Amazing Croatia - A site about this great country located on the Adriatic sea.
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I will speak here about great Croatian history and cultural heritage. These beautiful historical monuments you can visit when you come in Croatia. If you're not traveling by car, then I recommend that you hire a car because it will serve you when looking at most of these wonderful monuments that have marked the history of Croatia. Cheapest car rental Croatia agency Rent City with a large fleet of cars will help you save money and sightseeing of. Croatian cultural heritage
During its history Croatia has always been up-to-date with European cultural trends and quite a number of Croatian scientists and artists contributed significantly to the development of European and global science and culture. All artistic styles known in Europe are more or less represented in Croatia. Certain original regional styles in architecture and sculpture evidenced by the old Croatian churches are also evident. Croatian art and literature is largely connected with the Europeans and is represented in the old town communes from the fifthteen century on. These town communes were situated along the coast and in the so-called »free towns« in the continental part of Croatia. The pearls of the Croatian cultural heritage- the old towns of Dubrovnik, Trogir, the Diocletian's palace in Split, as well as the Euphrasias' basilica in Porec are all included in the UNESCO's list of the World's cultural heritage.
There are valuable artefacts dating even fron: the prehistoric times. A representative example is an encrusted hollowware from Vučedol near Vukovar, the so-called »dove from Vučedol« (abou: 2800 B.C.) which is dear to the Croats, especially after the tragic fall of Vukovar during the Homeland war in 1991. Before the arrival of the Croats, the whole area was under the influence of the Greek, Roman anc Byzantine culture. Monuments from the Roman times are of a particular interest such as the Arena and the Sergijev's Arch in Pula, the Diocletian's palace in Split, the ruins of Salona and the aquad-uct near Split (still in use nowdays), the sensational findings of the imperial statues from Augusteum in Narona (Vid near Metković) and other monuments. The Euphrasias' basilica in Poreč with its famous mosaics dating from the sixth century is a masterpiece of Byzantine art. The old Croatian pre-Romanesque period is characterized by the findings from necropolis such as the metal earings, the inscriptions carved in stone, the unique small churches with domes dating from the ninth to the eleventh century (St. Crucifix in Nin, St. Peter's in Priko near Omiš. St. Lovro in Zadar, some small churches on the islands of Krk, Brač, Lopud and Sipan with the church furniture (the baptismal font of Duke Višeslav, parts of the altars with inscriptions and diplomatic documents. There are also some representative examples of the Romanesque architecture such as the cathedrals along the coast (those with belltowers on the island of Rab, in Osor, Trogir, Zadar etc.). In the Croatian Srijem there are some well-preserved Romanesque churches (Morovic) or their parts in Bapska, Stari Mikanovci. In the continental part of Croatia, there were many Romanesque buildings that were destroyed by the Tartars in 1242. The Romanesque period of Croatian art is characterized by the exceptional works of art such as the carved doorway of the Cathedral in Split made by Andrija Buvina and the monumental stone portal of the Cathedral in Trogir made by the master Radovan in 1240. These are masterpieces of European sculpture. The Gothic period of the Renaissance in the fifteenth century was characterized by the works of the famous sculptor and builder Juraj Matejev called »Dalmatinac«. He built the Cathedral of St. Jacob with the baptismal font, the portraits of his contemporaries, the famous altar of St. Stasa in the Cathedral in Split, the magnificent Minčeta tower in Dubrovnik and many other buildings. From the end of the fourteenth to the first decades of the sixteenth century, »the Dalmatian school of paint-ing« was flourishing, represented by the Gothic painters Blaž Jurjev of Trogir, Nikola Vladanov of Šibenik, Dujam Vušković from Split and Lovro Dobričević and his son Vicko from Kotor. |