Umag is a coastal city in Istria, Croatia. It is the westernmost city of Croatia and municipality includes Savudrija which is westernmost point of Croatia. In 1993 with the establishment of the new local rule Umag became an independent commune, and in 1997 was awarded the status of town.With its programme of financial support the town of Umag has attempted to meet the needs of cultural activities and events which offer its citizens increasingly new and rich contents year after...
Karlovac is only half an hour driva from Zagreb, on the crossroads of traffic ways for Rijeka, Senj and Plitvice-Split. It is the centre of Pokuplje with 59.999 inhabitansand the center of the perfect's district. It is our only town lying on four rivers: Korana, Kupa, Dobra and Mrežnica.It was founded in 1579 by Karlo von Habsburg, as a stronghold supposed to defineed the area from the Turks.
This is a town in northwestern Croatia, 20 km distant from the Hungarian border, situated in a green landscape. Its history is rich, e.g. the medieval castrum of Kaproneza.Koprivnica was mentioned for the first time ever in 1193 and until the arrival of the Turks represented the centre of one of the largest Croatian counties and the centre of the Slavonian classes. For a while Koprivnica was the centre of the Varazdin area (generalat), while in 1765 Maria Therese took...
A town in the valley of the Krapinica river in Croatian Zagorje offers visitors a partly preserved medieval fortress, baroque Franciscan monastery, churches and many other famous old buildings, and especially lavish museums. A festival of Kajkavian (ethnic) music is held annually. It was inhabited in prehistoric times, and first mentioned in 1193.Among the cultural monuments the birth house of the writer and politician Ljudevit Gaj, the collection of Friars Monastery, the museum of evolution and the protected monuments.
A town at the edge of the Lika field in the Velebit foothills. It is a crossroads of routes towards southeastern and northwestern Lika, the Adriatic coast (Karlobag, Senj) and the Plitvice lakes. The Center of županija, city called Gospić, lies on the end of Likas field on hight of 562 meters above the See, on cross-roads, and on the banks of three rivers: Lika, Novčica and Bogdanica.
Cakovec is a town situated on the Tranava river. Its history is rich - in the 13th century it was the site of the Cakova tower fort. Being located in the central part of the Medjimurje County as well as being the largest of its three cities, Cakovec is also the county seat of this northernmost and smallest Croatian county, which is located between the rivers Mura and Drava and well known for its vineyards, agriculture and hunting grounds as...
The neo-Romanic cathedral of St. Peter (1866 - 1822) which has become the trademark of Djakovo and dominates its landscape, is certainly one of the most important sacral monuments of Croatia. It is a tripartite building made of bricks with a perpendicular roof that is topped by a 54 m high cupola. Two bell towers 84 m high were erected in front of it. It entirely represents the concept of the bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer, a patriot and great lover...
A town in the Pozega depression, located on the Orljava river. Its history is long and rich (remains of the Roman settlement of Incerum are neraby). It was first mentioned in written documents in 1227.An old cultural centre (gymnasium was founded in 1699; academy in 1754-73). The architecture is in baroque style with numerous cultural monuments, e.g. the curch of St. Lawrence, the Plague Pillar, the Franciscan monastery, the church of St. Therese of Avila.
It is a town and the oldest Croatian port, situated on the coast of the Kvarner bay, the main link between the maritime and continental traffic systems, with powerful industry, a transit centre with a large share of the coastal tourist traffic. Rijeka was pronounced a free port in 1719.The old part of town is specific for its streets with characteristics of late baroque, historicism and secession.
General data:Area: 641 km²Population: 779.145 (2001.g.)Its capital is Zagreb.Zagreb is the capital city of Croatia. It is situated between the southern slopes of Medvednica mountain and the northern bank of the Sava river at an elevation of 120 m above sea level. Its favourable geographic position in the southwestern part of the Pannonian Basin, which extends to the Alpine, Dinaric, Adriatic and Pannonic regions, provides an excellent connection for traffic between Central Europe and the Adriatic Sea.
