the walls at Ston Croatia

Trip to Korcula

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June 16th 2011
A Bus and Boat tour to Peljesac and Korcula was again an United Nations wonderful day. With various nationalities on board. Ston the main city of Peljesac has a Medieval stone wall (14 th century) reputedly the largest in Europe, 5.5 kilometre long and no, no walking this one. It also has the oldest salt gaining production of the world but seeing the only half an hour time we had, we missed that ... read more

Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia

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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