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Lika

Lika is a mountainous region of central Croatia, between the Velebit range and the Bosnian border, with Gospić as its main town. In antiquity it was home to the Iapydes. Later it was a frontier between the Habsburg and Ottoman empires and part of the Military Frontier; it includes part of Plitvice Lakes National Park.

Lika
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Lika. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lika
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