Memorial center „Nikola Tesla“ Smiljan Nikola Tesla's birthplace is today a memorial center dedicated to this great scientist and inventor. The center was opened in 2006 on the 150th anniversary of Nikola's birth.
Smiljan – birthplace of Nikola Tesla Smiljan is a village in the Lika region of Croatia and is where Nikola Tesla was born. Administratively, it is part of the town Gospić.