Belo, Croatia


Belo is a village in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in Croatia, on the territory of the city of Delnice.

History

It was recorded as Beloszelo on the 1673 map of.
A 22 December 1939 decision as part of agrarian reforms by Ban Šubašić to confiscate the local forest property of the Thurn and Taxis family, Kálmán Ghyczy and Nikola Petrović resulted in a legal dispute known as the Thurn and Taxis Affair, in part because of the relative status of the family and in part because of the proximity to the Italian border.
On 7 November 2024, the villagers of Donji Ložac, Radočaj Brodski, Gusti Laz, Grbajel, Golik, Belo, Čedanj and Kupa were informed that their tap water was not bacteriologically safe to drink.

Sports

Beginning in 2013, the 7 stage long Cycling Trail of Gorski Kotar passes through Belo.

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