Ćunski ( it, Chiusi Lussignano) is a small village in the central part of the island of

Lošinj Lošinj (; it, Lussino; vec, Lusin, earlier ''Osero''; german: Lötzing; la, Apsorrus; grc, Ἄψορρος) is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, in the Kvarner Gulf. It is almost due south of the city of Rijeka and part of the ...

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. It is sheltered from the bora (adriatic northern wind) and is located on the southern slope of a hill with a view of the western shores of the

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bay. The main road below Ćunski branches off leading to the

airfield. Also nearby on the western coast is Artatore, which is a popular tourist town.

History

The present village is no longer the original old settlement which evolved from a fort dating back to

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times. As the land here was fertile, and the sea was rich with fish, the area was populated as early as the Bronze Age, and during Roman times there were numerous villas (villae rusticae) along the shores. Ruins of one villa is still recognizable in the Studencic bay, together with the remains of a

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. An old built-up fountain also still exists there. During the 16th century the old church of

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was built, then enlarged in 1784, in appearance very similar to the St.

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church in Nerezine. It was torn down in order to build a simple, single-nave church with a rectangular sanctuary in 1908, which is still there today, with a belltower added in 1923. Unfortunately, there is very little left of the original lavish artistic interior decorations.

Notable people from Ćunski

Valter Župan Bishop Valter Župan (born 10 August 1938) is a Croatian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Diocesan Bishop of Krk since 31 January 1998 until his retirement on 24 January 2015. Life Bishop Župan was born into a Croatian Roman Catholic f ...

(born 1938),

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Krk Krk (; it, Veglia; ruo, Krk; dlm, label= Vegliot Dalmatian, Vikla; la, Curicta; grc-gre, Κύρικον, Kyrikon) is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, located near Rijeka in the Bay of Kvarner and part of Primorje-Gorski Kot ...

External links

Cunski-American Social Club
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cunski Populated places in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Lošinj