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Different natural and economic circumstances and diverse cultural influences have affected...</p> </div> </div> <div class="article"> <figure class="left item-image"> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/history/ancient-times-and-the-early-christian-period" title="Ancient times and the early Christian period"> <img src="/images/intro/intro_antika.jpg" width="640" height="400" loading="lazy"> </a> </figure> <div class="item-content"> <dl class="article-info text-muted"> <dt class="article-info-term"> <span class="visually-hidden"> Details </span> </dt> <dd class="category-name"> <span class="icon-folder-open icon-fw" aria-hidden="true"></span> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/history">History</a> </dd> </dl> <h2 class="item-title"> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/history/ancient-times-and-the-early-christian-period"> Ancient times and the early Christian period </a> </h2> <p>Thanks to trade routes and communications, the ancient peoples of the Bronze and Iron Ages living in the land which is present-day Croatia were in touch with the artistic...</p> </div> </div> <div class="article"> <figure class="left item-image"> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/political-organisation/legislative-power" title="Legislative power"> <img src="/images/intro/intro_sabor.jpg" width="640" height="400" loading="lazy"> </a> </figure> <div class="item-content"> <dl class="article-info text-muted"> <dt class="article-info-term"> <span class="visually-hidden"> Details </span> </dt> <dd class="category-name"> <span class="icon-folder-open icon-fw" aria-hidden="true"></span> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/political-organisation">Political organisation</a> </dd> </dl> <h2 class="item-title"> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/political-organisation/legislative-power"> Legislative power </a> </h2> <p>In accordance with legal tradition, the Croatian Parliament is called the Sabor. The oldest preserved records of sessions of the Sabor date back to 1273. Until the 16th century, the Slavonian and Croatian Sabors...</p> </div> </div> <div class="article"> <figure class="left item-image"> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/society-and-way-of-life/did-you-know" title="Did you know?"> <img src="/images/intro/intro_zanimljivosti.jpg" width="640" height="400" loading="lazy"> </a> </figure> <div class="item-content"> <dl class="article-info text-muted"> <dt class="article-info-term"> <span class="visually-hidden"> Details </span> </dt> <dd class="category-name"> <span class="icon-folder-open icon-fw" aria-hidden="true"></span> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/society-and-way-of-life">Society and way of life</a> </dd> </dl> <h2 class="item-title"> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/society-and-way-of-life/did-you-know"> Did you know? </a> </h2> <p>The tie (cravat), today an essential fashion accessory for men and women, was named after an item in the uniform of Croatian soldiers during the Thirty Years War? As part of their uniform, they tied an eye-catching...</p> </div> </div> <div class="article"> <figure class="left item-image"> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/the-economy/tourism" title="Tourism"> <img src="/images/intro/intro_turizam.jpg" width="640" height="400" loading="lazy"> </a> </figure> <div class="item-content"> <dl class="article-info text-muted"> <dt class="article-info-term"> <span class="visually-hidden"> Details </span> </dt> <dd class="category-name"> <span class="icon-folder-open icon-fw" aria-hidden="true"></span> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/the-economy">The economy</a> </dd> </dl> <h2 class="item-title"> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/the-economy/tourism"> Tourism </a> </h2> <p>Although Croatia cannot compare with major tourism powers such as France, Spain, Italy or Greece in terms of the number of tourist arrivals, with around 20 million tourist arrivals in 2019 and a trend of increasing...</p> </div> </div> <div class="article"> <figure class="left item-image"> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/culture/fine-arts" title="Fine arts"> <img src="/images/intro/intro_likovna.jpg" width="640" height="400" loading="lazy"> </a> </figure> <div class="item-content"> <dl class="article-info text-muted"> <dt class="article-info-term"> <span class="visually-hidden"> Details </span> </dt> <dd class="category-name"> <span class="icon-folder-open icon-fw" aria-hidden="true"></span> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/culture">Culture</a> </dd> </dl> <h2 class="item-title"> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/culture/fine-arts"> Fine arts </a> </h2> <p>In the area of modern Croatia, significant traces of prehistoric times have been preserved (Neanderthal human remains in Krapina, the remnants of the Vučedol culture from the 3rd century BC) as have sites (Vis...</p> </div> </div> <div class="article"> <figure class="left item-image"> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/culture/theatre-and-ballet" title="Theatre and ballet"> <img src="/images/intro/intro_kazaliste.jpg" width="640" height="400" loading="lazy"> </a> </figure> <div class="item-content"> <dl class="article-info text-muted"> <dt class="article-info-term"> <span class="visually-hidden"> Details </span> </dt> <dd class="category-name"> <span class="icon-folder-open icon-fw" aria-hidden="true"></span> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/culture">Culture</a> </dd> </dl> <h2 class="item-title"> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/culture/theatre-and-ballet"> Theatre and ballet </a> </h2> <p>The earliest examples of theatrical life in Croatia, as in other Western countries, were liturgical dramas in Latin, and, soon after, in Croatian. However, secular theatre appeared as early as the beginning of the 14th century...</p> </div> </div> <div class="article"> <figure class="left item-image"> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/history/contemporary-croatia" title="Contemporary Croatia"> <img src="/images/intro/intro_suvremena.jpg" width="640" height="400" loading="lazy"> </a> </figure> <div class="item-content"> <dl class="article-info text-muted"> <dt class="article-info-term"> <span class="visually-hidden"> Details </span> </dt> <dd class="category-name"> <span class="icon-folder-open icon-fw" aria-hidden="true"></span> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/history">History</a> </dd> </dl> <h2 class="item-title"> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/history/contemporary-croatia"> Contemporary Croatia </a> </h2> <p>The process of the emergence of the contemporary Croatian state began with the crisis in Communism in Eastern Europe in the late 1980s, the strengthening of democratic movements and the restoration of...</p> </div> </div> <div class="article"> <figure class="left item-image"> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/geography-and-population/nature-protection" title="Nature protection"> <img src="/images/intro/intro_priroda.jpg" width="640" height="400" loading="lazy"> </a> </figure> <div class="item-content"> <dl class="article-info text-muted"> <dt class="article-info-term"> <span class="visually-hidden"> Details </span> </dt> <dd class="category-name"> <span class="icon-folder-open icon-fw" aria-hidden="true"></span> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/geography-and-population">Geography and population</a> </dd> </dl> <h2 class="item-title"> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/geography-and-population/nature-protection"> Nature protection </a> </h2> <p>A large number of protected natural areas and features show that Croatia is a country of exceptional, diverse, and comparatively well-preserved natural beauty, of which some examples, such as the Plitvice Lakes, are...</p> </div> </div> <div class="article"> <figure class="left item-image"> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/society-and-way-of-life/sport" title="Sport"> <img src="/images/intro/intro_sport.jpg" width="640" height="400" loading="lazy"> </a> </figure> <div class="item-content"> <dl class="article-info text-muted"> <dt class="article-info-term"> <span class="visually-hidden"> Details </span> </dt> <dd class="category-name"> <span class="icon-folder-open icon-fw" aria-hidden="true"></span> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/society-and-way-of-life">Society and way of life</a> </dd> </dl> <h2 class="item-title"> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/society-and-way-of-life/sport"> Sport </a> </h2> <p>Although Croatia has inherited a tradition of sporting competition dating back to Roman times, or medieval knights’ tournaments, the beginnings of organised sport in the country can be traced to the late 19th century, when...</p> </div> </div> <div class="article"> <figure class="left item-image"> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/society-and-way-of-life/traditional-culture" title="Traditional culture"> <img src="/images/intro/intro_tradicija.jpg" width="640" height="400" loading="lazy"> </a> </figure> <div class="item-content"> <dl class="article-info text-muted"> <dt class="article-info-term"> <span class="visually-hidden"> Details </span> </dt> <dd class="category-name"> <span class="icon-folder-open icon-fw" aria-hidden="true"></span> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/society-and-way-of-life">Society and way of life</a> </dd> </dl> <h2 class="item-title"> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/society-and-way-of-life/traditional-culture"> Traditional culture </a> </h2> <p>Traditional Croatian culture is characterised by exceptional diversity. Ecological conditions and the influences of the cultures with which the Croats have come into contact through history (Mediterranean, Central European...</p> </div> </div> <div class="article"> <figure class="left item-image"> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/geography-and-population/croatia-in-brief" title="Croatia in brief"> <img src="/images/01-01/EU13_0448m.jpg" width="640" height="400" loading="lazy"> </a> </figure> <div class="item-content"> <dl class="article-info text-muted"> <dt class="article-info-term"> <span class="visually-hidden"> Details </span> </dt> <dd class="category-name"> <span class="icon-folder-open icon-fw" aria-hidden="true"></span> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/geography-and-population">Geography and population</a> </dd> </dl> <h2 class="item-title"> <a href="/index.php/en/home-en/geography-and-population/croatia-in-brief"> Croatia in brief </a> </h2> <p>Croatia has been present on the contemporary international political stage since its independence from the Yugoslav Federation, i.e. for a little less than three decades, but is one of the oldest European...</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="position: relative;"></div> </div> <aside class="right_col"> </aside> </div> </div> </main> <footer> <div class="column_width"> <div class="left"> <div id="footer_left"> <div id="mod-custom488" class="mod-custom"> <div id="footer_left"><a href="http://www.lzmk.hr/" target="_blank">© The Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography.</a> All rights reserved.</div></div> </div> </div> <div class="right"> <div id="footer_right"> <div id="mod-custom489" class="mod-custom"> <div id="footer_right"><a href="/index.php/en/home-en/geography-and-population/croatia-in-brief/site-map">Site map</a><a href="/index.php/en/home-en/geography-and-population/croatia-in-brief/credits">Credits</a></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </footer> </div> </div> <div class="fixed icon" style="display: block;"> <a id="to_top" class="scroll" href="#top"></a> </div> <div id="system-message-container" aria-live="polite"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { $('.image-link').magnificPopup({ type: 'image', mainClass: 'mfp-with-zoom', zoom: { enabled: true, duration: 400, easing: 'ease-in-out', }, gallery: { enabled: true, preload: [2,2], }, image: { titleSrc: 'data-title' } }); $('.iframe-link').magnificPopup({ type:'iframe', mainClass: 'mfp-iframe-holder', }); }); </script> </body> </html>

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