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Croatia

A slideshow presentation by Kaman Tome

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Basic Information

  • Croatia is an eastern European country long coastlines on the Adriatic Sea, having more than a thousand islands.

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Location

  • Croatia is located in eastern Europe located around Hungary, Bosnia, and Slovenia.

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Capital

  • Zagreb is the capital of Croatia and is the largest city.
  • It is located in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river.

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Cuisine

  • Croatian Cuisine consists of a lot of meat, stews, and seafood.

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Climate

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  • In the peak of a Croatian summer July and August it has an average temperature of low to mid 30ºs.

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  • In the winter it could go down to 5º although it doesn't really go below that.

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Architecture

  • Croatia has buildings and houses that date back to over 14 centuries ago.

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Gornji Grad

  • Gornji Grad is the medieval core of Zagreb.
  • It developed as two separate towns, Kaptol and Gradec. They merged together in the 1770s to form Gornji Grad.

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Pula Arena

  • Pula Arena is the 6th largest surviving roman arena.
  • The Pula Arena was built around the 1st century AD and could seat over 26,000 spectators.

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Plitvice Lakes National Park

  • Plitvice Lakes National Park is one of the oldest national parks in croatia.
  • The park was founded in 1949 and is located in the mountain area of central Croatia.

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Hvar

  • Hvar is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, located off the Dalmatian coast.

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Famous people from Croatia

  • Robert Herjavec – Millionaire

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Currency

  • Kuna

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The flag

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Wild life

  • The pine marten

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Religion

  • Most of the population of Croatia is roman catholic.

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Soccer(football)

  • The Croatian soccer team wears red and white checkered jerseys. They came in third for the world up in 1998.

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Language

  • The main language spoken in Croatia is Croatian but a lot of the shop workers or just people on the street speak some English.

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Bibliography

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Thank you