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ISTRIABEAUTIFUL CROATIAN REGION

• A PENINSULA ON THE NORTHERN EXTREMITY OF THE
  ADRIATIC,SEPARATED FROM VENETIA BY THE RIVER
  TIMAVUS,AND FROM HISTRI,WERE A WARLIKE ILLYRIAN
  RACE,WHO CARRIED ON SEVERAL WARS WITH THE
  ROMANS,TILL THEIR FINAL SUBJUGATION BY THE CONSUL
  C.CLODIUS PULCHER,B.C 177.THEIR CHIEF TOWNS WERE
  TERGESTÉ AND POLA.THE PENINSULA IS SURRANDED BY
  A SMALL GROUP OF ISLANDS-BRIJUNI,CRES,LOŠINJ,UNIJE
  AND SUSAK,PLUS CLUSTERS OF SMALLER ISLANDS AND
  ISLETS.ISTRIA IS THE BIGGEST PENINSULA IN THE
  ADRIATIC SEA.THE PENINSULA IS LOCATED AT THE TOP
  OF THE ADRIATIC SEA.IMPORTANT TOWNS IN CROATIAN
  ISTRIA INCLUDE PULA,POREC,ROVINJ,PAZIN,LABIN,MOTOV
  UN,BUZET,AND BUJE,AS WELL AS SMALLER TOWNS OF
  VIŠNJAN,ROC,AND HUM.THE LARGER GEOGRAPHICAL
  FEATURES OF ISRIA INCLUDE UCKA MOUNTAIN IN THE
  EAST,THE RIVERS DRAGONJA,MIRNA,PAZINCICA AND
  RAŠA,AND THE LIM BAY.FAMOUS PEOPLE LIKE
  DANTE,JULES VERNE.JAMES JOYCE AND ROBERT KOCH
  WORKED,WROTE,VISITED OR WERE SIMPLY INSPIRED BY
  TERRA MAGICA.

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HISTORY OF ISTRIA

• THE NAME DERIVED FROM THE ILLYRIAN TRIBE OF THE
  HISTRI.THE ROMANS DESCRIBED THE HISTRI AS A
  FIERCE TRIBE OF ILLYRIAN PIRATES,PROTECTED BY THE
  DIFFICULT NAVIGATION OF THEIR ROCKY COASTS.IT
  TOOK TWO MILITARY CAMPAIGNS FOR THE ROMANS TO
  FINALLY CONQUER THEM IN 177 BCE.
• AFTER THE FALL OF THE WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE,THE
  REGION WAS PILLAGED BY THE GOTHS,THE
  LONFBOARD,ALSO ANEXXED TO THE FRANKISH KINGDOM
  AND CONTROLLED BY THE DUKES OF CARINTHIA.MERAN,BAV
  ARIA AND THE PATRIARCH OF AQUILEIA,BEFORE IT
  BECAME THE TERRITORY OF THE REPUBLIC OF VENICE.IT
  PASSED TO THE HABSBURG IN 1797(TEMPORARILY TO
  NAPOLEON BETWEEN 1805-1813)
• AFTER THE WORLD WAR II,PARTS OF ISTRIA WERE
  ASSIGNED TO YUGOSLAVIA.BY 1956 THE REST OF THE
  REGION WAS INCORPORATED INTO YUGOSLAVIA,HOWEVER
  IT LOST ABOUT HALF OF ITS POPULATION AND A LARGE
  PART OF ITS SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IDENTITY.

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Plitvice Lakes -National Park
This national park is located between Karlovac
and Zadar in the inland of Croatia.The Plitvice
lakes are great.The lakes are one of the main
attraction in the world . They consist of 16
lakes connected with waterfalls. The highest
laying lake(Prošcansko) is 639 meters above the
sea level,While the lowest lake(Novakovica) is
503 meters above the sea level. About 20 bigger
and smaller cavesdeveloped in the steep cliffs
around thge lakes during many years. The park
also has many rare animals, birds, fish, ,bears
and waterplant. The Plitvice Lakes lay between
the mountain ranges of the Mala Kapela and
Plješevicain the area of Lika. It is hard to say
in wich month they are the prettiest or it is
best to go to the lakes. The park has much
vegetation . The upper lakes are surrounded by
many trees.The lower lakes are smaller and they
do not hold as much water. They are not
surrounded by so many trees but by high grass.The
small lakes get their water mostly from the Black
and the White river The climate is like in the
Alps . In the Summer the there are 24degrees in
the Prošcansko and Kozjak lake.
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In winter the lakes are covered with ice and
snow. In the sea water some chemical processes
between small lime particles, minerales, bacteria
with plants like algae and moss produce the
typical travertine. This is a kind of a stone.
Most probably everybody already saw the lakes in
the movies of Winnetou. Due to their unique
evolution and beauty, in 1979 Plitvice lakes were
put on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
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MOTOVUN

• TOWN SITUATED IN THE FORT 270 M ABOVE SEA
  LEVEL,ON THE HILL DOMINATING WONDERFUL MIRNA
  RIVER VALLEY.ALSO INSPIRED BY THE LEGENDS OF
  ISTRIAN GIANTS WHO LIVED IN MIRNA VALLEY,VLADIMIR
  NAZOR WROTE HIS FAMOUS WORK ABOUT A WELL-TEMPERED
  GIANT PEASANT VELI JOŽE WHO LIVED IN MOTOVUN
  FOREST.
• MOTOVUN FILM FESTIVAL IS THE FESTIVAL WITH THE
  MOST BEAUTIFUL VIEW IN THE WORLD.MOTOVUN FILM
  FESTIVAL ADDED NEW AWARDS EVERY YEAR,REACHING THE
  LIST OF FIVE OF THEM IN TOTAL.THIS FESTIVAL IS
  NOT ABOUT AWARDS AND AWARDING.FAR FROM IT.

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PULA
PULA IS A TOWN AND PORT IN THE
SOUTH-WESTERN PART OF ISTRIA WITH POPULATION OF
62,378.THE CITY IS ABOUT 3000 YEARS OLD.PULA IS
THE MOST IMPORTANT PORT IN ISTRIA.THE ROMAN
AMPHITHEATRE CALLED ARENA FROM THE 1ST AND 2ND
CENTURIES,HOLDS A DOMINANT POSITION ABOVE THE
HARBOUR.THE WALLS ARE 30.45 M HIGH.IT IS THE
WORLDS SIXTH LARGE AMPHITHEATER.ACCORD
ING TOA LEGEND IT WAS BUILT BY EMPEROR VESPASIAN
ON THE INITIATIVE OF HIS GIRL FRIEND CENIDA FROM
PULA.A LARGE ROMAN GRAVEYARD WAS IN FRONT OF THE
TOWN GATE,WHICH DANTE MENTIONS IN HIS
INFERNO.MANY CHURCHES IN PULA,DATE FROM THE
MIDDLE AGES.FOR EXAMPLE THE CHAPEL OF THE CHURCH
SANTA MARIJA FORMOSA FROM CENTURY.ALSO SV.MARIJA
CATHEDRAL FROM THE 5TH CENTURY.THE TEMPLE OF
AUGUSTUS FROM THE 1ST CENTURY IS LOCATED ON THE
NORTHERN SIDE OF THE SQUARE.TOWN HALL WHICH WAS
ATTACHED TO THE ROMAN TEMPLE OF DIANA IN
1296.TODAY ,PULA IS THE ECONOMIC CENTRE WITH SHIP
BUILDING INDUSTRY,TEXTILES,METAL INDUSTRY
BUILDING TRADES AND MANUFACTURING THERE IS A BIG
TOURIST CENTRE WITH A BIG MARINA.ITS A GREAT
PLACE TO VISIT AND HAS PROVETED TO BE INSPIRATION
TO MANY.
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RISNJAK
THE BIG MOUNTAIN RISNJAK DOMINATES OVER HILL
WOODS.THE BIGEST IS BIG RISNJAK 1528 M AND IS ONE
OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CROATIEN BELVEDERES.ONE CAN
SEE KVARNER BAY,KAMNIK AND JULIUS ALPS AND
VELEBIT FROM IT.THERE LIVE A LOT OF
INSECTS,CRABS,TROUTS AND MORE THAN 50 SPECIES OF
BIRDS.OF WILDLIFE,THERE ARE DEERS,DOES,CHAMOISES,W
ILD PIGS,BLICHES,SQUIRRELS,BUT ALSO THREE BIG
BEASTSLYNX,WOLF AND BEAR.

RISNJAK
THE BIG MOUNTAIN RISNJAK DOMINATES OVER HILL
WOODS.THE BIGEST IS BIG RISNJAK 1528 M AND IS ONE
OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CROATIEN BELVEDERES.ONE CAN
SEE KVARNER BAY,KAMNIK AND JULIUS ALPS AND
VELEBIT FROM IT.THERE LIVE A LOT OF
INSECTS,CRABS,TROUTS AND MORE THAN 50 SPECIES OF
BIRDS.OF WILDLIFE,THERE ARE DEERS,DOES,CHAMOISES,W
ILD PIGS,BLICHES,SQUIRRELS,BUT ALSO THREE BIG
BEASTSLYNX,WOLF AND BEAR.

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CLIMBING     PAKLENICA NATIONAL PARK IS THE MOST
FAMOUS CROATIAN CLIMBING CENTER. THIS CLIMBING
CENTER IS CHARMING PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE COAST
IT IS AN IDEAL PLACE TO COMBINE CLIMBING AND
WATHER SPORTS. CLIMBING IS PERMITTED ONLY IN SOME
PARTS AND FULL CLIMBING EQUIPMENT IS MANDATORY.
THE CROATIAN CLIMBING SOCIETY WAS FOUNDED IN
1874, AND IS AMONG THE FIRST SEVEN IN THE WORLD.
TREKKING USUALLY INCLUDES VISITING MOUNTAINS
MOSOR, KOZAK AND BIOKOVO. THE MOUNTAINS OF THE
REPUBLIC OF CROATIA MAINLY BELONG TO THE DINARIC
RANGE. THEY ARE A TRUE CHALLENGE FOR
CLIMBERS. THE MOUNTAINS IN DALMATIA ARE SV.ILIA
ON PELJESAC, BIOKOVO, DINARA,TROGLAV, KAMESNICA,
SVILAJA, PROMINA, KOZIAK, MOSAR, POLJICKA PLANINA
AND OMISKA DINARA. THE MOST INTERESTING AND
DEMANDING FOR CLIMBERS ARE THE MOUNTAINS IN THE
COASTAL RANGE BIOKOVO, KOZIAK, MOSOR AND OMISKA
DINARA. THE CLIMATE IS VERY SEVERE. IN SUMMER THE
TEMPERATURES ARE REALLY HIGH, AND IN WINTER THE
NORTH WIND DRIES UP THE SOIL. THERE IS LITTLE
ANIMAL LIFE, APART FROM SNAKES, INCLUDING THE
VENOMOUS VIPER AND ADDER, VEGETATION THERE IS
ALSO VERY SPARSE.
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DINAMO

• DINAMO IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOTBALL TEAM
  IN CROATIA.THEIR FANS ARE CALLED BAD BLUE
  BOYS.THEIR SIMBOL IS A MAD BULLDOG.
• TODAY NEW GENERATION OF FANS SITS ON STANDS,BUT
  BAD BLUE BOYS STILL ARE DINAMOS 12TH PLAYER,NOT
  ONLY IN MAKSIMIR BUT ALSO ON THE STANDS THOUGHOUT
  EUROPE.

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QUESTIONS

• 1. When and where does the film festival take
  place?
• 2. What is the symbol of Dinamo and what are its
  fans called?
• 3. How many lakes are there in Plitvice?
• 4. What is the biggest penninsula in the Adriatic
  called?
• 5. What is the Roman amphitheatre called and
  where is it?