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Sword and Sign - Croatian Archaeological Museum  
   

Sword and Sign - Croatian Archaeological Museum

This is the Croatian museum I wanted to go to, instead of the one with Greek and Roman artifacts! The picture shows the large sign by the entrance with the replica of a huge iron sword in front of it, placed so that it looked stuck in the ground. Shades of Conan the Barbarian! I wanted to see the place!
Croatia and Sicily

April 15th 2005
After leaving Venice, we cruised across the top of Italy’s boot to what used to be Yugoslavia, which is now split into several small countries -- Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, Macedonia, etc. (“the Balkans”). Croatia is a little country of five million that grabbed most of the lovely coastline on the Adriatic Sea away from the other Balkan countries. Its majority ethnic group is Roman Cath ... read more
Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Split

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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