- Kraljevica
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Kraljevica
settlement_type = Town
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map_caption = Location of Kraljevica in Croatia
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =Croatia
subdivision_type1 = County
subdivision_name1 = Primorje-Gorski Kotar
area_total_km2 = 17
population_as_of = 2001
population_note =
population_total = 4579
latd = 45
latm = 12
lats = 52
latNS = N
longd = 14
longm = 35
longs = 51
longEW = E
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Josip Turina
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST =CEST
utc_offset_DST =+2
notes =Kraljevica (known as "Porto Re" in Italian and literally translated as "King's cove" in English) is a town in the
Kvarner region of the country ofCroatia , located betweenRijeka andCrikvenica , approximately thirty kilometers fromOpatija and near the entrance to the bridge to the island ofKrk . Its population is 2,897 and a total of 4,579 in the municipality (2001), and it is administratively governed under the Rijeka civil authority.Kraljevica is a town that was written about as early as the 13th century. Today, in addition to having the oldest shipyard on the Adriatic, Kraljevica's skyline is dominated by two medieval castles and a church of the Croatian nobles
Zrinski andFrankopan . Kraljevica's shipyard employedJosip Broz Tito , the former leader ofYugoslavia , during the first half of the 20th century in his early years of organizing for the Communist Party. After he became marshal of Yugoslavia followingWorld War II the shipyard took his name, until democratic changes in the 1990s.Today Kraljevica is also a popular tourist destination on the Adriatic coast. The
Krk Bridge is located nearby, in the southeast part of the city.
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