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Dominican Monastery & Museum
This imposing structure is an architectural highlight, built in a transitional Gothic-Renaissance style, and containing an impressive art collection. Constructed around the same time as the city wall fortifications in the 14th century, the stark exterior resembles a fortress more t
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Pazin Chasm
Pazin’s most renowned site is undoubtedly this deep abyss of about 100m, through which the Pazinčica River sinks into subterranean passages forming three underground lakes. Its shadowy depths inspired the imagination of Jules Verne, as well as numerous Croatian writers. Visitors ca
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Trg Bana Jelačića
Zagreb’s main orientation point and its geographic heart is Trg Bana Jelačića – its where most people arrange to meet up. If you enjoy people-watching, sit in one of the cafes and watch the tramloads of people getting out, greeting each other and dispersing among the newspaper and
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Lotrščak Tower
The tower was built in the middle of the 13th century in order to protect the southern city gate. Climb it for a sweeping 360-degree view of the city. Near the tower is a funicular railway , constructed in 1888, which connects the Lower and Upper Towns. For the last hundred years a
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Sponza Palace
This superb 16th-century palace is a mixture of Gothic and Renaissance styles beginning with an exquisite Renaissance portico resting on six columns. The 1st floor has late-Gothic windows and the 2nd-floor windows are in a Renaissance style, with an alcove containing a statue of St
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Our Lady of Trsat Church
According to legend, the angels carrying the house of Jesus mother from Nazareth rested here in the late 13th century before moving it to Loreto in Italy. Pilgrims started trickling into the chapel erected on the site, and then pouring in when the Pope donated an icon of St Mary in
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Roman Forum
One of the most intriguing things about Zadar is the way Roman ruins seem to sprout randomly from the citys streets. Nowhere is this more evident than in the site of the ancient forum, constructed between the 1st century BC and the 3rd century AD. As in Roman times its still the ce
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Arboretum
Ivan Gučetić’s descendants maintained the Trsteno Gardens throughout the centuries, until the land was taken over by the (former Yugoslav and now Croatian) Academy of Sciences, which turned it into an arboretum. The garden has a gorgeous Renaissance layout with a set of geometric s
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Museum of the Krapina Neanderthal
This is Krapina’s highlight, just west of the centre. Built into a vertical rock and fronted with a glass wall, this cavernous two-floor space has high-tech exhibits tracing the history and geology of the region, with trilingual signage. After an introductory video in the main hall
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Sokolarski Centre
Dedicated to protecting birds of prey in Croatia, this centre performs a kind of rescue and rehab service for around 150 injured raptors each year. Visitors are treated to a highly entertaining and educational presentation from centre director Emilo Mendušić, who uses a tame eagle
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Croatian Museum of Tourism
Spread between three historic buildings, this museum houses a permanent collection of old photographs, postcards, brochures and posters tracing the history of tourism, and there’s always a well-presented travel-themed exhibition as well. But really, its the buildings themselves tha
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Rector’s Palace
Built in the late 15th century for the elected rector who governed Dubrovnik, this Gothic-Renaissance palace contains the rector’s office, his private chambers, public halls, administrative offices and a dungeon. During his one-month term the rector was unable to leave the building
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Cathedral of the Assumption
This former Jesuit church, located southeast of Trg Kralja Tomislava, was built in 1646. The facade is distinguished by an early baroque portal bearing the coat of arms of the noble Drašković family. Occupying the central nave is the altar, which has elaborate engravings and a gild
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Cathedral of St Lovro
The showcase of Trogir is the three-naved Venetian cathedral, one of the finest architectural works in Croatia, built from the 13th to 15th centuries. Note the Romanesque portal (1240) by Master Radovan. The sides of the portal depict lion figures (the symbol of Venice) with Adam a
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Trakošćan Castle
Trakošćan Castle, 80km northwest of Zagreb, is worth a visit for its well-presented museum and attractive grounds. The exact origin of its construction is unknown, but the first official mention dates to 1334. Not many of the castle’s original Romanesque features were retained when
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Franciscan Monastery & Museum
This 15th-century monastery overlooks a shady cove. The elegant bell tower was built in the 16th century by a well-known family of stonemasons from Korčula. The Renaissance cloister leads to a refectory containing lace, coins, nautical charts and valuable documents, such as an edit
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St Lucys Church
More than just a village church, little St Lucys was the site of one of the most important cultural discoveries in Croatia – the 11th-century Baška tablet – which was found in the floor of the church in 1851. Written in Glagolitic it contains the earliest reference in the Croatian
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St Blaise’s Church
A few steps from Narodni trg, this handsome neobaroque church was built at the turn of the 19th century, when Venice was the style setter for the Istrian coast. With its 63m-high bell tower as high as St Mark’s in Venice, it’s the largest parish church in Istria, and worth a visit
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Kumrovec Staro Selo Museum
Nestled in the Sutla River valley near the Slovenian border, the pretty village of Kumrovec has been transformed into an open-air ethnographic museum. A re-creation of a 19th-century village, the Staro Selo Museum features 40 restored houses and barns made of pressed earth and wood
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St Mark’s Cathedral
Dominating the little square at Korčulas heart is this magnificent 15th-century cathedral, built from Korčula limestone in a Gothic-Renaissance style by Italian and local artisans. The sculptural detail of the facade is intriguing, particularly the naked squatting figures of Adam a
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