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“Croatia belongs to the Mediterranean and Middle-European cultural and civilization circle and tradition.” - The cuisine of Croatia – heterogeneous and known as the cuisine of regions, every region has its own distinct culinary tradition, Dalmatian cuisine, Slavonian Cuisine etc...
- Six World Heritage sites: Dubrovnik old town, Split’s Diocletian Palace, Plitvice Lakes, Episcopal complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in Porec, The cathedral of St. Jacob in Sibenik and historic city of Trogir.
- Eight national parks: Plitvice lakes, Paklenica, Risnjak, the island of Mljet, Kornati, Brijuni, Krka, North Velebit.
- Eleven nature parks: Lastovo, Kopacki rit, Papuk, Lonsko field, Medvednica, Zumberak, Ucka, Velebit, Vransko lake, Telsscica and Biokovo
Public Holidays New Year's day (1st of January), Epiphany (6th of January), Easter Sunday, Eastern Monday, Labor day (1st of May), Corpus Christi (60 days after Easter), Anti-fascist day (22nd of June), Statehood Day (25th of June), Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day (5th of August), Assumption of Mary (15th of August), Independence day (8th of October), All Saints (1st of November), Christmas (25th of December), St. Stephen (26th of December) Croatia has numerous music & arts festivals through out the whole year and just some of those are: Zagreb Summer Festival (1st July – 15th August), International Children’s Festival (24th June – 8th July), Dubrovnik Summer Festival (10th July – 25th August), Split Summer (July and August), Music Evenings in St. Donat in Zadar (4th July – 6th August), Sinjska Alka (6th August), Vinkovci Autumn (22-24 September), Varazdin Baroque Evenings (24th September – 8th October) and many others
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