The 58th birthday was marked with a special program at the monument to Dražen Petrović on Baldekin, reports sibenskiportal.hr. Delegations from the City of Šibenik and Šibenik-Knin County, sports clubs and associations, laid flowers next to his monument in memory of one of the greatest Croatians and world basketball...
Pongo, Perdy, Cruella de Vil and 15 of the cutest black and white puppies in the world. Sounds familiar? The majestic spotted dogs became an instant hit after Disney company released 101 Dalmatians in 1961, reports croatia.hr. Some historical finds say that drawings of dogs very similar to the...
A football magazine FourFourTwo made a list of the best 100 football players of all time and the only Croatian on the list is Luka Modrić. “Having weeks trying to narrow down every male footballer ever into a list of 100, we at FourFourTwo now realise just what nonsense that is. Selection becomes near-impossible conundrum...
An exhibition including 15 panels promoting the heritage of the medieval Croatian writer Marko Marulić was staged in the Croatian National and University Library (NSK) in Zagreb on Tuesday. The exhibition was organised to mark the the 500 anniversary of the printing of Marulić’s “Judita”, the first book by...
In the Church of St Simeon in Zadar, in a silver casket of immeasurable artistic value, there is a mummified body of Simeon the God-receiver (Šimun, Šime), a God-fearing old man and sage who held the child Jesus in his arms. From the New Testament Gospel of Luke, we learn...
Vampires, witches, giants, infamous pirates and bloody battles – discover the places of the most chilling Istrian legends! The millennia-old Istrian history is filled with mysterious legends. Here we have selected those that freeze the blood in your veins. 1. The Vampire Jure Grando The legend of Jure Grando,...
The sword is the most famous weapon of the Middle Ages, a weapon that played a special role in the life of a medieval knight. But in the early Middle Ages, the Slavic people did not use swords. They were armed with spears, axes, bows and arrows. So how...
Castles are not merely impressive structures with stunning views of the surroundings. They are also places where the past can come to life and where you can find out what life was like in the past. With their impressive architecture, rich history, discovered and undiscovered secrets and numerous legends,...
Every year on Whitsunday the Spring Procession of kraljice (queens) or ljelje from Gorjani takes place in Gorjani near Đakovo, a protected intangible heritage inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The village Gorjani was invaded during the Turkish invasion. According to the legend,...
The 58th birthday was marked with a special program at the monument to Dražen Petrović on Baldekin, reports sibenskiportal.hr. Delegations from the City of Šibenik and Šibenik-Knin County, sports clubs and associations, laid flowers next to his monument in memory of one of the greatest Croatians and world basketball...
