by Claudia

2. • Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia
( Republika Hrvatska , in Croatian ) , is a
country in the European Union with a
population of 4,290,612 inhabitants (
2011 census ) , its capital is Zagreb (
Zagreb , 792,875 inhabitants , 2011
census ) . It is bordered to the north by
Slovenia , north - east with Hungary , east
with Serbia , in the south with Bosnia and
Herzegovina and Montenegro , while to
the west is facing the Adriatic Sea . The
land area is 56,542 km² and the surface of
the territorial sea amounts to 31,067 km

3. • From a morphological point of view the
country can be divided into three zones with
climatic, geographical or cultural situations :
the coast , the mountain ranges and the vast
plain . The coastal area is characterized by
Mediterranean climate . From north to south
you can find the following historical regions :
Istria , the peninsula in the north of the
country The region of the Croatian Coast (
Hrvatsko Primorje ) corresponding to the
area around River and Mark with the islands
of Kvarner Bay .
Dalmatia with its rugged coastline and
stretching south from Zadar including the
many islands the coast and historic cities like
Dubrovnik and Split . The main mountains
are Mount Dinara ( 1,831 m s.l.m. ) and
Mount Vaganski Vrh ( Monte Drago , in the
chain of Velebit ) with an altitude of 1,758 m
s.l.m. Croatia has 1.185 islands , of which
only 50 are inhabited.
Dalmazia

4. • The lowland Pannonian
• In the eastern part of the
country is a vast plain broken
only . some hill formations ,
the area is part of the basin of
the rivers Drava and Sava
tributaries of the Danube .
• The mountainous area of the
Dinaric alps
• The mountainous area is situated in
the central part of this area
paese.Fanno the region of Gorski
Kotar between Rijeka and Karlovac ,
the valleys of Licca and Crobavia
between the coastal range of Velebit
Mountain and the border with
laBosnia and a part of ' Dalmatian
hinterland

5. • The main mountains are Mount Dinara ( 1,831 m s.l.m. ) and Mount VaganskiVrh (
Mount Dragon , in the chain of Velebit ) with an altitude of 1,758 m s.l.m. Croatia has
1.185 islands , of which only 50 are inhabited. Most of the rivers of Croatia belongs to
the Black Sea basin ( Danube , Sava , Drava , Kupa and Una ) , but a small number of
rivers flows into the Adriatic Sea ( Zrmanja , Krka , Čikola , Cetina and Neretva ) . The
rivers in the northern part of the country have pollution problems , especially the
Sava motorway between Zagreb and Sisak . The longest rivers are the Sava ( 562 km )
and Drava (505 km) delimiting the border between Croatia and Bosnia - Herzegovina
and Hungary . On the border with the Dinaric Alps have an alpine climate on the coast
a Mediterranean climate , within continental

6. • The Croats (in Croatian Hrvati) belong to the
family of the Slavic peoples. Coming from the
area of ​​the Ukraine, the Croats came in today's
Croatia around the VII secolod.C. Croatian
indigenous communities living in Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Hungary, Slovenia, Serbia
(Vojvodina), Montenegro (Kotor Bay), Molise
and Austria. The village is mainly inhabited by
Croats (89.63%) of the Catholic religion. Among
minorities are Serbs (4.54%), Bosniaks (0.5%),
Hungarians (00:37%) and about 20,000 Italians
(or approximately 0.45%) spread between
Istria, Fiume, Dalmatia (Zadar, Split ), Slavonia
(Pozega) eMoslavina (Sisak). The predominant
religion is Christian-Catholic (87.8%, according
to statistics Catholic), followed by the Christian
Orthodox (4.4%) and Sunni Islam (1.3%). Patron
saints of the Croats are St. Joseph and St.
Jerome. The official language is Croatian, a
Slavic language of the southern group that uses
the Latin alphabet. Other languages ​​(Serbian,
Hungarian and Italian) are spoken as a first
language by less than 5% of the population.

7. • Inhabited by the Illyrians and colonized by the Greeks, the region was part of Pannonia in
Roman times and was annexed in 356 to Byzantium. Conquered by the Avars (568), it was
gradually inhabited, from sec. VII, by Slavs who occupied the area situated between the
Sava and Drava. Converted to Christianity under the influence frank, were related more to
the influence that Germanic and Byzantine. The Croatian Prince Tomislaus was one
independent Croatian state. In sec. XI the Croatian state was consolidated and extended up
to Dalmatia, but infighting and rivalries of the powers interested in Croatia led to the
passage of the crown of Croatia to the King of Hungary. The region was the Hungarians
until 1526 when it came under the Hapsburgs. He developed in Croatia a political-cultural
movement that was owned by L. Gaj the illirismo. The struggle for autonomy continued to
characterize the life of Croatia until the end of World War I, when the dissolution of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire led to the union of Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia in the Kingdom
of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1918) with the capital Belgrade, renamed Kingdom of
Yugoslavia in 1929. With the German occupation of Zagreb (April 1941), the Ustashe
(Croatian nationalists) proclaimed an independent state of Croatia extended to today's
Bosnia and Herzegovina, which actually He was enslaved by the fascists, Italian leaders by
the crown prince Aimone Aosta. The Croatian state, which had pursued the objective of
ensuring the purity in their own territory and eliminating ethnic Serbs, Gypsies and Jews as
non-Croatian, ended with the conquest of the region by the Allies at the N and with the
arrival of the troops Tito (May 6, 1945). On 30 November 1946, the Republic of Croatia as
the territory corresponding to that of the Croatian state today entered the federal system
of the People's Republic of Yugoslavia

8. History (pt.2)
• IN seventies The Ustasha reconstituted a clandestine separatist movement INSPIRATION Fascist That
accomplished numerous terrorist actions in Yugoslavia and abroad. To the fine of the Eighties,
following the collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe it was developing a political force
secessionist What prompted the Parliament to declare independence. This however was not
recognized from Federal Institutions of Belgrade, Che mobilized the army against the rebel republics.
What the bloody civil war ensued, made even more bloody From the fierce clashes with ethnic Serb
minority not present in Croatia, it did not abate even AFTER the Croatian Independence recognition by
the countries of the EU so as to inviare.Dopo The Conflict Croatian -musulmano in Bosnia and
Herzegovina market in 1998 the Government resumed control dellaSlavoniaorientale. The death of
Tudjman and the victory of Croatia Stjepan Mesić brought the liberation of their nationalism and give
the Assetto Of A European Parliamentary democracy In June 2004, the country initiated the
negotiations for accession to the EU, WHILE president in January 2005 were again won by Mesic.
However, the pro-European policy of the governments of the Croats after-Tuđjman experienced some
deterioration consensus among the public, since the European Institutions require What essential
conditions for the entry of the state in the EU, however IT IS entry apart away EU In June of 2013

9. • Capital and largest city in Croatia, Zagreb is located in
the hinterland, on the slopes of the mountains
Medven, about 150 km from the beautiful coastline.
A crucial geographic position, as well as making an
important crossroads for trade between Central
Europe and the Adriatic, allows its residents to
address the hot sultry summers, thanks to its
proximity to the fantastic bays and beaches along the
coast. The charm of Zagreb, as well as in the Central
European suaeleganza, lies in its morphology: it
develops between hill and plain, splitting into Upper
town (Gornji grad) and Lower Town (Donji Grad). The
first, the oldest, is located on the hills Kaptol and
Gradec and the second, of the nineteenth century,
extends to its slopes until the route of the railway.
Ancient churches and monuments neoclassical
alternate so buildings more modern style and at the
same time, the streets and alleys of the past, give
way to ring roads and bypasses. Among the major
monuments of the capital's political, economic and
cultural life of Croatia, the cathedral, the Bane Jelacic
square, the church of San Marco

10. • In central Croatia, south of Zagreb, it was customary
to gather some girls called "ladarche" for the party in
early summer. The tradition was that the girls were
singing in front of every house in the village an
ancient ceremonial song to wish you well. These
songs had a word they had in common: the archaic
Slavic word "Lado", which means good, nice, nice.
From this echo ancient named the most prestigious
folk ensemble of Croatia, spokesperson worldwide
the rich musical and dance traditions of small and
strategic European country. Founded in Zagreb in
1949, Lado is a group of thirty-four professional
dancers, who are also skilled singers, whose
repertoire ranges in more than a hundred titles
representing the culture of the country. Alongside
them fourteen great virtuoso musicians in handling a
wide range of traditional instruments. The company
is also renowned for a curiosity: a rich wardrobe
consists of more than 1200 costumes, some of which
date back to the very first '900.

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