dalmatians
Do you remember white-short-haired breed puppies with dark spots? They which were the main characters in Disney’s film “101 Dalmatians”?
Dalmatia is probably their homeland. Most probably they were firemen’s dogs.
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Olive Oil from Croatia
The colour of olive oil is incredible green and has some special taste. You can taste it with a small piece of bread.What you think about olive oil tasting? Do you like it? Please contact us
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Croatian smoked ham – pršut is one of the most famous snack from our country.
Is homemade ham which is dry by a north wind – bura. The pršut is cut on very thin pieces (you can see it on video) and is served with bread and olives. This taste is absolutely unique!!!The sign protected geographical indication (PGI) have a few tipes of croatian prsut for exemple from Island of Krk, from Istria or from Drnis. There are protected at the EU level. The sign can give to products whose quality and reputation are associated with the area or region where they have been produced, processed or prepared.
Look at how beautiful Pršut is!
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Homeland of famous Zinfandel is Croatia.
“Zin”, a dark-skinned red wine grape variety, is name “mysterious grape” .It arrived in the United States from Europe in the early years of the 19th Century. It had a big success in California, where is still one of the most popular grape variety.
DNA research carried out in California in the 1990s confirmed that Zinfandel is identical to Italy’s Primitivo. But this research opened up an even older chapter of the variety’s history. We know that Primitivo arrived in Italy via Croatia, where it was known by Crljenak Kastelanski or Tribidrag.
Mike Grgich of Grgich Hills Estate Winery talks about zinfandel grapes beginning in his native Croatia.
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Our city is absolutely perfect for us
Four Reasons to Visit Split? All tekst you can read here LikeCroatia -
Donkey is still symbol of the Dalmatian region.
Today you can meet them in Ethno villages but for the centuries these very smart and stubborn animals helped people in everyday work.
Donkey is the mascot of ILIJADA, because we believe only hard work gives results and we loves donkeys very much of course.On this film you can see International donkey race in Island of Murter:
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Happy finger
In Split, we believe, that big finger in the left foot of bishop Grgur is happy. Whatever we plans to do (pass exam, get married, divorced, ect) we go first to touch his fingerBishop Grgur, before church reform, fought for holy mass to be conducted in an old Slovenian language.
The sculpture of Grgur was made by Ivan Mestrovic – the most famous Croatian sculptor and a very good friend of Rodin.
When you are in Split – you can visit his house, it is only a 15 minute walk from Diocletian’s Palace. You can also visit his studio in Zagreb.So Split has one of the happy places in the world!
The author of the statue was Ivan Mestrovic. His home today is the gallery of his sculptures. I recommend you to see this incredible place.