Podstena

In 1860–1879, Matija Mažuranić wrote a 62 folio manuscript today titled Writings on the Building of Roads in Gorski Kotar and Lika (Croatian: Spisi o gradnji cesta u Gorskom Kotaru i Lici), today with signature HR-ZaNSK R 6424. A 21 folio manuscript dated 1872 titled Darstellung der Entstehung des Baues ... der Luisenstrasse together with a translation by I. Mikloušić is kept as HR-ZaNSK R 4572.^[3]: 223

On 12 December 2017, a severe wind hit Podstena, blocking traffic to and from it.^[4][5]

The "Gorski Kotar Bike Tour", held annually since 2012,^[6] sometimes goes through Podstena, such as in the third leg for 2023.^[7]