WELCOME TO THE COURSES OF
CROATIAN LANGUAGE
Meet with the language of nice melody, Croatian literature and
long cultural tradition from the past to the contemporaneity
Let’s go for a walk from the West to the
South and then to the North, Croatian
continental region…
West Croatia / Zapadna Hrvatska
ISTRIA COUNTY (ISTRA)
Arena (amphitheater) in PULA
HUM – the smallest town in the world with only 30 inhabitants
ROČKO POLJE (THE ROČ FIELD) with the Glagolitic Alley
GROŽNJAN – a town in the inner Istria, loved by artists
RAKALJ – the birthplace of economist, academician and university professor Mijo Mirković (1898 –
1963); his literary pseudonym is Mate Balota and he is known by his novel Tijesna zemlja / Strait Land
(1946), poem collection Dragi kamen / Precious Stone (1938), historical memoirs Puna je Pula / Pula
is full (1954.), etc.
LABIN – the birthplace of the Protestant writer Matija Vlačić Ilirik (1520 – 1575); his Latin name is
Matthias Flacius Illyricus; main works: Catalogus testium veritatis, Clavis Scripturae Sacrae, etc.
National park BRIJUNI
CROATIAN LITTORAL / HRVATSKO PRIMORJE
OPATIJA – famous tourist town, alive in
the summer and winter period, a
destination of visitors since the time of
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and a place
of cultural events (festivals, expositions,
sports) and conferences. The tourism in
Opatija began in the building Villa
Angiolina around 1848th.
Crkva Gospe Lurdske / Church
of Our Lady of Lourdes vis-avis the bus station in Rijeka
RIJEKA – the largest urban centre of
the area; the third city in Croatia by
the number of inhabitants
Crkva Gospe Trsatske /
Church of Our Lady of
Trsat (in the northern
city part called Trsat)
Janko Polić Kamov (1886 – 1910) was a poet, novelist
and playwriter from Sušak, today part of Rijeka. He
also lived in Barcelona, where died of tuberculosis.
As a forerunner of the avant-garde in Croatian
moderna, he was not accepted because of
confronting to traditional Catholic upbringing and
civil society at all, so he added himself a nickname
Kamov (after Ham/Kam, Noa's cursed son from the
Old Testament). Kamov wrote two collections of
poems: Psovka/Cuss (1905) i Ištipana hartija /
Pinched paper (1907), a novel Isušena kaljuža / Dried
puddle (written between 1906 – 1909) and more short
stories (Bitanga/Rogue, Žalost/Sorrow, etc.) and
dramas (Tragedija mozgova /The tragedy of brains
1906; Mamino srce / Mother’s heart 1910, etc.).
A monument of Janko Polić Kamov situated next to
Mrtvi kanal / Dead canal in Rijeka since 1996
SENJ – a town before the entrance to
the mountainous region (famous for its
strong wind called bura)
Vjenceslav Novak (from an emigrant Czech family)
and Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević were born in Senj.
Novak was a Realist novelist (Posljednji Stipančići /
The last of the Stipančićs, 1899; Tito Dorčić, 1906;
etc.) and writer of short stories (U glib / In the
Mire, Iz velegradskog podzemlja / From
Metropolitan Underground, et.c.), known as the
Croatian Balzac. Kranjčević was a poet forerunner to
the poets of modernistic period. His collections of
poems are Bugarkinje/Bugarštice, 1885; Izabrane
pjesme / Elected Poems, 1898; Trzaji/Twitches,
1902; Pjesme/Poems, posthumously 1908).
Nehaj Fortress in SENJ, built 1558. by Uskoks
(the irregular soldiers of Habsburg Croatia)
BAŠKA – a tourist place on the island of KRK
BAŠĆANSKA PLOČA (BAŠKA TABLET) –
the main monument of Croatian Glagolitic
literacy (embossed around 1100), found in St.
Lucy Church in JURANDVOR near Baška
(the original has been kept in the Croatian
Academy of Sciences and Arts since 1934).
The tablet was the left part of altar partition.
Inscription in angular Glagolitic of
transitional type (some letters are rounded)
was a testimony of king Zvonimir’s donation
of a piece of land to the abbey of St. Lucy in
the time of abbot Držiha.
LUBENICE – an ancient village on the island of CRES
MALI LOŠINJ – a tourist place and the largest town
of the island of LOŠINJ
RAB – a tourist place on the island of the same name, famous
for its four steeples
Mountain region
GORSKI KOTAR
FUŽINE – a place in Gorski kotar, built in the time of nobles
Zrinski (17th century). Its three accumulation lakes are tourist
attraction. Right now it is a place of making movie Winnetou in
Croatian and German coproduction.
National park RISNJAK (named after Croatian word for lynx – ris)
DELNICE – the largest urban settlement in the region of Gorski kotar
LIKA
VRATNIK – a bend between the VELEBIT MOUNTAIN
and the ADRIATIC SEA
VELEBITSKA DEGENIJA – the rarest species of Croatian
flora with beautiful scent; strictly protected
The GACKA RIVER – this part is named Švičko jezero (Švica lake)
after the village of Švica near the town of OTOČAC
OTOČAC – the town in the Gacka Valley
GACKA VALLEY with old water mills
GOSPIĆ – the centre of LIKA region
PLITVICE LAKES – national park on the list of UNESCO
The North Adriatic / Sjeverni Jadran
NORTH DALMATIA / SJEVERNA DALMACIJA
ZADAR – an entrance into the Old City is called Land Gate; by this gates a
small port Foša is situated, called after the Italian word for a ditch
St. Donat’s Church
(9th century)
Chatedral of St. Anastasia St. Simon’s Church (has the chest of St. Simon from
(12th-13th century)
1380, the votive offering of queen Elizabeth of Hungary)
FAMOUS CHURCHES IN ZADAR
St. Mary’s Church and monastery
(benedictine monastery founded
1066 by a nun Čika, the sister of
Croatian king Petar Krešimir IV
St. Krševan’ Church (called after
Zadar’s saint protector; his day,
November 24, is also the Day of
the city of Zadar)
Church of Our Lady of Good
Health (18th century)
Petar Zoranić (1508 – after 1569) was
the Renaissance author of the first
Croatian novel Planine/Mountains
(written 1536, published 1569)
THE FAMOUS WRITERS OF ZADAR’S CIRCLE (16TH AND 17TH CENTURY)
Juraj Baraković (1548 - 1628) was a
cleric, priest and epic writer who
exiled in Šibenik. His known works
are Vila Slovinka (1614), Jarula (1618)
and unfinished epics Draga, rapska
pastirica / Draga, Rab shepherdess.
SEA ORGAN, the installation of Nikola Bašić
on the coast in the Old City of Zadar
The installation of Nikola Bašić called
GREETING TO THE SUN
NIN – the first Croatian Diocese in
the Middle Ages
St. Cross Church – called “the smallest
cathedral in the world”, dates from the
9th century
ŠIBENIK – the city with the famous cathedral of St. James, created
by inserting blocks of stone in each other. The main builders were
Juraj Dalmatinac i Nikola Firentinac. This Renaissance building
(15th – 16th century) is on the list of UNESCO.
VISOVAC – a small island with a Franciscan monastery
National park KRKA near Šibenik
ZLARIN – an island near Šibenik; the homeland of a free artist
Vesna Parun (1922 – 2010), who was a poet, essayist, and
children's writer. With a poet Jure Kaštelan, she was a
forerunner in the modernization of Croatian poetry 1940's and
1950's. Vesna's famous poetry collections are Zore i vihori /
Dawns and Whirlwinds (1947), Crna maslina / Black Olive
(1955), Ropstvo/Slavery (1957), Pusti da otpočinem / Let me to
rest (1957), Ti i nikad / You and never (1959), etc. Their themes
are love and mediterranean nature, but Vesna also showed a
satirical tone in her society criticism (Apokaliptičke basne /
Apocalyptic fables 1976; Salto mortale 1981; Tronožac koji hoda
/ Walking tripod 1993, etc.). Dramatic works Marija i mornar /
Marija and a sailor (1960) and Magareći otok / Asinine island
(1979) were played in teaters. In autobiographical prose Noć za
pakost: moj život u 40 vreća / A night for malice: my life in 40
bags (2001), Vesna wrote about her life and work.
The South Adriatic / Južni Jadran
SOUTH DALMATIA / JUŽNA DALMACIJA
SPLIT – the largest city on the South Adriatic and the second in Croatia by the
number of inhabitants. It was the birthplace of Marko Marulić (1450 – 1524), the
father of Croatian literature (epic Judita – written 1501, published 1521).
Diocletian’s Palace – built around the year of 300 as an emperor’s resident;
included on the list of UNESCO 1979
The Temple of Jupiter – built as the part of Diocletian’s Palace (295 – 305)
Cathedral of St. Domnius – built at the beginning of the 4th century. It is
dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. As the part of
Diocletian’s Palace, firstly was an emperor’s mausoleum
The Gates of the Cathedral of St. Domnius – the work of Croatian master
Andrija Buvina (13th century)
TROGIR – founded as a Greek colony in
the 3rd century BC; the best preserved
Romanesque-Gothic city in the Central
Europe
St. Lawrence’s Cathedral in Trogir was built between the 13th and 17th century. It is
better known as St. John’s Cathedral after bishop John (died before 1111), martyr in
the time of the seige of Dalmatia and Croatia by Hungarian king Koloman.
BOL – a place on the island of BRAČ, SUPETAR – a ferry port of the island of
has a famous beach Zlatni rat (Golden
Brač
Cape)
POVLJA – a place on the island of BRAČ,
famous for Povaljska listina (Charter of
Povlja), the oldest Cyrillic document written
on Croatian area (1250), and inscription
Povaljski prag (Threshold of Povlja)
embossed around 1184 on the threshold of
the Abbey of St. John the Baptist
Povaljski prag (1184) and Povaljska listina (1250) – a monument and a
document of Croatian literacy written in Croatian/Western Cyrillic also called
bosančica/bosanica
POSTIRA – a place on the island of Brač and the
birthplace of Croatian writer Vladimir Nazor (1876 –
1949). Nazor’s house is on the second picture. The
manifestation Nazor’s Days is held every May and is
dedicated to his work (collections of poems: Slavenske
legende / Slavic legends 1900, Lirika/Lyrics, Nove
pjesme / New poems 1910; epics: Živana 1902, Medvjed
Brundo / Bear Brundo 1915; short stories: Veli Jože /
Big Jože 1908, Istarske priče / Istrian stories 1913,
Stoimena 1916; novel Šarko 1930, etc.).
Hanibal Lucić
HVAR – a place on the island of the same name;
the birthplace of two Renaissance writers: a poet
and playwriter Hanibal Lucić (around 1485 – 1553),
the author of the first Croatian secular drama
Robinja/Bondwoman, and a poet Petar Hektorović
Petar Hektorović – a monument next to Tvardalj,
Hektorović’s summer residence
STARI GRAD – a place on the island of HVAR
JELSA – a place on the island of Hvar; has a prehistoric cave called Grapčeva
spilja, dating from the New Stone Age
KOMIŽA – a tourist place on the
island of VIS
VIS – a place on the island of the same
name; a small peninsula on the third
picture is called Prirovo and is situated in
the port of town Vis
Ranko Marinković (1913 – 2001), born in Vis,
was a novelist, short story writer and
dramatic; his most famous works are novel
Kiklop/Cyclops (1965) and play Glorija
(1955). The novel is adapted into a movie
(1982) by Antun Vrdoljak, and the play has
been performed in many theaters. His
collestion of short stories Ruke/Hands was
published 1953. Marinković was also the
writer of books about theater (Geste i
grimase / Gestures and Grimaces 1951.;
Nevesele oči klauna / Unhappy Eyes of a
Clown 1986).
Modra spilja / Blue cave on the island of BIŠEVO, situated
five kilometers southwest from the island of Vis
KORČULA – a town
on the island of the
same name
PETAR ŠEGEDIN (1909 – 1998), born in
Žrnovo on the island of Korčula, was a
novelist, essayist, short story and travel
writer, academician and cultural worker.
He worked as a professor and diplomat
and a professional writer. Opposed to the
communist authorities, he lived in
Germany during the 1970s. His novel Djeca
Božja / The children of a God (1946)
introduced the existential poetic in the
period of socialist realism in Croatian
post-war literature.
TIN (AUGUSTIN) UJEVIĆ (Vrgorac, 1891 – Zagreb, 1955) was a
Croatian poet who lived a bohemian life in Paris, Belgrade,
Sarajevo and Zagreb. He began his work in the circle of a poet
Antun Gustav Matoš, but broke up with him. Then turned to the
poetry of Baudelaire, Verlaine, and Rimbaud. Ujević's first poet
collectons Lelek sebra / Cry of a Slave (1920) and Kolajna /
Necklace (1926) are written in Petrarchan style. Next collections
(Auto na korzu / Car on the Promenade 1932; Ojađeno zvono /
Bitterly Bell 1933) have social and national themes, and their style
is the combination of futurism, nadrealism and simultanism. The
last collection Žedan kamen na studencu / Thirsty Stone at the
wellspring was published 1954. His encyclopedic knowledge and
spirit width Ujević also expressed as a polemicist, feuilletonist,
essayist (Skalpel kaosa / Scalpel of Chaos, 1938; Ljudi za vratima
gostionice / People behind the Inn's Door, 1938) and translator
from many languages.
DUBROVAČKO PRIMORJE / DUBROVNIK LITTORAL
DUBROVNIK city walls with five fortifications Crkva sv. Vlaha /St. Blaise Church – Baroque church
(Minčeta, Bokar, Lovrijenac, Revelin, St. John); of Dubrovnik’s patron saint
on the list of UNESCO from 1979
Dominican monastery and
Knežev dvor / Rector’s Palace
Marin Držić
(1508 – 1567)
Ivan Gundulić
(1589 – 1638)
DUBROVNIK and Dubrovnik littoral today are the Dubrovnik-Neretva County.
In the past, this area was the Republic of Dubrovnik, which existed as an
independent city-state and naval power under the formal rule of Hungarian
crown since 1358. With the paying of annual tribute to Turks in 16th century, it
existed until Napoleon's army abolished it 1808. In the atmosphere of freedom,
Dubrovnik was the cradle of Croatian Renaissance (poets Šiško Menčetić and
Džore Držić, playwrite Marin Držić) and Baroque literature (melodrama writer
Junije Palmotić, poets Ivan Gundulić and Ivan Bunić Vučić). Decline of the
Republic of Dubrovnik followed after a major earthquake 1667.
STON – a place on the peninsula of
PELJEŠAC, known for its salt
production
Vineyard in POTOMJE, a place on Pelješac
The island of MLJET; northwest part
is a national park founded 1960
The first inhabitants of the island of
LASTOVO were Illyrians, Greeks
(who named it Ladesta), and
Romans. Archeological findings from
the Roman and early medieval period
were found in the Ubli bay.
SJEVERNA HRVATSKA / NORTHERN CROATIA
ZAGREB – the capital of the Republic of
Croatia
Zagreb parks – Lenuzijeva zelena potkova / Lenuzi's green horseshoe
(founded by urban architecture planning at the end of the 19th century)
Park Zrinjevac near Ban Josip Jelačić Square
Ban Josip Jelačić Square – city centre
Zagreb's Upper City
Zagreb Cathedral on Kaptol – Upper City
AUGUST ŠENOA (Zagreb, 1838 – Zagreb,
1881) was a writer in the period of realism. His
merit is in the waking of readers' interest for
the Croatian books in the second half of the
19th century, when Croatian readers were
occupied with german third-rate authors.
Šenoa wrote five historical novels: Zlatarovo
zlato / Goldsmith’s gold (1871), Čuvaj se
senjske ruke / Beware of Senj’s Hand (1875),
Seljačka buna / Peasants’ Revolt (1877),
Diogenes (1878), and Kletva / Curse (1880 –
1881), finished by Josip Eugen Tomić, Šenoa’s
follower. Šenoa adapted novelistic conception
of Walter Scott to the Croatian tradition. He
also
wrote
poems,
one
comedy
(Ljubica/Violet, 1866), many short stories and
stories in verses called povjestice (Kugina kuća
/ Plague’s House, Kameni svatovi / Stone
Wedding, etc.).
MIROSLAV KRLEŽA (1893 – 1981) was a Croatian writer and the one of
most important personalities in the Croatian literature and culture. He
started to publish his works since 1914. After the World War I Krleža was
active as the editor of journals (Plamen/Flame, 1919; Književna
republika / Literary Republic, 1923 – 1927; Danas/Today, 1934;
Pečat/Signet, 1939 – 1940) and author of novels, short stories, poems,
dramas, essays, critique, and polemics. After the World War II he was a
director of the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute. His work consists of
more than fifty volumes. His important works are war poetry
(Pjesme/Poems I, II, 1918; Lirika/Lyrics, 1919), symphonies (Pan, 1917;
Tri simfonije / Three Symphonies, 1917), kajkavian poetry collection
Balade Petrice Kerempuha / Ballads of Petrica Kerempuh (1936),
dramas Golgota/Golgotha (1926), Gospoda Glembajevi / Gentlemen
Glembays (1928), U agoniji / In Agony (1928), Leda (1932), U logoru / In
the Camp (1934), and Vučjak (1934), the colletion of short stories with
war theme Hrvatski bog Mars / Croatian God Mars (1922), novels
Povratak Filipa Latinovicza / The Return of Filip Latinovicz (1932), Na
rubu pameti / On the Edge of Reason (1938), Banket u Blitvi / The
Banquet in Blitva (1938; 1962), novelistic cycle Zastave/Flags I – V (1962
– 1975), the books of essays, feuilletons, polemics, and critiques Izlet u
Rusiju / A Trip to Russia (1926), Moj obračun s njima / My
Confrontation with them (1932), Dijalektički antibarbarus / Dialectical
antibarbarus (1939), etc. Krleža also wrote diaries and memoirs on social,
cultural and political life of his time (Djetinjstvo u Agramu / The
Childhood in Agram, 1952; Davni dani / The Days of Long Ago, 1956;
Dnevnik/Diary I – V, 1977).
HRVATSKO ZAGORJE
KRAPINA – a town in Hrvatsko zagorje with
the Museum of Krapina's Neanderthals.
Paleonthologist, archaeologist and geologist
Dragutin Gorjanović Kramberger explored
the site of Neanderthals' remains on
Hušnjakovo brdo / Hušnjak's hill near
Krapina 1899.
KSAVER ŠANDOR GJALSKI (real name: Ljubomil Tito Josip Franjo Babić)
(1854 – 1935) and ANTE KOVAČIĆ (1854 – 1889), the writers in the period of
Realism, depicted Hrvatsko zagorje and its people (Gjalski in the collection
of short stories Pod starimi krovovi / Under the Old Roofs, 1886; Kovačić in
his novel U registraturi /In Registry, 1888).
MEĐIMURJE
VARAŽDIN – a city in the
northwestern Croatia, known for its
Baroque architecture and street
festival called Špancirfest, that have
been held since 1999 (begins at the
end of August and lasts ten days, to
the beginning of September)
ČAKOVEC – a city in northern Croatia,
known for its historical architecture:
Franciscan monastery and St. Nicholas
Church and Stari grad / Old City (residence
of nobles Zrinski and Croatian ban in the
16th and 17th century; a cultural asset of
national importance since 2007; the Museum
of Međimurje is situated there)
SLAVONIJA/SLAVONIA
SLAVONSKI BROD – the second
largest city in Slavonija and the sixth
in Croatia. Elected by the Croatian
Tourist Community as the most
beautiful in 2009. Its architectural
sights are Franciscan monastery and
St.
Trinity
Church,
Tvrđava
Slavonskog Broda / Slavonski Brod
Fortress.
IVANA BRLIĆ-MAŽURANIĆ (1874 – 1938) was a
Croatian author for children, famous in the whole world.
She was born in Ogulin, but came to Slavonski Brod after
she got married for a lawyer Vatroslav Brlić. Ivana is
called Croatian Andersen or Tolkien for her stories
inspired by Slavic mythology, which characters are the
incarnations of good or evil moral characteristics. She
published them in a collection titled Priče iz davnine /
Croatian Stories of Long Ago (1916). Her book Čudnovate
zgode šegrta Hlapića / The Marvelous Adventures and
Misadventures of Hlapić the Apprentice (1913) is a
picaresque novel about an orphan who escaped from the
evil master, experienced many adventures and found the
master’s lost daughter. The book is translated into many
languages and loved by children of all generation. Ivana
Brlić-Mažuranić also wrote short stories of didactic
character (Valjani i nevaljani / The Good and the
Mischievous, 1902; Škola i praznici / School and
Holidays, 1905) and novel called Jaša Dalmatin, potkralj
Gudžerata / Jaša Dalmatin Viceroy of the Gujarati (1937).
She was nominated for the Nobel Prize four times.
DRAGUTIN TADIJANOVIĆ (1905 – 2007) was born in RASTUŠJE, a willage
near Slavonski Brod. He was a poet of Slavonian landscape (Pepeo srca / The
Ash of a heart, Dani djetinjstva / The Days of a Childhood, Tuga zemlje / The
Sorrow of a Land, etc.), but also existential experiences of urban life. His poems
are written in a free form and are connected with everyday life. Tadijanović
published near twenty collections of poems and edited several issues of his
collected works. He was a director of the Literary Institute of Croatian Academy
of Sciences and Arts, president of Croatian Society of Writers, the honorary
citizen of Zagreb and other cities, and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in 1996
and 1997. He also worked as an editor of a gazette Narodne novine / National
newspapers, part-time lecturer at the Academy of Arts in Zagreb, editor of the
edition Djela hrvatskih pisaca / The Works of Croatian Writers, and in publishing
companies Zora/Dawn, Hrvatski pjesnici / Croatian poets, and Matica hrvatska
(Latin: Matrix Croatica).
POŽEGA – a city in southwestern
Slavonia, situated in the fertile Valley of
Požega, called Valis Aurea (Golden Valley)
in the time of the Romans
DOBRIŠA CESARIĆ (1902 – 1980), born in
Požega, was a Croatian poet and translator.
Using the rhyming verse, he wrote about
ordinary life preoccupations and tried to
return joy and emotions as worthy literary
themes. Cesarić was also a social poet: many
of his poems are dedicated to the poor and
unhappy people living in the suburb of
Zagreb. Although he did not wrote a lot, he
made serious efforts in the forming of his
expression, which is simple, but unrepeatable.
His most famous poems are Voćka poslije kiše
/ Fruit Tree after Rain, Balada iz predgrađa /
A Ballad from the Suburb, Slap/Waterfall,
Oblak/Cloud, etc.
ĐAKOVO – a town in Slavonia. Its
famous sacral object is the Cathedral of
St. Peter and St. Paul, built by a merit of
a bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer. Next
to the bishop's palace there is a
protected landscaped park which dates
from the 19th century.
OSIJEK – the main city of Slavonia and the forth in Croatia by
the number of inhabitants; its old part is called Tvrđa
KOPAČKI RIT – a nature
park in eastern Slavonia
VINKOVCI – the oldest urban settlement
in Europe, dates from 8 000 years ago
VUČEDOLSKA KULTURA / THE VUČEDOL CULTURE – an eneolithic
culture dating from the 3rd century B.C., called after locality VUČEDOL near
VUKOVAR. On the pictures are ritual vessel in the form of a bird (Vučedolska
golubica / A pidgeon of Vučedol) and biconical bowl.
VUKOVAR – a city in eastern Slavonia and the biggest
river port on the confluence of rivers Vuka and Danube.
It was the most damaged city in the Croatian War of
Independence and „the city hero“. Its tower with bullet
holes today is a testimony of war. Eltz Manor was
renewed after war and now it is a place where the
cultural heritage is stored. It serves as a museum,
gallery, science and multimedia centre.
ANTUN GUSTAV MATOŠ (1873 – 1914) was born in TOVARNIK, a place in Srijem. He was
a poet, short story writer, feuilletonist, essayist and travelogue writer. After return from Paris,
Matoš became the central author of Croatian modernistic literature who worked on its
modernization using the elements of symbolism, modernism, impresionism and other
movements. He relied on French literary champions as Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Barres, and
others. Aestheticism and artistic norms were the primary literary values for Matoš. Since his
appearance in Croatian literature, national and social function of literature stopped to be
utilitarian. His collections of short stories are Iverje/Fragments (1899), Novo iverje / New
Fragments (1900), Umorne priče / Tired Tales (1909). Essays were published in the
collections Ogledi/Essays (1905), Vidici i putovi / Horizons and Roads (1907) and Naši ljudi
i krajevi / Our People and Lands (1910). His poems were published posthumously. Most
famous are sonnets: Notturno, Srodnost/Affinity, Jesenje veče /Autumn evening, Utjeha
kose / The Consolation of hair, etc.
ILOK – the most eastern Croatian town, on the border with Serbia. It is known
for its wine cellars and dates from the Romans. His master in 14th century was
Nikola Iločki, forefather of the princes of Ilok who made its walls and
fortifications. In the year of 1526 Ilok fell under the rule of the Otomans and was
freed 1697, when became a possession of Odescalchi family and again a place of
Franciscan monastery with the cell of St. John of Capistrano. It was ccupied in
September 1991 and freed in January 15, 1998.
Let's listen some Croatian music at the end...
Oliver Dragojević – Trag u beskraju (The Trace in the Infinity)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ud6VLWnX2c
Gibonni – Činim pravu stvar (I Do the Right Thing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI3H4dTlNp4
Prljavo kazalište – Heroj ulice (Street Hero)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lj-eyeLs_A
Parni valjak – Jesen u meni (Autumn in Me)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkG2yJIe6cA
Nina Badrić – Čarobno jutro (Magic Morning)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r77ChPPrWcI
Natali Dizdar – Zamijenit ću te gorim (I am going to replace you with worse)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR32t--NGy8