Beautiful our homeland…" words which start the Croatia national anthem best describe the large beauty this part of the world.

Same this beauty of natural environment related to native hospitality of Croatian man ever since ancient times, from the mandate before first Croatian rainbow wrasses and kings: Domagoj, Tomislav, Zvonimir, Petar of Krešimir IV, Stjepan of II has attracted conquerors, and the nowadays well-meant tourist and passengers from around the world.

Croatians, one from oldest nations of Europe have known  its unlimited love towards the homeland and courage in the preservation its at home and homelands. Culturally Croatians belong to West European and the Catholic civilizational circle and therefore does not wonder that is just Croatia, country at the crossroads civilizations and religions during long centuries would be crucial in skimmed Europe from the expansion Osman empire.

After long years cheer defend the Europe and the Christianity from the Osman empire, in the beginning 20 century Croatians are on the fraud are drawn in in the Serbian kingdom later known as " Yugoslavia " in which very quickly realises that tries quash and the only name Croatia, and thereby and let her heal over the nation.

Finally by the end of 20 century, and after 20 year under the Serbian occupation and 40 year under Serbo-communist occupation, but also then only after victories in the Homeland War Croatia again becomes independent and the internationally recognised country.

Croatia is rich cultural and historical monuments from of all time, owing to historical happenings and the mixing of different cultures on this spaces. Influences of Mediterranean culture, numerous monuments from the mandate classical antiquity, old Rome and early Middle Ages, Romanesque sacral heritage, and the wide range of the preserved characteristically Mediterranean urban wholes culturally determines the coastline of Croatia. The mainland part of Croatia part is the Central European cultural circle, those have the numerous prehistoric find of world importance, old towns, fortresses and castles from late Middle Ages that cultural monuments and buildings from the age of baroque.

 Today is the Croatia with its already known pearls as are the Dubrovnik, Plitvička jezera, Trogir… and hundreds yet undetected small places and natural beauties recognised as ones of most desirable tourist destinations this part of the world, and the safety which provide the Croatia country and the man today the price more than ever. Croatia today fall under the small number of countries in this part of the world in which tourists can will feel surely from the epidemic of world terrorism.

 

 

Today in Croatia has 8 national parks, and they are:

1. Brijuni
2. Kornati
3. Krka
4. Mljet
5. Paklenica
6. Plitvička jezera
7. Risnjak
8. Sjeverni Velebit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

      Nature parks in Croatia:

 

• Park prirode Biokovo
• Park prirode Kopački rit
• Park prirode Lonjsko polje
• Park prirode Medvednica
• Park prirode Papuk
• Park prirode Telašćica
• Park prirode Velebit
• Park prirode Vransko jezero
• Park prirode Učka
• Park prirode Žumberak – Samoborsko gorje
• Park prirode Lastovsko otočje

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        In general 
 Nbr. inhabitant: 4 437 460
 Main town: Zagreb (779 145)
Official language: Croatian
Currencies: Euro

Geographic data:
A total of: 89 810 square km
Mainland: 56 610 square km
Torture: 33 200 square km
Coastline: 5 835 km
Coastline (the mainland): 1 777 km
Coastline (islands): 4 058 km
Number of island: 1246
Are settled islands: 66

Location:
Croatia has been placed on the Mediterranean, and also and at the center of the Europe.

Croatia borders with:
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Hungary, Slovenia, Serbia And Montenegro