Zverinac
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Zverinac is a small Croatia
n island in the Zadar
Archipelago of the Adriatic Sea
. It occupies 4.2 square kilometres and is populated by 48 people, with a population density of 11.429 persons per square kilometer. Its highest peak is 111 metres high.
According to the Croatian Culturenet website, the island was first mentioned in 1421 as Suiran, a possession of the Zadar noblemen. In the island's settlement is the baroque palace of the family of Fanfong from 1746 http://www.culturenet.hr/v1/english/panorama.asp?id=88. There are Roman ruins in the Poripišće uvala.
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n island in the Zadar
Zadar
Zadar is a city in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea. It is the centre of Zadar county and the wider northern Dalmatian region. Population of the city is 75,082 citizens...
Archipelago of the Adriatic Sea
Adriatic Sea
The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges...
. It occupies 4.2 square kilometres and is populated by 48 people, with a population density of 11.429 persons per square kilometer. Its highest peak is 111 metres high.
According to the Croatian Culturenet website, the island was first mentioned in 1421 as Suiran, a possession of the Zadar noblemen. In the island's settlement is the baroque palace of the family of Fanfong from 1746 http://www.culturenet.hr/v1/english/panorama.asp?id=88. There are Roman ruins in the Poripišće uvala.