Rural ensemble - Veli Brgud

Due to its harmony with the natural surroundings, spatial organization, and even its name, Veli Brgud reflects the settlement’s medieval origins, closely linked to grazing, forests, and later to agriculture and viticulture. From the village center, called Ravnice, roads branch out south toward Rijeka, north toward Šapjane, and northwest toward Žejane. Historically, the village served as an economic intermediary between these surrounding settlements and the entire Učka region on one side, and Rijeka and its surroundings on the other. Economic buildings reflect an older type of stone architecture with vegetative roofs and characteristic raised gables, while residential houses show a developmental sequence from simple medieval single-story structures to more complex buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries.