Lovran (Italian: Laurana, German: Lauran) is a village and a municipality in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, west Croatia. It is situated in eastern Istria, on the western coast of the Kvarner Bay. Its name derives from Laurel (Laurus nobilis), as shown in the coat of arms. In the 2011 census, it had a population of 4,101, in the following settlements: Lovran is one of the oldest coastal settlements on the eastern shore of Istrian peninsula. According to one legend, the town was created when the Roman patrician and statesman Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa built his summer residence on the site in the first century AD. The name of the settlement was first mentioned in the 7th century, as Lauriana, which reveals that the place was named after the aromatic laurel. By the early Middle Ages it was an important urban and shipbuilding center of the northern Adriatic. Following the sudden development of port towns in the vicinity (Trieste, Pula, and Rijeka) which became the new and dominant urban centers in the region, Lovran lost its significance. More information...
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