Cova Krajska
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Cova Krajska
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The cove of Krajska Lučica is located 1.1 M north of Mošćenička Draga and 0.8 M south of Medveja beneath the village of Kraj, from which it takes its name (krajska is the adjective form of the place name while lučica denotes a small harbour in Croatian and indicates that it was also a shelter for smaller vessels, although not a harbour in the true sense of the word because boats, most often of the guc-type, were pulled ashore). The cove was used by several fishing companies that fished here and in neighbouring fishing spots, as evidenced by the small fishermen’s houses in the immediate vicinity built mainly between the two world wars. Kraj is home to the following fishing families: Dešković (Dorovi/Bogovići), Dešković (Andre), Mohović (Nando) and later on Frolja (Tonić/Puhovi) and Ivančić (Mićel). The (cotton) fishing nets were kept in wooden barrels after drying to protect them from being eaten by mice. The Bradičić family from Haldej had a batana boat here, which was used for trading on the island of Cres. The locals also used the cove for laundry and rinsing dried figs at the mouth of the small torrent. They also used to boil sea water here to produce salt, which they traded as far away as the other side of the River Rječina. Above the cove on the north side, there is a reinforced concrete bunker erected by the Italian army on the eve of World War Two as part of the Italian defence system on the Istrian-Liburnian coast. In the immediate vicinity of the cove, on the northeast side, there is an islet called Vela Sten (“big rock”), the largest of its kind on the Istrian-Liburnian coast, partly overgrown with rock vegetation, and a nesting site for seagulls. The seabed is very attractive here with many rocks, deep underwater trenches and rich underwater flora and fauna. Next to the beach, there is a naturally shaped rock to which boats were moored, which is why the locals still call it Vez (“mooring”). On the opposite side of the cove, there is the Puntica rock, which is barely noticeable at high tide. There are several other interesting toponyms nearby: Strmica, Kuk (mentioned by the local writer V. C. Emin in his autobiography), Hoj, Mića baba, Vela baba, Drvar, Pod Mandriju, Kantrišće and Škajica.
