Sveti Grgur
Encyclopedia
Sveti Grgur is an uninhabited island in Croatia
, on the Adriatic Sea
between Rab
and Krk
. The island was the site of a women's prison in communist Yugoslavia from 1948 to 1988.
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 ...
, on 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...
between Rab
Rab
Rab is an island in Croatia and a town of the same name located just off the northern Croatian coast in the Adriatic Sea.The island is long, has an area of and 9,480 inhabitants . The highest peak is Kamenjak at 408 meters...
and Krk
Krk
Krk is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, located near Rijeka in the Bay of Kvarner and part of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county....
. The island was the site of a women's prison in communist Yugoslavia from 1948 to 1988.
Literature
- Milutin Popović, Sećanja na logor Sveti Grgur. Symix graphics, Beograd, 1991.
- Ženi Lebl, LJUBIČICA BELA-White Violete with the subtitle "Two and half years in the Yugoslav Gulag for women", Belgrade, 2009