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Croatia is a country located on the Adriatic Sea that borders several other countries. It gained independence in 1991 after fighting a war from 1991 to 1995. Some key facts about Croatia are that the capital is Zagreb, the official language is Croatian, and the currency is the kuna. Croatia has many natural and cultural sites, including seven UNESCO World Heritage sites such as Diocletian's Palace in Split. Famous Croatians include Nikola Tesla, Sandra Perkovic, and Janica Kostelic.

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Presentation made by Franka Dujmović Primary school Podmurvice Rijeka
 Croatia is a small country located on the Adriatic sea.
 Our country borders with Slovenia,Hungary,Serbia,Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro on land and with Italy on the sea.
 Croatia's independence in 1991 was the cause of Independence war fought from 1991 to 1995.  The symbol of the war is Vukovar,the city of heroes,which is still not recovered from lots of damage. The Vukovar water tower damaged in the war
 Franjo Tudman was the first Croatian president after independence.
 The official language of Croatia is Croatian.  The official currency in Croatia is kuna.  The Croatian flag is made of three colours:red,white and blue.
 The biggest and the capital city in Croatia is Zagreb,the second biggest is Split and the third is Rijeka. Zagreb
 Croatia has a lot of famous monuments and seven of them are listed in UNESCO’s World heritage list.  Croatia monuments under the protection of UNESCO are: Diocletian’s Palace - Split, Eufrazie’s Basilic – Porec, Historical town of Trogir, St.Jacob’s cathedral in Sibenik, Dubrovnik old town, The Plitvice lakes and Oldtown field.
 Diocletian’s Palace in Split Eufrazie’s Basilic  in Porec
 There are also a lot of natural treasures in our country.  National parks: Brijuni,Krka,Mljet,Kornati,Paklenica, The Plitvice lakes,Risnjak and North Velebit. Plitvice Brijuni Kornati
 There are 1244 islands in Croatia.  The biggest islands are Krk and Cres.  Some of our famous islands are Hvar,Brac,Korcula,Pag,Rab... Brac Krk
 Leopold Ruzicka and Vladimir Prelog were the only Croats who won a Nobel prize.  Nikola Tesla,one of the greatest minds in history,was born in Croatia.  Slavoljub Penkala was a Croat who invented a mechanical pen.
 Sandra Perkovic is a Croatian discus thrower,who is currently olympic,world and european champion.  Janica Kostelic is a former alpine ski racer who won 4 gold and 2 silver olympic medals.  Goran Ivanisevic is a former tennis player who won Wimbeldon in 2001.
Janica Kostelic Sandra Perkovic
Greetings from Podmurvice elementary school! Made by: Franka Dujmović, student, 13 years Mentors: Ines Begić, English teacher Ana Marinić, Geography teacher

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  • 1. Presentation made by Franka Dujmović Primary school Podmurvice Rijeka
  • 2.  Croatia is a small country located on the Adriatic sea.
  • 3.  Our country borders with Slovenia,Hungary,Serbia,Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro on land and with Italy on the sea.
  • 4.  Croatia's independence in 1991 was the cause of Independence war fought from 1991 to 1995.  The symbol of the war is Vukovar,the city of heroes,which is still not recovered from lots of damage. The Vukovar water tower damaged in the war
  • 5.  Franjo Tudman was the first Croatian president after independence.
  • 6.  The official language of Croatia is Croatian.  The official currency in Croatia is kuna.  The Croatian flag is made of three colours:red,white and blue.
  • 7.  The biggest and the capital city in Croatia is Zagreb,the second biggest is Split and the third is Rijeka. Zagreb
  • 8.  Croatia has a lot of famous monuments and seven of them are listed in UNESCO’s World heritage list.  Croatia monuments under the protection of UNESCO are: Diocletian’s Palace - Split, Eufrazie’s Basilic – Porec, Historical town of Trogir, St.Jacob’s cathedral in Sibenik, Dubrovnik old town, The Plitvice lakes and Oldtown field.
  • 9.  Diocletian’s Palace in Split Eufrazie’s Basilic  in Porec
  • 10.  There are also a lot of natural treasures in our country.  National parks: Brijuni,Krka,Mljet,Kornati,Paklenica, The Plitvice lakes,Risnjak and North Velebit. Plitvice Brijuni Kornati
  • 11.  There are 1244 islands in Croatia.  The biggest islands are Krk and Cres.  Some of our famous islands are Hvar,Brac,Korcula,Pag,Rab... Brac Krk
  • 12.  Leopold Ruzicka and Vladimir Prelog were the only Croats who won a Nobel prize.  Nikola Tesla,one of the greatest minds in history,was born in Croatia.  Slavoljub Penkala was a Croat who invented a mechanical pen.
  • 13.  Sandra Perkovic is a Croatian discus thrower,who is currently olympic,world and european champion.  Janica Kostelic is a former alpine ski racer who won 4 gold and 2 silver olympic medals.  Goran Ivanisevic is a former tennis player who won Wimbeldon in 2001.
  • 15. Greetings from Podmurvice elementary school! Made by: Franka Dujmović, student, 13 years Mentors: Ines Begić, English teacher Ana Marinić, Geography teacher