Vacation in Croatia The almost 2,000 kilometers long Croatian Adriatic coast inspires with turquoise water and white pebble beaches. More than 1,000 islands cavort here in the Mediterranean Sea, the best known are Rab and Brac. One of the most beautiful coastal landscapes in Europe can be found in Dalmatia, which combines high mountain ranges…
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Croatia
Croatia is a republic in southern Europe. The country borders the Adriatic Sea in the west, Slovenia in the west and north, Hungary in the north, Serbia in the east and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro in the east and south. The capital is Zagreb. Croatia was the second largest republic in former Yugoslavia during…
Music and Dance in Croatia
Music in Croatia Folk music Croatia’s topography and history have created a rich folk diversity. Six main styles are distinguished: 1) melodies with small intervals (halftones) and small scale, 2) melodies with diatonic small scale, 3) melodies with end tone on the quintet, 4) multi-part song, 5) large scale melodies and 6) melodies with up…
Theater and Movies in Croatia
Theater in Croatia Croatian theater grew as part of the Northern and Central European National Theater movement, which was especially inspired by Germany. Croatian culture was strongly influenced by German and Hungarian. Opera and singing plays in Croatian are known from the 1840s, and from 1860 the theater language at the Croatian National Theater is…
Mass Media in Southern Europe
As part of European continent defined by Countryaah, Southern Europe includes Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Portugal, San Marino, and Slovenia. This page describes major mass media, including newspapers, radio stations and televisions within these countries. Mass media in Albania Until 1991 Albania had two daily newspapers, both controlled by the…
Croatia Arts and Literature
Literature The Croatian literature had a fragmented character before the 19th century, which corresponded to the country’s division between several ruling powers. The literary upswing was regionally and temporally delineated, and as a literary language, local variants of all the three main dialects of Serbo-Croatian were used. The first upturn was the northern coastal country….
Art in Croatia
Within the area that is today Croatia there are several significant memories of Roman times. From the 1st century AD, the great amphitheater, the Temple of Augustus and the triumphal arch originate in the town of Pula on Istra. Diocletian’s Palace in Split, built approx. 300 possibly, are partly well preserved and today form the…
Literature of Croatia
In the Middle Ages In the Middle Ages, Croatia was an independent state from the 8th century to 1102, but was strongly influenced by Rome, and the Catholic Church became unmistakable. Most of the literature was in Latin. The oldest Croatian text is the Baška tablet (1120) from the island of Krk, written with the…
Croatia Recent History
In January 1990, with the complete dissolution of the communist regime, free elections were held. The people, still unprepared for such sudden freedom, voted for the victory of the independent Croatian community, headed by Tudjman. And he immediately thought of increasing the Croatian nationalist and separatist spirit, and on June 25th 1991 proclaimed independence. But in…
Geography of Croatia
The southwestern part of Croatia belongs to the Dinaric Alps and is a golden karst mountain landscape. The mountains reach several places from 1500 to well over 1800 meters above sea level. The highest point is Dinara with 1831 meters above sea level. The most economically important area is the flat and fertile northeastern Croatia…