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Home of the president

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September 12th 2006
Geo: 44.9735, 13.7542This morning I caught a bus to Fazana and from there I booked myself on a tour of the Brijuni Islands- which make up the Brijuni National Park. After a 20 minute boat ride we arrived on the island. The former Yugoslavia leader Marsal Tito spent 6 months of each year on these islands. He loved animals- dead and alive. There is a safari park here and a museum with many stuffed ... read more

Europe » Croatia

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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