Lesci
Lesci is a village in Croatia, under the Vrbovsko township, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. It is a ghost town.
History
wrote a poem about the accordion players of Lesci titled "Petr Breški harmonikaš":Zaprta bila vusta so i oči, -
Z harmoniko je svoje soze lèjal,
Čez tipke njeje smeh se njegov tòčil.
Njegòvo dušo imal njeji meh,
Njegòvo srce, njegov vzdih i smeh.
I celi život bil mu je popêvka,
Cel život tan'c, svati, pirovânje,
Muzìkal do svojèga je sršetka, -
I na oblâke š'l je v svatovânje...
To znadó sì: da je Petr Breški
Pri ajngeli hàrmonikâš nebêški.
To ní izmìslil nigdo, to so glasi
Od Boga prišli o mrtvâčke maše:
Čim plòvan zapopêval "Bože, spasi!"
Zagrmèle orgùlje so naše
Na tan'c - kudi muzìke Petròve -
I ko da celo selo v nebo zove!
In December 1942, Ivan Goran Kovačić crossed the Kupa at Lesci in Matija Paviša's boat together with Vladimir Nazor on their way to join the Yugoslav Partisans. The news was featured on the BBC.
The 2014 Dinaric ice storm permanently blocked the old two-track dirt bridle path from Lesci to Košac.
In 2014 and 2015, the gravel road from Riblje by Severin na Kupi to Lesci was completed and equipped with benches.