°Croatia ° UNESCO °world heritage sites
°Dubrovacko Neretvanska county [capital = Dubrovnik]
°Old City
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°Dubrovnik
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°detail
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Although severely damaged by an earthquake in 1667, Dubrovnik managed to preserve its beautiful Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque churches, monasteries, palaces and fountains.
°Stecci Medieval Tombstone Graveyard
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°Dubravka
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Church of St Barbara, Konavle
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Their reliefs, including decorative, symbolic, and religious motives as well as scenes from everyday life, are an extraordinary testimony of medieval culture.
°Istarska county [capital = Pazin]
°Episcopal Complex
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°Porec
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°Ul. Juraj Dobrila
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The group of religious monuments in Porec, where Christianity was established as early as the 4th century, constitutes the most complete surviving complex of its type. The basilica, atrium, baptistery and episcopal palace are outstanding examples of religious architecture, while the basilica itself combines classical and Byzantine elements in an exceptional manner.
°Licko Senjska county [capital = Gospic]
°Plitvice Lakes National Park
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°Potok
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The waters flowing over the limestone and chalk have, over thousands of years, deposited travertine barriers, creating natural dams which in turn have created a series of beautiful lakes, caves and waterfalls. These geological processes continue today. The forests in the park are home to bears, wolves and many rare bird species.
°Beech Forest
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°Hajducki i Rozanski kukovi
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The diversity of karst forms, plants, animals and landscapes on such a small area make the peak part of northern Velebit one of the most attractive mountain havens in the Croatian Dinarides.
°Sibensko Kninska county [capital = Sibenik]
°The Cathedral of St James
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°Sibenik
at
°Trg Republike Hrvatske 1
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The Cathedral of St James in Sibenik (1431-1535), on the Dalmatian coast, bears witness to the considerable exchanges in the field of monumental arts between Northern Italy, Dalmatia and Tuscany in the 15th and 16th centuries.
°Venetian Works of Defence
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°Sibenik
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°Fort of St. Nikola
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The fortress is one of the most valuable and best preserved examples of defense architecture in Dalmatia.
°Splitsko-Dalmatinska county [capital = Split]
°Plain
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°Stari Grad
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The landscape features ancient stone walls and trims, or small stone shelters, and bears testimony to the ancient geometrical system of land division used by the ancient Greeks, the chora which has remained virtually intact over 24 centuries.
°Diocletian's Palace
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°Split
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°Dioklecijanova ul. 1
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The ruins of Diocletian's Palace, built between the late 3rd and the early 4th centuries A.D., can be found throughout the city. The cathedral was built in the Middle Ages, reusing materials from the ancient mausoleum. Twelfth- and 13th-century Romanesque churches, medieval fortifications, 15th-century Gothic palaces and other palaces in Renaissance and Baroque style make up the rest of the protected area.
°Historic City
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°Trogir
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°N43 31 1.5 E16 15 4.9
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Its beautiful Romanesque churches are complemented by the outstanding Renaissance and Baroque buildings from the Venetian period.
°Mala Crljivica Medieval Tombstone Graveyard
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°Cista Velika
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D60
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102 stecci of all basic types have been preserved: slabs, chests and gabled roof tombstones. Decorative motifs are the following: crosses of all forms, anthropomorphic lilies, hunting scenes, scenes of people dancing kolo (wheel-dance), jousting scenes, various vegetal motifs, crescents, stars and half-spheres.
°Zadarska county [capital = Zadar]
°Venetian Works of Defence
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°Zadar
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°Liburnska obala 5 - Ravnice 2
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The boundary consists of two main structures identified within extensive defence system of the city for their strong representativity, their typological connotation and their state of conservation. The area identifies the segment of bastioned walls facing the port with orientation NW-SE and the segment of walls facing the mainland with orientation SW-NE.
°Paklenica National Park
in
°Starigrad
at
°Dr. F. Tudmana
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It had a mixture of high peaks with stunning views, deep gorges and beech and pine forests.
