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THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA • 2003
GENERAL INFORMATION
STATE AUTHORITY
ECONOMY
Croatian Monuments on the List of UNESCO The following monuments and sites are included
in the UNESCO World Heritage List:
The Old City - Dubrovnik
The walls of Dubrovnik enclose a perfectly preserved complex of public and private, sacred and secular buildings
of all periods of the city’s history, beginning with its founding in the 7th century. Particular mention should
be made of the main street, Stradun, the Prince’s Palace, the St. Blaise’s Church, the Cathedral, three large
monasteries, the customs office and the City Hall. The Republic of Dubrovnik was a separate political and territorial
entity, very proud of its culture, its achievements in trade and, especially, its freedom, preserved over
so many tempestuous centuries.
Diocletian’s Palace in Split
Roman Emperor Diocletian spent the closing years of his life in an enormous palace that he had built near
his birthplace of Aspalathos in Dalmatia. Over the centuries, the original architecture has been changed, but
CULTURE
the people of the city, later called Spalato and then Split, were able to use the structure of the palace dam-
aging it as little as possible under Byzantine, Venetian and Austro-Hungarian rule. Thusa harmonious city came
into being within the Roman walls. The peristyle of the palace, Diocletian’s Mausoleum, Jupiter’s Temple, the
colonnades on the streets, Early Croatian churches, Romanesque houses, the gates of Andrija Buvina and architectural
works by Juraj Dalmatinac have remained in good order.
SPORTS
ADDRESSES
CROATIAN SPECIALTIES
Plitvice Lakes National Park
The River Korana flows out of a chain of about twenty limpid lakes and pools of emerald green, arranged
stepwise and punctuated by dolomite barriers formed by the sedimentation of travertine. The water flows from
lake to lake over waterfalls, creating a majestic display of nature in motion. The lakes are surrounded by luxuriant
forests of beech, fir and spruce, in which there are bears, wolves and rare birds, such as the grouse and
long eared owl.