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Holy Mary Column

"In front of these buildings rises a Column of the Virgin by Fernkorn and Pönninger (1880 )".--Baedeker 1911. EE1975286p6
Zagreb

August 16th 1975
Ljubiljana was a lunch stop en route from Rijecka and the Postonja Caves to Zagreb. What I knew most about Ljubljana was that it had been the home of my French language professor at university. He told us of his experiences there during World War II, his detention by the Germans, and how he had escaped to France with the coming of the Tito regime. Upon arriving in Zagreb, we checked in at the h ... read more
Europe » Croatia » Central Croatia » Zagreb

Croatian Flag The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a feder... ... read more
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