Interesting facts about Croatia
Published on September 14, 2015
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Hello friends,
I want to introduce you the country from which I come through some interesting facts.
1. Croatia has 1246 islands, isles and inlets
2. Croatia invented the necktie
3. Dubrovnik is famous for centuries. Did you know that Game of Thrones Kings Landing is Croatian Dubrovnik?
4. Croatia is a home of world popular dog breed Dalmatians.
5.10% of Croatia is made up of nature parks, national parks and nature reserves.
6. World's first pipe organ that is played by the sea's rhytmic waves is in Zadar, on Dalmatian coast
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7. Croatia has the smallest town in the world called „Hum“
8. Nikola Tesla was born in Croatian village Smiljan
9. First torpedo was constructed in 19th century in Rijeka by Ivan Lupis Vukic
10. Croatia has highest number of UNESCO intangible goods of any European country
Photo from: wikipedia.org
11. The Mag Light (Maglite) was invented by Croatian named Maglica
12. Croatian Slavoljub Penkala invented a mechanical pencil called the Penkala in 1906. Today we call it „pen“
13. Zlatni rat beach in Bol changes in shape and colour depending on the wind
14. Amphitheatre in Croatia (Pula) is one of only 3 preserved in the world
15. Picigin is traditional ball game from Croatia that is played on the beach.
It is an amateur sport played in shallow water consisting of players keeping a small ball from touching the water.
Photo from: croatia.org
Come and visit Croatia :-)
Tamara
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