Student made this presentation for the eTwinning project :) "Let's be friends for the Future" - the task was to present our school, town and country.

1. Student: Katja Kolaković
Gimnazija Bernardina Frankopana

2. 1. Basic facts
• Official name: Republic of Croatia
• Official language: croatian: 96,12%
• Official script: latin
• Monetery Union: Croatian Kuna (1€ = 7,50 kn)
• Capital City: Zagreb
• Political System: Parliamentary Democracy
• President: Ivo Josipović
• Political organisation: 20 counties

4. Croatia is one of the most biodiverse countries in
Europe
- 8 National parks
• Kornati Islands
• Plitvice lakes
• Krka river
• Paklenica
• Mljet
• Risnjak
• Brijuni Islands
• Nothern Velebit

5. Culture
-funny facts
Stone from our island Brač
was used to build White House
in Washington, DC, USA Pag lace

6. Old Croatian letter (Glagoljica) Tie was
invented in Croatia
Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljan, Croatia!

7. DID YOU KNOW?
• that Dalmatian dogs (seen in the movie 101 Dalmatians) got their
name after Dalmatia a south coastal region in Croatia?
• that the smallest town in the world according to Guiness World
records is Hum in the central part of Istria? It has only 23
inhabitants.
• that Croatia is the homeland of the famous merchant traveler
Marco Polo?
• that the most preserved Roman amphitheater is located
in Pula which is the only one in the world with all 3 rows
completely preserved?

8. Non material cultural heritage
• Sinjska alka
- first Sunday in the August in town of Sinj, since 1715.
- 2010. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List

9. Moreška
• traditional sword dance - Korčula
• Christians vs. Moors

10. Dubrovnik
• The most known tourist city in
Croatia
• first country in the world that
admitted the United States - 1783.
• In the year 2011.-11,200,113
tourists.

12. CROATIA
CROATIA is
• a small country but it is divided into
several beautiful regions:
Slavonia, Istria, Kvarner, Gorski
Kotar, Lika, Dalmatia, Croatian
Zagorje

13. Slavonia

14. Istria

15. Gorski Kotar and Lika

16. Dalmatia