Dubrovnik Pile Gate & Stradun Croatia
Enter the Old Town of Dubrovnik through the Pile Gate and walk down the Stradun. With marble underfoot and the elegance of Baroque buildings, Dubrovnik is one of the favourite tourist destinations in Croatia. Background music is Raindrops by Huma-Huma.
Dubrovnik In Your Pocket - Stradun (Placa)
Stradun is the unofficial name for Dubrovnik's main street Placa that joins the two main entrances to the Old Town at Ploče in the east and Pile in the west. The name comes from the Italian strada, meaning street. With its shining limestone flags and the uniform baroque buildings that line it, it is itself one of the best known sights of Dubrovnik. It's the place people bump into and chat with friends on their daily business, and dress up for a stroll in the evening or at coffee time.
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WRAP Pontiff arrives for 100th foreign trip
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2. Pope and Croatian President Stjepan Mesic travelling down red carpet
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4. Mid shot of the guard
5. SOUNDBITE: (Croatian) Stjepan Mesic, Croatian President:
We are happy that the Pope is able to visit Croatia to help Croatian people build their society in peace and mutual understanding. The Pope's arrival encourages our families to have a happy life and to raise children responsibly.
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7. SOUNDBITE: (Croatian) Pope John Paul II:
I came here to see you and to fulfill my obligation. Bring my regards and wish you peace and harmony.
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12. Aerial of catamaran in route to Rijeka
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15. Various shots of of pope and his motorcade driving through Rijeka
STORYLINE:
Pope John Paul II began his landmark 100th pilgrimage Thursday with a five-day visit to Croatia, determined to press
ahead for tolerance, peace and reconciliation in this Catholic bastion in the Balkans, despite his age and his ailments.
The 83-year-old pope, blinking in the bright afternoon sun, was helped by aides into a chair atop a cart, and then was wheeled along a red carpet during the welcoming ceremonies.
He immediately spoke of his pilgrimages - that include two previous visits to Croatia - which have made him the most travelled pope in history and kept him on the road for 575 days - nearly 1 1/2 years.
Although his left arm shook and he gulped deep breaths, the pope delivered his arrival speech in Croatian with a strong and clear voice.
He then boarded the catamaran Judita to cross a bay to Rijeka's harbor, where thousands of cheering pilgrims gathered near the docks to greet him.
John Paul's trip, which gets into full swing Friday with a visit to the war-battered southern coastal resort of Dubrovnik, will test his ability to deal with Parkinson's disease and crippling hip and knee ailments.
About 80 percent of Croatia's four and a half (m) million people are Roman Catholics.
The Vatican was among the first to recognise the country's statehood in January 1992, six months after it declared independence from Yugoslavia.
Half a (M) million faithful are expected to attend papal Masses in Rijeka, Dubrovnik, the southern coastal city of Zadar and the eastern cities of Osijek and Djakovo.
John Paul first came to Croatia in 1994, three years after the devastating war with the local Serbs who rebelled against Croatia's declaration of independence.
He returned in 1998 to preach postwar reconciliation and tolerance.
This time, the pope will find a country caught between its desire to finally join the West and the lingering nationalism that threatens to keep it isolated.
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DUBROVNIK Old Town Guided Tour HD
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Croatia, Salona Ancient City - Roman Amphitheatre
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The remains of Roman amphitheatre indicate that gladiator fights were held in the city of Salona just as in any part of Roman empire, until the fifth century when they were finally banned. The building was ellipsoidal in shape, with three floors on the south side and one floor on the north side, which was conveniently laid down on a natural hillside. Despite its relatively small size (125 by 100 meters outer shell and 65 by 40 meters the arena), Salonitan amphitheatre could have been occupied by 15.000 up to 18.000 spectators.
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1944 CROATIAN DEFENDERS - Forgotten Battles
CROATIAN DEFENDERS
There was an elite squadron of Croatian airmen trained at the Eastern Front who were recalled to defend the oil installations and industrial complexes near the city from the onslaught of USAF bombing formations. Up to this time there had been little engagement with the intruders, prompting the German commander to accuse the defenders of cowardice actions. This insult was not going to be ignored and the squadron was about to prove their effectiveness. The plan was to scramble early and climb hard, avoid the enemy's fighter cover that are expected to be P-51 Mustangs, swoop down at maximum airspeed from high, pick a straggler then trade off airspeed for altitude and do it all over again before making a dash for home. Remembering any nearby airfield can be a safe haven until the raiders are out of the area.
In Czechoslovakia, the Bratislava oil district was bombed. Bratislava was the site of the Apollo refinery.[70] The Bratislava industrial area was bombed on May 16, 1944, the marshalling yards were bombed on October 14, 1944, and the town of Bratislava was bombed on February 7, 1945.
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Croatia - Serb Gunners Attack Osijek And Vinkovci
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Serb gunners early on Saturday (5/8) attacked two cities in
eastern Croatia, Osijek and Vinkovci. Croatian radio and UN
officials said Serbs in the enclave of Eastern Slavonia, untouched
by the Croatian army for fear of provoking intervention by rump
Yugoslavia's army, pounded the two towns. There were no details of
casualties or damage. The Serb gunners first attacked Osijek. UN
officials said the Serbs then fired more than 100 shells into the
centre of Vinkovci. Croatian government forces on Friday launched
a major offensive to recover territory held by rebel Serbs in the
Krajina region of eastern Croatia since 1991.
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Aftermath of damage to US and Croatian embassies
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1. Riot-hit streets of Belgrade filmed from car
2. Burnt out rubbish bin in street
3. Wide then zoom in of riot police in street
4. Water pouring from water pipe
5. Various of tracking shots of riot-hit streets from car
6. Riot police outside Croatian embassy
7. Various of showing damage to Croatian embassy
8. Sign at Embassy reading (English) Embassy of the Republique of Croatia
9. Various of destroyed guard post outside Croatian embassy
10. Various of police riot vehicles outside Croatian embassy
11. Overturned white car outside Croatian embassy
12. Wide shot of emergency services outside American embassy
13. Various of rubbish bin being pushed upright outside US embassy
13. Fire engines outside US embassy
14. Banner on guard post reading Kosovo is an inalienable part of Serbia
15. Various of damage to US embassy
16. Fire engine near US embassy
17. Cleaning truck clearing streets and ambulance driving away from area around US embassy
STORYLINE:
An unidentified body was found inside the US Embassy in Belgrade after rioters angry at Kosovo's independence torched an office there on Thursday, an embassy spokeswoman said.
The spokeswoman said all embassy staffers were accounted for.
Citing police sources, Belgrade's Pink TV station said the body appeared to be that of a rioter who had managed to get into the building.
Serb rioters set fire to the US Embassy and police clashed with protesters outside other embassy buildings after an estimated 150-thousand people demonstrated against Kosovo's declaration of independence.
Masked men broke into the US compound, which has been closed this week, and tried to throw furniture from an office. They set fire to the office and flames shot up the side of the building.
Police later secured the US Embassy and the surrounding area, blocking off all access as protesters fled into side streets where they clashed with police.
Firefighters arrived immediately after the blaze broke out and quickly extinguished the flames. It took police about 45 minutes to arrive to the scene and the ensuing clashes lasted a few minutes before the rioters fled.
The neighbouring Croatian Embassy also was targeted by the same group of protesters and smaller groups attacked police posts outside the Turkish and British embassies in another part of the city but were beaten back.
Serb President Boris Tadic, visiting Romania, appealed for calm and urged the protesters to stop the attacks and move from the streets. Tadic said that violence was damaging Serbia's efforts to defend Kosovo.
More than a dozen nations, including the US, Britain, France and Germany, have recognised Kosovo's declaration of independence since it was made Sunday. Luxembourg joined that group Thursday.
But the declaration has been rejected by Serbia's government and the ethnic Serbians who live in northern Kosovo.
Russia, China and numerous other nations have also condemned the declaration, saying it sets a precedent that
separatist groups around the world will seek to emulate.
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Zadar In Your Pocket - Narodni Trg
Two monuments dominate Narodni Trg (People's Square) the City Sentinel (Gradska straža) and the City Lodge (Gradska loža). The City Sentinel designed by a Venetian architect in the late Renaissance style, with a large central clock tower and a surrounding stone barrier and railing with holes for cannons (both later additions). The building once housed the Ethnographic Section of the National Museum, one of the most important collections in the country, and worth seeing for the rich colours of local national costumes, textiles (weaving and lace), jewellery, agricultural, fishing and household objects.
The City Lodge was built by the same architet as the City Sentinel, this building once was the city's courthouse, council chambers and library. With its huge windows and high ceilings, it nowadays serves as a stunning exhibition space, hosting events such as the international photography triennial Man and the Sea and the triennial of contemporary Croatian art The Blue Salon.
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The changing of the guard - St Mark's Church
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Croatia - Osijek Suffers Heavy Shelling
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Despite the success of the Croat campaign to retake the Krajina,
some parts of the region are still stiffly defended by the Serbs.
Some of the heaviest shelling was targeted on the town of Osijek,
on the far eastern border with Croatia. Civilians in the town were
clearing up after Krajina-Serb shelling over the past 2 days
(6-7/8).
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RIJEKA - Croatia Travel Guide | Around The World
Rijeka is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and has a population of 128,624 inhabitants (2011). The metropolitan area, which includes adjacent towns and municipalities, has a population of more than 240,000.
Historically, because of its strategic position and its excellent deep-water port, the city was fiercely contested, especially among Italy, Hungary (serving as the Kingdom of Hungary's largest and most important port), and Croatia, changing hands and demographics many times over centuries. According to the 2011 census data, the overwhelming majority of its citizens (82.52%) are Croats, along with small numbers of Bosniaks, Italians and Serbs.
Rijeka is the main city of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. The city's economy largely depends on shipbuilding (shipyards 3. Maj and Viktor Lenac Shipyard) and maritime transport. Rijeka hosts the Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. Zajc, first built in 1765, as well as the University of Rijeka, founded in 1973 but with roots dating back to 1632 School of Theology.
Linguistically, apart from Croatian, the population also uses its own unique dialect of the Venetian language, Fiumano, with an estimated 20,000 speakers among the autochthonous Croats and various minorities. Historically Fiumano served as a lingua franca for the many ethnicities inhabiting the multiethnic port-town. In 2016, Rijeka was selected as the European Capital of Culture for 2020, alongside Galway, Republic of Ireland.
Tvornica Torpedo (the Torpedo factory). The first European prototypes of a self-propelled torpedo, created by Giovanni Luppis, a retired naval engineer from Rijeka. The remains of this factory still exist, including a well-preserved launch ramp used for testing self-propelled torpedoes on which in 1866 the first torpedo was tested.
The Croatian National Theatre building. Officially opened in October 1885, the grand theatre building includes work by the famous Venetian sculptor August Benvenuti and ceiling artist Franz Matsch, who collaborated with Ernst and Gustav Klimt.
Svetište Majke Božje Trsatske – the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Trsat. Built 135 m (443 ft) above sea level on the Trsat hill during the late Middle Ages, it represents the Guardian of Travellers, especially seamen, who bring offerings to her so she will guard them or help them in time of trouble or illness. It is home to the Gothic sculpture of the Madonna of Slunj and to works by the Baroque painter C. Tasce.
Trsat Castle, a 13th-century fortress, which offers magnificent vistas from its bastions and ramparts, looking down the Rječina river valley to the docks and the Kvarner Gulf.
Petar Kružić staircase (or Trsat stairway), which links downtown Rijeka to Trsat. The stairway consists of 561 stone steps and was built for the pilgrims as the way to reach the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Trsat.
Old gate or Roman arch. At first it was thought that this was a Roman Triumphal Arch built by the Roman Emperor Claudius Gothicus but later it was discovered to be just a portal to the pretorium, the army command in late antiquity.
Rijeka Cathedral, dedicated to St. Vitus.
Palace Modello designed by Buro Fellner & Helmer and built in 1885.
Stadion Kantrida, regarded by many as one of the most iconic and beautiful football stadiums in the world.
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Petrovdan na Cetinju 1991. i dešavanja na Cetinju 1992. godine
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Kako su od strane pokojnog Cetinjana, tokom predavanja o Njegošu, u Vladinom Domu na Cetinje, dočekani poglavar SPC u Crnu Goru (Risto Radović a/k/a Amfilohije), Ljuba Tadić (ako se śećate Pokreta za zajedničku državu Srbija i Crna Gora), g-din Dragutin Vukotić (preśednik Crnogorske akademije nauka i umjetnosti od 1989. do 2001. godine.) i ostala gospoda...
``We do not want war with Serbia because we are brotherly peoples but we want Serbia to respect Montenegro as a state and the Montenegrins as a people,'' said a demonstrator in Cetinje where an international symposium on 19th century Montenegrin ruler and writer Petar Petrovic Njegos was interrupted.
The obstruction of the gathering and all the related events in Cetinje provide precious material that can be used by mutually opposing political groups. This time, this is done at the expense of the much celebrated Njegos and amid assumptions that many had wished for the incident to happen and even that it had been orchestrated.
President Momir Bulatovic arrived in Cetinje to attend the opening of the exhibition on Njegos but as he came out of his car a youth cried out to him: ``Where are you, traitor of Montenegro?''. Witnesses report that the President had turned and even headed towards the youth but then about twenty more young men appeared, and continued to insult him. According to a colleague, the President made an insulting gesture with his arm, after which the youths attacked his car and the security police intervened.
Those invited to attend the seminar were seated in the first row and the entire room was filled with youth from Cetinje. Academician Milisav Babovic, the gray eminence of the Montenegrin Academy of Arts and Sciences, had hardly started reading his report when shouts were heard: ``Serbian nationalism can not be propagated in Cetinje'' and ``This is not Serbia'' and they started chanting songs about Montenegro and King Nikola. Metropolitan Amfilohije took up the song but was whistled down and booed.
Dragutin Vukotic, the President of the Montenegrin Academy, did not succeed in calming down the audience. He was told that the creators of the Memorandum of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences (SANU) were present and that they were selling away all the Montenegrin values, including Njegos himself, and that this was a crime and a betrayal. Following that, the gathering adjourned quietly without security guards or fights.
The public was instantly informed about the interruption of the symposium in Cetinje in detailed reports by the state media and in a special programme on TV Montenegro. Interior Minister Nikola Pejakovic showed up in the Evening News programme, watched the unedited footage of the incident, and then announced that seven persons had been arrested, that an inquiry was underway and that he did not know how many people would be arrestedperhaps 37, namely all those who had taken part in the incident. ``We do not all have to love the President of Montenegro but we have to respect and protect the institution of President. Everybody must be aware of this,'' said Pejakovic. Minister Pejakovic then proceeded to conclude that the Liberal Alliance (LSCG) was responsible for the incident, that the demonstrators had insulted President Bulatovic, that they had attacked him and injured a few security officers and that they had ``even hit and damaged the President's car.'' Minister Pejakovic's statement was followed by the reaction of LSCG leader Slavko Perovic, who said that his party was not responsible for the ``spontaneous protest by a group of citizens'' and that the Police Minister had intentionally accused the Liberal Alliance.
And while the public was being informed about the ``truth'' of the events in Cetinje, a large special police force started arresting citizens. They broke into apartments not only of those who had taken part in the demonstrations but also of those who had not even been there. Several hundred people gathered in front of the municipal building. Police reinforcments were flown to Cetinje by army helicopters and Cetinje resembled a beseiged city.
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Zagreb, Political, Economic and Cultural Capital of Croatia
Too often overlooked by tourists making a beeline for the coast, Zagreb is a fascinating destination on its own, combining the best of Eastern and Western Europe. As the political, economic and cultural capital of Croatia, the city throbs with energy but has retained a good deal of old-world graciousness. The sober Austro-Hungarian buildings in the town centre house elegant restaurants and fashionable boutiques along with scruffy pubs and rowdy beer halls. A proliferation of galleries display the works of the artistic community, a parade of international stars perform in the concert halls, and local DJs fill clubs with the latest sounds.
Spoiled by a coastline that lies only three hours away, Zagreb's residents have a lively appreciation of the outdoors. Even in winter, the long, refreshing stretch of park that bisects the town centre is rarely empty. With the first breaths of spring, everyone heads to their favourite outdoor café to soak up the midday sun. On weekends, Maksimir Park in the east is a major destination for bikers, strollers and joggers. In the summer, everyone who doesn't go to the coast scurries to Jarun Lake in the southwest to swim, boat and dance the night away in a lakeside disco. When Zagreb residents head for the hills, they don't have far to go: Mt Medvednica is only a tram ride away and offers hiking, skiing and great views over the city.
No matter the weather, there's a wealth of diversions in Zagreb. A proper pub-crawl could take weeks, and there's an assortment of museums and galleries to explore, regular concerts for the culturally minded and enough fine shopping to max out a wallet-full of credit cards.
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Best Hotels you MUST STAY in Zagreb, Croatia | 2019
Zagreb ( ZAH-greb, Croatian pronunciation: [zǎːɡreb]) is the capital and the largest city of Croatia.
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