular decrease in populace over the last several many years. Scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla become born in the close by village of Smiljan and grew up in Gospic. The first organised inhabitation of the area become recorded in 1263 as Kaseg or Kasezi. The name Gospic is first stated in 1604, which probable originates from the Croatian word for female or another archaic form, gospava. It became ruled by Ottoman Empire as a part of Sanjak of Lika to start with in Rumeli Eyalet 1528 to 1580, later in Bosnia Eyalet 1580 to 1686.