1. Croatia a land of thousand islands
An overview of its history, culture and natural beauty
By Zdeslav Hrepic
Kansas State University

2. OVERVIEW General facts and Geography What we are proud of…
History and Language
Art and Architecture
World heritage in Croatia (UNESCO’s list)
Landscape
Music and Dances

3. CROATIA IS between Central Europe and the Mediterranean
On the cross roads
between
Central Europe
and the
Mediterranean

4. GENERAL FACTS Official name: REPUBLIC OF CROATIA Official language:
CROATIAN
Alphabet:
LATIN

5. 4,437,460 (2001. Census) POPULATION Ethnic composition:
89,63% Croats 4,54% Serbs 0,47% Bosnians 0,44% Italians
0,37 Hungarians
6,55% others
Religions:
87,83% Roman Catholic 1,28% Islam 0,91% Orthodox 0,43% Protestant 3, 9% Atheists
2.99% Agnostics
2, 2% Atheists

6. CAPITAL - ZAGREB
Old town and Cathedral
Church of St. Mark

7. COAT OF ARMS AND FLAG
today
~ 7 ct.
~ 16 ct.

8. ECONOMY - TOURISM

9. ECONOMY - SHIPBUILDING
Made in Split, Croatia
In the second half of the 1980-ties the Croatian shipbuilding industry was at the third place in the world, (after Japan and South Korea).

10. ECONOMY - AGRICULTURE
SOUTH CROATIA

11. ECONOMY - AGRICULTURE
NORTH CROATIA

12. RELIEF

13. ARCHIPELAGO 1,185 islands and rocks 66 inhabited
One of 10 nations in the world with more than 1000 islands
Total Coastline length 5,835 km
(Islands 70% - Mainland 30 %)

14. CROATIAN ARCHIPELAGO
According to American journal "Cruising World", together with the Caribbean, among the best sailing areas in the world.

15. BEACHES

16. BEACHES

17. LIGHTHOUSES
66 big stone lighthouses from 19 ct.

18. FALKUSA
Croatian fisherman boat (18 ct.)

19. WHAT WE ARE PROUD OF…

20. SPORT - GORAN IVANISEVIC
WIMBLEDON CHAMPION 2001
..and welcome in his hometown - Split
Winner

21. NBA PLAYERS FROM CROATIA
Basketball team from Split - several times European champions.
Toni Kukoc
Radja vs. Rodman
Zan Tabak
Drazen Petrovic

22. C R O A T I A The Third Best Team in the World
NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM
C R O A T I A The Third Best Team in the World
Davor Suker won the Golden Boot for scoring the most Goals (France 1998)
Note: Croatia has less people than Brazil or Germany has registered soccer players and is a bit smaller in size than West Virginia!

23. DALMATIAN DOG–NATIVE CROATIAN
Dalmatia - the coastal part of Croatia
We know about organized breeding of this dog in the Djakovo bishopric already in the 14th century!
The name was given in the USA in the 19th century, previously also known as the Dubrovnik hunter.
Recognized as Croatian autochthonous breed in 1994 (FCI-153).
We know about organized breeding of this dog in Croatia already in the 14th century! (the Djakovo bishopric)
Can be taught as watchdog and hunter.
Recognized as Croatian autochthonous breed (FCI-153)
Croatian Mascot Olympic games Sydney

24. CROATIA - HOMELAND OF CRAVATS
Every day worn by the 600 million men around the world.
French - la Cravate German- die Krawatte English – Cravat Italian - Cravatta Spanish - Corbata Portuguese - Gravata Irish - Carabhat Swedish - Kravatt Finnish - Kravatti Flemish - Krawaat Polish - Krawat Ukrainian - Kravatka Hungarian – Kravat Croatian - Kravata

25. CROATIA HOMELAND OF CRAVATS
A tradition introduced by Croatian soldiers who wore a small neckerchief of silk or cloth, tied in a knot around their necks.
Accepted in Europe during when two regiments of Croatian soldiers were serving Luis XIV. After “la Cravate” become popular at French court, fashion spread fast further.
Many events in the history of mankind eventually
fade into oblivion, but others, leave their indelible
marks for the entire world to see. More than 350
years ago, the Croats initiated one such influential
occurrence. Although started in the 17th century
in a small region on the Adriatic coast, the
consequences of this event are still very much
evident the world over. 600 million people now
wear the ubiquitous symbol of Croatia around their
necks, close to their hearts.
Did you know that Croatia is the mother country of
the necktie?
In his book, La Grande Histoire de la Cravate
(Flamarion, Paris, 1994), François Chaille tells us
about the appearance of this article of clothing
and how it became fashionable.
"… Around the year 1635, some six thousand
soldiers and knights came to Paris to give their
support to King Louis XlV and Cardinal Richelieu.
Among them were a great number of Croatian
mercenaries led by a ban, or Croatian viceroy.
The traditional outfit of these Croats aroused
interest on account of the unusual and
picturesque scarves distinctively tied about their
necks. The scarves were made of various cloths,
ranging from coarse material for common soldiers,
to fine cotton and silk for officers. This elegant
"Croatian style" immediately enamoured the
French, who were delighted by the new article of
clothing, which had been previously unknown in
Europe.
For the gallant French officers in the thirty-year
war, the advantage of the Croatian neck scarf was
its enviable practicality. In contrast to the lace
collar that had to be kept white and carefully
starched, the scarf was simply and loosely tied
around the neck without need for any additional
care. Just as elegant as the stiff, high collars, the
new scarves were less awkward, easier to wear
and remained visible beneath the soldiers’
thick, long hair.
Around the year 1650, during the reign of Louis
XIV, the Croatian scarf was accepted in France,
above all in court, where military ornaments were
much admired. The fashionable expression,
’a la croate’, soon evolved into a
new French word, which still exists today: la
cravate. This innovation symbolized the height of
culture and elegance. On his return to England
from exile, Charles II brought with him this new
word in fashion. Over the next ten years, this
fashion novelty spread across Europe, as well as
across the colonies on the American continent..."
Since that time in the 17th century, derivatives of
the word croata have been present in many
languages, (i.e., English, German, French,
Portuguese, Italian), meaning cravat or tie. It
follows then that Croatia is the mother country of
the necktie, as France is the mother country of
high fashion, Brazil of coffee, Switzerland of
cheese and watches, Portugal of port…
How much do you know about the Croatian orign of the tie?
The tie (cravat) is a Croatian contribution to the the general development of clothing and fashion. The
etymology of the word cravat indicates its Croatian origin. In the mid-17th century the French introduced the
word cravate into their language, to describe a piece of cloth worn round the neck. It was, probably, derived
from the word Krawatte from a German dialect (the German literary standard language word was Kroate -
Croat). The Oxford dictionary of Modern English Language has several different entries for the word cravat:
crabbat, crabat, cravett, crevet. The word soon was introduced into other languages; the Italian variant was
croatta or cravatta, the Spanish variant was known as corbata and the Flemish as krawaat.
One of the popular background explanations to why cravat got its name after the Croats, is as follows: In
the 17th century, during the Thirty Years' War ( ) in which France and Sweden had united forces
against the German Empire, Croatian soldiers served as mercenaries in the light cavalries of both armies.
They first gained a reputation of being exceptionally courageous and well trained within the German ranks.
After the victories they won over the French troops, Cardinal Richelieu himself insisted on including
Croatian mercenaries in the Franch army. In 1633 the first French troop made up of Croatian cavalry was
formed. One of the 24 cavalry regiments formed in France in 1643, was the Croatian regiment
"Royal-Cravattes". It was an elitist regiment which fought many battles for the kings Louis XIII and Louis
XIV. Its soldiers differed from other French troops in their warring strategies, arms and uniforms. A
particular detail of their uniform was a kerchief knotted round the neck. Not only did the French soldiers
adopt the fashion of wearing the neck kerchief, but it soon grew very popular among the civilians too. Even
the French ladies members of the French court and the French nobility, wore cravats, and in the years to
come, they could be seen knotted round the necks of gentlemen in other European and overseas
countries.
In the course of time the cravat has appeared in a variety of shapes, colours and materials, ranging from
the simple knotted kerchive to more sophisticated, sometimes uncomfortable, stiff, high collars. In the l9th
and 20th centuries the bow tie grew very popular.
The modern tie is a narrow, long piece of silk or woolen fabric worn under a shirt collar and tied in a knot at
the front. There are many varieties of patterns and colours designed to match the gentlemen's suits.
Tiepins can be used to fasten the ties to the shirt. A tie could be a sign of affiliation - membership to an
artistic elitist group (the style a la Byron or Baudelaire), or belonging to the middle class, to the class of
farmers and even revolutionaries (thus, the common feature of the 1789 Franch revolutionaries was a
black kerchief tied around their necks).
Source: The Croatian Post and Telecommunications, 1995

26. OLDEST UNIVERSITIES ZADAR 1396 and ZAGREB 1669 ZADAR 1396 ZAGREB 1669
Bologna 1219
Padova 1220
Paris 1220
Oxford 1249
Lisabon 1290
Rome 1303
Cambridge 1318
Florence 1321
Praha 1348
Krakow 1364
Vienna 1365
Heidelberg 1385
ZADAR 1396
Rostock 1419
Glasgow 1453
Copenhagen 1479
Mainz 1494
Edinburgh 1582
Dublin 1591
Lwow 1661
ZAGREB 1669
Göttingen 1736
Erlangen 1743, Moscow 1775
Berlin 1809
Saint Petersburg 1819
London 1825
Helsinki 1826
Kiev 1834
Athens 1834
Tokyo 1881
Constantinople 1900 …

27. INVENTORS - PARASHUTE
Faust Vrancic ( ) from Sibenik invented and constructed a parashute and also performed a first jumps in order to test it.
Wrote famous book on mechanics Machinae novae (61 constructions, Venice, 1595) - soon translated from Latin into Italian, Spanish, French and German
A sketch of his well known Homo volans (parachutist) appearing in Machinae novae - often wrongly attributed to Leonardo da Vinci.

28. INVENTORS - PEN
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala ( ) from Zagreb invented a mechanical ball pen which is bearing his name and now it is in everyday use.

29. The Inventor Who Changed the World
NIKOLA TESLA ( )
The Inventor Who Changed the World
Born in Croatia (at that time within Austro-Hungary)
The father of alternating current technology, production and transmission of electrical energy as we know it today.
Great contribution in high frequency technology and wireless communications
More than 700 patents (manuscripts still top secret of US ministry of defense)
Refused to receive the Nobel prize which he had to share with T.A. Edison.
The unit for magnetic induction named after him

30. NIKOLA TESLA
When his mother died, in 1892, he paid a visit to Zagreb, Croatian capital, where he gave a lecture about alternating current. On that occasion he said:
“As a son of my homeland I feel it is my duty to help the city of Zagreb in every respect with my advice and work” and suggested to build alternating current power plant.
“I am equally proud of my Croatian motherland and Serbian descent”. N. Tesla
Tesla’s monument, carved by Croatian sculptor Frano Krsinic, near Tesla's hydro power plant on Niagara Falls.

31. TWO CROATIAN SCIENTISTS
ON THE MAP OF THE MOON
Rudjer Boskovic ( ), name of the mountain on the visible side. (forerunner of modern physics for two centuries – theory of atomic forces)
Andrija Mohorovicic ( ) name of the mountain on the dark side (discovered discontinuity in Earth crust named after him - Moho-layer or Moho-discontinuity.

32. CROATS – NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS
Lavoslav Ruzicka, of a Croat/Czech origin. Born in Vukovar, Croatia. Studied in Zagreb.
For discoveries in organic chemistry 1939.
Ivo Andric, A Croat born in Dolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Studied in Zagreb.
For literature, 1961.
Vladimir Prelog, a Croat born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Studied in Zagreb. For discoveries in organic chemistry, 1975.

33. FIRST PUBLIC THEATER IN EUROPE
ON ISLAND HVAR
In 1612 a theatre was built on the first floor of an existing building (from 13th century).

34. FIRST PUBLIC THEATER IN EUROPE
Built by the efforts and contributions of all the members of the community, regardless of class.

35. OPERA Three Slavic nations who have national operas:
Russians: (M. I. Glinka in 1836, 1842),
Croats: Vatroslav Lisinski composed the first Croatian national opera "Ljubav i zloba" ("Love and malice") in 1846.
Czechs: (B. Smetana in 1862),
The most famous Croatian opera: Ero s onoga svijeta, by Jakov Gotovac ( )
It has been translated into 9 languages and performed in about 80 countries.

36. LEGACY – THE VINODOL CODE
One of the earliest and most important Croatian legal documents is The Vinodol Code, very different from the Roman law, written in the Glagolitic alphabet in 1288.
considered to be one of the most important documents of medieval Europe. Among the Slav Codes only the Rus Code “Pravda” is slightly older (1282).
It was unique in Europe by determining protection and integrity of women.
Introduces the institution of witnesses.

37. PEARL OF CROATIAN CULTURE
CITY OF DUBROVNIK
PEARL OF CROATIAN CULTURE
the first European pharmacy that has been working continuously till these days was opened there in in Franciscan monastery.
The first hospital (Domus Christi) in Dubrovnik was opened in 1347.

38. CITY OF DUBROVNIK In 1296 Dubrovnik had a sewer system.
In 1377 Dubrovnik had the first quarantene in Europe.
An organized production of soap started in 1417.
The first orphanage was founded in 1432.

39. CITY OF DUBROVNIK
Dubrovnik have the oldest arboretum in Europe - Trsteno, founded in 1498, with many rare plants.

40. CITY OF DUBROVNIK
Upon arrival in 7th ct., Croatians founded the city on remainings of Roman settlement Ragusa. The city walls were built between the 8th and 16th centuries.
After Croatia joined in union with Hungary (1102) the Republic of Dubrovnik left the only really free part of Croatia and kept it’s freedom until Napoleon.

41. CITY OF DUBROVNIK
Ivan Gundulic ( ) from Dubrovnik, one of the greatest Croatian poets wrote in Croatian language the well known patriotic verses devoted to Liberty:
Oh beautiful, oh dear, oh sweet liberty, the gift that Almighty God gave us…
Neither all the silver and gold, nor all the human lives can be payment to your pure beauty!
Flag of the Republic of Dubrovnik:
The word LIBERTAS (Liberty)

42. CITY OF DUBROVNIK
One of 8 books of Dubrovnik statute from 1272 contains exclusively regulations concerning Maritime Law, which is the oldest such document in the world.
Slave trade in the Republic of Dubrovnik was forbidden in 1418 (in the British Empire in 1833).
Dubrovnik's 1395 Insurance Law is the oldest in Europe. It had all aspects of contemporary maritime insurance. This law is three centuries older than Lloyd's insurance, London, which dates from the end of 17th century.

43. CITY OF DUBROVNIK
"Dubrovnik Nava" 16 ct.
Republic of Dubrovnik built big fleet of sailing ships. In 16th century, years of biggest prosperity of Republic of Dubrovnik, their mercantile marine had ships. Besides that, Dubrovnik had big armament navy.

44. HISTORY - ORIGINS The earliest mention of the Croatian name
as Horovathos (Horvat = Croat) on two stone inscriptions in Greek language, from around the 200 A.D., found by the Black Sea (more precisely in the seaport Tanais on the Azov sea, Krim).
"Horoathos archon Tanaiton" (= Croat Mayor of Tanais) and "Synodos Horouathon“ (=Convention of Croats).
Both tablets are held in the archeological museum in St Petersburg, Russia.

45. INVITATION BY EMPEROR HERACLIUS
Emperor Heraclius invites the Croats to settle in the Roman provinces of Pannonia and Dalmatia (as unable to defend the regions from the Avars)
This invitation was issued between 610 A.D. and 641 A.D., perhaps during the siege of Byzantium in 626. The migration was mostly complete by 678 when the Croatians sent a delegation to the Court of Constantinople.
Rome established contact with the Croatians at the same time and converted the tribes to Christianity through a treaty with Pope Agatho in 680, making Croatia one of the world's oldest Christian nations.

46. 800 A.D.
A loose confederation of duchies ruled by Bans (Viceroys), began to take the shape of a unified state between 800 and 925.

47. UPON ARIVAL IN TODAYS HOMELAND
The earliest known Croatian duke was Borna, who ruled from around 812 to 821.
Duke Trpimir ruled from 845 to 864. In 852 he issued the oldest known governmental document in the Latin script, where the Croatian name was mentioned (dux Chroatorum)
In a letter from Pope John VIII to Prince Branimir, dated June 7th of 879 A.D., Croatia is mentioned as an independent, sovereign nation.
Figure of a Croatian Dignitary” (11th century) from Biskupija near Knin

48. Tomislav - first Croatian King (910 –928)
KING TOMISLAV
Among all Slavic nations Croatians first had kingdom (925 AD Duvno)
The Emperor of Byzantium, Constantine Porphyrognet ( ) recorded (about 950.) that
during King Tomislav's reign Croatia could raise overnight
100,000 armed soldiers and 60,000 horsemen
Tomislav - first Croatian King (910 –928)

49. 10 c. NAVAL POWER Sagina 10 –11 ct.
In same document he also recorded the information about the naval power of Croatians numbering:
Sagina 10 –11 ct.
80 saginas (oared ships) with 40 fighters in addition to the crew and 100 konduras (oared ships smaller than saginas) with 10 to 20 fighters in addition to the crew. This was a force of about marine 5000 fighters, very respectable for that period.

50. 1000 A.D.

51. LANGUAGE AND SCRIPT Two national Scripts:
Croatian Glagolitic older than a thousand years. The Our glagolitic books (written and printed) and other glagolitic monuments are scattered in many national libraries and museums in the world, in as many as 21 countries, in about 50 cities outside Croatia:
and Croatian Cyrilic.
The Croats, using the Glagolitic alphabet, were the only nation in Europe who was given a special permission by Pope (Innocent IV in 1248) to use their own language and this script in Liturgy.

52. CROATIAN GLAGOLITIC SCRIPT
Angular and Round font
Missal from Vrbnik (15 st)

53. precious stone of Croatian literacy
THE BASKA TABLET
precious stone of Croatian literacy
An inscription written in the Croatian Glagolitic alphabet is a stone tablet - dating from the end of 11th century
Found near the town of Baska on the island of Krk. It contains about 400 Glagolitic characters (dimensions of the tablet: 2x1 sq.m, 800 kg).

54. KING ZVONIMIR
Of particular interest is the third line of the Baska tablet, which mentions the Croatian King Zvonimir.
Z'V'NIM(I)R‘
KRAL‘
HR'VAT'SK'[I]

55. FIRST BOOKS PRINTED IN CROATIAN
In Glagolitic Script: 1483 “Missal” (440 pp, 19x26 cm) years after Gutenberg's Bible 6 years after the first printed book in Paris and Venice 1 year before Stockholm, 58 years before Berlin and 70 years before Moscow The Croatian Glagolitic Script was the fifth to appear in the history of European printing, very soon after the Latin, Gothic, Greek and Hebrew scripts In the Latin Script: 1495 “Lectionary of Bernardin of Split”, (published in Venice).

56. MAIN HISTORICAL PERIODS
The arrival of the Croats to the Roman provincies Dalmatia and Pannonia – the Beginning of the 7th century
The period of Croatian dukes and kings of native birth (~ ),
Croatia sharing with Hungary a new state under common Hungarian and Croatian kings ( ),
Croatia ruled by the Habsburgs, as a member of the Habsburg crown ( ), parts of Croatia under Venice, Turkish ottoman empire and France,
Croatia – part of kingdom of Yugoslavia and later republic within communist Yugoslavia ruled by Croatian Josip Broz Tito ( ),
Internationally recognized Republic of Croatia
(January 1992).

57. ART - ANCIENT CULTURES Remains from locality of Pećani near Sibenik
The Copper Age - Vucedol culture near Vukovar, Croatia (2500 BC)

58. ANCIENT GREECE HERITAGE
Issa (Vis) –Afrodita’s bronze head with silver eyes
Tragurion (Trogir) - Cairos
Pottery and floor Issa (Vis)

59. ROMAN HERITAGE – ARENA IN PULA
built in the 1st century AD during the reign of the Emperor Vespasian, at the same time as the Colosseum in Rome
the Amphitheatre could seat spectators.
In the Middle Ages it was the site of knight tournaments and fairs.

60. DIOCLETIAN PALACE IN SPLIT
ROMAN HERITAGE
DIOCLETIAN PALACE IN SPLIT
Diocletians Aquaduct Still in use after 1700 years
Peristyle – main square

61. CROATIAN ART – BEGININGS
Represented by a rich ornamentation in interlace pattern
An important monument with the interlace pattern which contains the name of Duke Branimir (9th century)

62. CROATIAN PRE-ROMANESQUE ART
baptismal font of Duke Viseslav from Nin (around 800 AD), with a interlace cross.

63. PRE-ROMANESQUE ART 9-11c
Choir screen panel from Split, containing pentagram and interlace patterns, 11th century.
A ciboria from Biskupija (11th century) in Split Museum

64. 9 ct. CHURCH ARHITECTURE
About 150 Pre-Romanesque Croatian churches (9th to 11th century), built mostly along the coast. About 15 of them are still well preserved (some were completely destroyed during the aggression on Croatia in ).
Chapel of Holy Cross in Nin built around 800 AD a typical Pre-Romanesque church in Dalmatia

65. 9 ct. CHURCH ARHITECTURE Church of St. Donatus (9th century), in Zadar
the largest Pre-Romanesque building in Croatia
one of the most important monuments of the Pre-Romanesque architecture in Europe
one of the most impressive churches of the Carolingian centralized type in Europe

66. 11 ct. CHURCH ARHITECTURE
Church of St. Nicholas near Nin (11th century); the octagonal tower was added in the 16th century to protect from the Turks
St. Nicolas (11th century) - Split

67. 12-13ct. ROMANESQUE
CHURCH ARHITECTURE
Stomorica – remains of church

68. 12-13ct. ROMANESQUE CHURCH ARHITECTURE
St. Anastasia [Sveta Stosija] Cathedral in Zadar
St. Krsevan in Zadar

69. 15-16 ct. RENAISSANCE CHURCH ARHITECTURE
St. Jakob -Sibenik – cathedral 15 c.
Hvar – cathedral 15/16 c.

70. SCULPTRY – IVAN MESTROVIC
INDIAN WITH BOW 1926 GRANT PARK CHICAGO, USA
CROATIAN HISTORY 1932 SPLIT, CROATIA

71. Ivan Rabuzin “FULLNESS OF THE EARTH” Ivan Lackovic Croata “WINTER”
CROATIAN NAIVE ART
Today quite widespread and highly esteemed.
First introduced by Croatian painter Krsto Hegedusic ( ).
Ivan Rabuzin “FULLNESS OF THE EARTH”
Ivan Lackovic Croata “WINTER”

72. Ivica Fister “OUR ETERNAL LIGHT”
CROATIAN NAIVE ART
Ivan Rabuzin “DAWN”
Ivica Fister “OUR ETERNAL LIGHT”

73. LACE – ISLAND PAG

74. LACE - LEPOGLAVA
Another lace, from island Hvar, is unique as made of threads of Aloe Vera leaf quickly while thread is still wet and flexible

75. CROATIA IN UN
Vineyards near Primosten – an glory to human labor

76. CROATIA IN UN
This photo of a victim of the fascist terror is exhibited in the building of UN in New York.
Shows Stjepan Filipovic ( ), a Croatian antifascist born in Opuzen, in Dalmatian part of Croatia, in the moment before he was hanged in publicly in the city of Valjevo in Serbia by Serbian chetniks and German fascists.

77. SCULPTURY - CROATIA IN UN
The Horsewoman (the Monument of Peace)
one of the symbols of the United Nations
A sculpture was created by Croatian sculptor Antun Augustincic ( ).
It is situated in front of the UN main building in New York. The basement of the monument is made of the marble from the Croatian island of Brac (White house also built of it).

78. DIOCLETIAN PALACE IN SPLIT
UN - WORLD HERITAGE
DIOCLETIAN PALACE IN SPLIT
Peristyle - the center of the Diocletian's Palace

79. DIOCLETIAN PALACE IN SPLIT
UN - WORLD HERITAGE
DIOCLETIAN PALACE IN SPLIT
GAIUS AURELIUS VALERIUS DIOCLETANIUS (c ) - born near the Salona, then capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia. He was pronounced emperor on November 20, 284 AD.

80. CATHEDRAL IN SPLIT
THE OLDEST IN THE WORLD

81. UN - WORLD HERITAGE OLD CITY OF DUBROVNIK Bernard Shaw:
Those who seek paradise on Earth
should come to Dubrovnik
and see Dubrovnik.

82. UN - WORLD HERITAGE
OLD CITY OF DUBROVNIK
City walls 8-16 ct.

83. NATIONAL PARK PLITVICE LAKES
UN - WORLD HERITAGE
NATIONAL PARK PLITVICE LAKES
The living process of formation and growth of travertine cascade barriers

84. NATIONAL PARK PLITVICE LAKES
UN - WORLD HERITAGE
NATIONAL PARK PLITVICE LAKES
The brown bear - the largest mammal in this part of the world

85. ROMANESQUE TOWN TROGIR
UN - WORLD HERITAGE
ROMANESQUE TOWN TROGIR

86. ROMANESQUE TOWN TROGIR
UN - WORLD HERITAGE
ROMANESQUE TOWN TROGIR
Portal and choral seats of Trogir Cathedral

87. BASILICA OF EUPHRASIUS IN POREC
UN - WORLD HERITAGE
BASILICA OF EUPHRASIUS IN POREC
Euphrasius Basilica in Porec, Istria, built in the 6th century. Very important remain of Byzantine art in Croatia

88. UN - WORLD HERITAGE CATHEDRAL IN SIBENIK
Following the design of Juraj Dalmatinac (1441).
East end of Cathedral

89. UN - WORLD HERITAGE
CATHEDRAL IN SIBENIK
Baptistery