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Religious Site Attractions In Croatia

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Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, on the Adriatic Sea. Its capital Zagreb forms one of the country's primary subdivisions, along with twenty counties. Croatia has an area of 56,594 square kilometres and a population of 4.28 million, most of whom are Roman Catholics. The Croats arrived in the area in the 6th century and organised the territory into two duchies by the 9th century. Tomislav became the first king by 925, elevating Croatia to the status of a kingdom, which retained its sovereignty for nearly two centuries, reaching its peak during the rule of kings Petar Krešimir IV...
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  • 4. Church of St. Florian Varazdin
    Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church , commonly known as the Orthodox Church , is an Eastern Orthodox church building located in Trubar Park , between Bleiweis Street and Prešeren Street , north of the Museum of Modern Art and west of the National Gallery of Slovenia. It belongs to the Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The church has five domes with golden crosses at their top. It was built from 1932 to 1936 by Ivan Bricelj based on plans by the architect Momir Korunović. The frescoes in the interior were painted by the Serbian painters Dragomir Jašović, Miša Mladenović, and Danica Mladenovič from 1986 until 1997. The iconostasis is work of a prominent woodcarver workshop from Debar and has been decorated with icons by the Slovene painter Mirko Šubi...
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  • 5. The St. Lawrence Cathedral Trogir
    The Register of Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia has been established in 1999. The Croatian Ministry of Culture is responsible for the administration of this public register, which has been created according to the Act on the protection and preservation of cultural goods of 1999 . The register is a comprehensive list of all cultural monuments under national protection.
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  • 7. Temple Of Augustus Pula
    The Temple of Augustus is a well-preserved Roman temple in the city of Pula, Croatia . Dedicated to the first Roman emperor, Augustus, it was probably built during the emperor's lifetime at some point between 27 BC and his death in AD 14. It was built on a podium with a tetrastyle prostyle porch of Corinthian columns and measures about 8 by 17.3 m , and 14 m high. The richly decorated frieze is similar to that of a somewhat larger and more recent temple, the Maison Carrée in Nîmes, France. These two temples are considered the two best complete Roman monuments outside Italy.
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  • 8. Cathedral and Bell Tower of St. Domnius Split
    The Cathedral of Saint Domnius , known locally as the Sveti Dujam or colloquially Sveti Duje, is the Catholic cathedral in Split, Croatia. The cathedral is the seat of the Archdiocese of Split-Makarska, headed by Archbishop Marin Barišić. The Cathedral of St. Domnius is a complex of a church, formed from an Imperial Roman mausoleum, with a bell tower; strictly the church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and the bell tower to Saint Domnius. Together they form the Cathedral of St. Domnius. The Cathedral of Saint Domnius, consecrated at the turn of the 7th century AD, is regarded as the oldest Catholic cathedral in the world that remains in use in its original structure, without near-complete renovation at a later date . The structure itself, built in AD 305 as the Mausoleum of Diocletian, ...
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  • 10. St. Stephen's Cathedral Hvar
    The Cathedral of St. Stephen in Hvar is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the town of Hvar, on island of Hvar in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia.
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  • 11. The Church of St Stephen Stari Grad
    The Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel , also known as the Old Orthodox Church, is a Serbian Orthodox church in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was first mentioned in Ottoman sources dating to 1539. The Church was, however, built on older foundations).
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  • 13. St. Mark's Church (Crkva sv. Marka) Zagreb
    The Church of St. Mark is the parish church of old Zagreb, Croatia, located in St. Mark's Square.
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