Velebit - Velebit in Literature

Velebit in Literature

Planine, the first Croatian novel by Petar Zoranić, was inspired by the Velebit mountain. In older European literature Velebit was known as Montagna della Morlacca. The Venetians called it Morlachia, which derives from the fact that there used to be Morlaks, black (mauros) Latins or black "Vlasi" (Wallachians) shepherds of Romanic origin, living in the Velebit area down to Lake Skadar after the Slavic colonisation. These same shepherds fled from the Turks from Velebit to Krk or into Istria.