Turinski Krč, graditeljsko nasljeđe, povijest i sadašnjost zaselka u sjevernom Velebitu po pripovijedanju njegovih zadnjih stanovnika
Turinski Krč, Architectural Heritage, History and Present of the Hamlet in North Velebit According to Sayings of Its Remaining Inhabitants

Summary/Abstract: The settlement of Turinski Krč is placed on the west slope of Velebit in the micro-region of the Senj-Velebit coastal slope. It is inside the Nature Park Velebit and its average attitude is 1,000 metres above sea level. It is one of the rare permanent inhabited Velebit hamlets. It is placed on a slight slope between a forest and field and for its remaining inhabitants gives basic elements for living – agriculture and livestock farming for their personal needs and some wood for heating. There is an asphalt way from Oltari and it has electricity and telephone connection.There is a presumption that the hamlet was established in the 17th century when people started to move back to this region after stopping Ottoman threat and invasions. At the beginning they built simple houses, but later there were larger, stone built and with a roof on two sides, covered by wooden planks.The hamlet had 25 buildings and some of them were used for human living and others for economy. Everything was kept quite well. The hamlet is divided into two parts – south belongs to the family Ažić and east to the family Turina. The settlement has changed through the history, adapting itself to the needs of its inhabitants, but always in accordance with the dominant nature.Today (summer 2005) 7 people live there.The value of Turinski Krč is in its whole ambience, placement and green surroundings and most of all, its friendly and industrious people. Complete, as it is today, represents a typology of life and it deserves special evaluation from the competent institution for protection of the monuments and some initial action of the society in order to protect its historical, ethnographical and architectural heritage.

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