Senj is the oldest town on the upper Adriatic, and it was founded in the time before the Romans some 3000 years ago (Senia) on the hill Kuk. It was the center of the Illyrian tribe Iapydes. The current settlement is situated at the foot of the slopes Mala Kapela and Velebit. The symbol of the town, the Fortress Nehaj (Croatian: Tvr?ava Nehaj), that is found on the hill Nehaj, was completed in 1558, and has since then been the seat of the Uskoci until they were banished from the town in the 1617 after the Habsburg Monarchy made peace with the Republic of Venice. Senj is now found in the Lika-Senj County, and is also included in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gospi?-Senj, and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rijeka within the Catholic Church
