A Journey of Postcards: Croatia

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Monday, June 13, 2016

Murter Island | Croatia

9:49 PM Croatia, Island, Red Tiled Roof No comments

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Murter is an island in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea. The island is only 6 meters away from land and is connected to the mainland by a mobile bascule-bridge.

Most of the island is covered with age - old olive trees and fig-trees, which are the main traditional crops grown by the natives. The island is surrounded on most parts by the Kornati islands.

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Lighthouse Grebeni stands on a rugged rock populated only by yellow-legged gulls. The island is located a four-kilometre boat ride from Dubrovnik's Old Harbour. The stamp is part of a set of four stamps about Croatian lighthouses (2015).

Hvar Island | Croatia

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Hvar is a Croatian island located off the Dalmatian coast. The island is the 4th most populated of the Croatian islands, with a population of about 11,000.

Tkon village, Pašman island | Croatia

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Tkon is a typical fishing village and port, located on the island of Pašman, off the coast of the Adriatic Sea in Croatia. Pašman is surrounded by the islands Ugljan, Iž, Dugi otok and Kornati. It is the 12th island in Croatian archipelago by land area.

The uninhabited islets surrounding Pašman island are frequented by bottlenose dolphins.

Ugljan Island | Croatia

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Kukljica is a picturesque tourist and fishing village, located on the southeast of the Croatian island of Ugljan. The island is also called the green island because it is covered by dense bush, pine trees, olive trees, fig trees, vineyards and other Mediterranean plants.

The old city of Dubrovnik | Croatia

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Dubrovnik is a Croatian city situated on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. The old city, once known as the ‘Pearl of the Adriatic’ is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The Kornati Islands | Croatia

1:38 PM Croatia, Island 1 comment

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The Kornati islands are an archipelago of the Croatian coast, comprising over 100 islands. The largest island is Kornati.

The archipelago is a national park since 1980. Once covered with forests but today the islands have a desert-like appearance. Due to burning down the foliage to make pasture for sheep.

Mulo Lighthouse Island | Croatia

9:47 PM Croatia, Island, Lighthouse 1 comment

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Built in 1873, Mulo is one of the oldest Croatian lighthouses. It consists of an octagonal stone tower, attached to a 2-story stone keeper's house. The lighthouse is located in the Adriatic Sea on a tiny island.

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(right) Palagruža is a small, remote Croatian archipelago in the middle of the Adriatic Sea.

Saint Mary's Monastery, Croatia

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Saint Mary's is a 12th century Benedictine Monastery located on an isolated little island in Veliko Jezero National Park in Croatia. Actually it is an island in a lake on another island.

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Part of a set of 4 self-adhesive stamps (for international use) about Croatian undersea world (issued 2014). This stamp depicts Yellow-tube sponge.

Diocletian's Palace, Split | Croatia

8:56 PM Croatia, Ruins, Tower, UNESCO No comments

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The ruins of Diocletian's Palace, built between the late 3rd and the early 4th centuries AD, can be found throughout the Croatian city of Split.

This palace is today the heart of the inner-city where all the most important historical buildings can be found. There are many attractions within the palace, but the most viewed is the Saint Duje Cathedral (Saint Dujam). Thx Mirna!

Visovac Monastery, Croatia

6:30 PM Croatia, Island, Monastery No comments

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The Visovac Monastery is a Roman Catholic monastery, located on the island of Visovac, encircled by a lake within Croatia’s Krka National Park.

Visovac was first settled by Augustinian monks, who established a small monastery and church dedicated to the Apostle Paul in the 14th century. A new Franciscan monastery was built in the 18th century.

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In 2013, Croatia Post issued a series of commemoratives entitled “Croatian Fauna — Amphibians.” This stamp pictures a fire-bellied toad.

The capital of Croatia

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Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. The postcard shows 7 major sights: Zagreb Cathedral, Mimara museum, Mestrovic gallery, Zrinjevac square, Ban Josip Jelacic square, the National Theater and Dolac market.

On the left you see the Zagreb Cathedral, the tallest building in Croatia.

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2010 issue, Croatian Ethnographic Heritage - Posavina

The Islands of Brijuni, Croatia

10:31 PM Croatia, Island No comments

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The Brijuni Islands are a group of fourteen small islands in the Croatian part of the northern Adriatic Sea. the islands are a holiday resort and a Croatian National Park.

“Today, the islands are a holiday destination once again with strangest offer on the whole of the Adriatic coast. Where else you can find fossilized dinosaur footprints, giant greenhouses, pigeon aviary, donkeys, ostriches, deer’s, squirrels and hares and other animals freely loose, well tanned parks full of Roman ruins, among them one of the most fascinating Roman villas in Verige bay, beautiful sunsets, old Mediterranean holm oak trees or pine trees and pleasant shingle beaches in the same time?”

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From a large set of stamps about Croatian Ethnographic Heritage.

A Postcard from Rovinj, Croatia

10:35 PM Croatia, Tower No comments

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Rovinj is a city in Croatia situated on the north Adriatic Sea with a population of about 14,000. It is located on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula and is a popular tourist resort and an active fishing port.

Want to know more about Rovinj? Go visit http://www.rovinj.info/