Sights and scenes: Sisak

Sisak

18 Mar 2015 | From Vlatka of Croatia

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Sisak is a city in central Croatia located at the confluence of the Kupa, Sava, and Odra rivers. It is the administrative centre of the Sisak-Moslavina County, Croatia's biggest river port and a centre of river shipping industry. Sisak is a regional economic, cultural and historical center. The largest oil refinery in Croatia is located here.

Palace in the city of Split

Palace of Diocletian

19 Feb 2014 | From Petra of Croatia

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Palace of Diocletian, ancient Roman palace built between ad 295 and 305 at Split (Spalato), Croatia, by the emperor Diocletian as his place of retirement (he renounced the imperial crown in 305 and then lived at Split until his death in 316). The palace constitutes the main part of a UNESCO World Heritage site that was designated in 1979. It is the largest and best-preserved example of Roman palatial architecture, representing a transitional style half Greek and half Byzantine.

Source: Britannica

The Croatian Capital

The City of Zagreb

29 Nov 2013 | From Petra of Croatia

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Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is located in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. 

Zagreb is a city with a rich history dating from the Roman times to the present day. The oldest settlement in the urban area of the city is Andautonia, a Roman settlement in the place of today's Ščitarjevo. The name "Zagreb" is mentioned for the first time in 1094 at the founding of the Zagreb diocese of Kaptol, and Zagreb became a free royal town in 1242, whereas the origin of the name still remains a mystery in spite of several theories. In 1851 Zagreb had its first mayor, Janko Kamauf, and in 1945 it was made the capital of Croatia when the demographic boom and the urban sprawl made the city it's known nowadays.

Zagreb is a fascinating destination on its own, combining the best of Eastern and Western Europe. As the polit­ical, economic and cultural capital of Croatia, the city throbs with energy but has retained a good deal of old-world graciousness. The sober Austro-Hungarian buildings in the town centre house elegant restaurants and fashionable boutiques along with scruffy pubs and rowdy beer halls.

My first postcard from Croatia

City of Vȁraždīn

25 Mar 2013 |  From Dario of Croatia

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Vȁraždīn is a city in North Croatia, 81 km (50 mi) north of Zagreb on the highway A4. The total population is 47,055, with 38,746 on 34.22 km2 (13.21 sq mi) of the city settlement itself (2011).[1] The centre of Varaždin county is located near the Drava river, at 46.312°N 16.361°E. It's mainly known for its baroque buildings, music textile, food and IT industry.

Varaždin represents the best preserved and richest urban complex in continental Croatia.