The teritory of Croatia has stood for centuries on the border of Western and Eastern cultural influences: Western and Eastern Roman Empire, Frankish and Byzantine Empires,Western Catholilicism and Eastern Ortodoxy, Christianity and Islam. This union of cultures and resultant synthesis is reflected in a number of distinctive monuments of art which can please the expectations of the most demanding art experts.
There is no country anywhere in the world whose cultural heritage and artistic contribution can be regarded as being equally valuable throughout all the periods of its history.
Three Croatian urban towns and two historical architectural complex have been designated as Monuments of World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO: Antique Diocletian Palace in Split, the Basilica of St. Euphrasius in Porec, Sibenik Cathedral and cities of Dubrovnik and Trogir.
The teritory of Croatia has stood for centuries on the border of Western and Eastern cultural influences: Western and Eastern Roman Empire, Frankish and Byzantine Empires,Western Catholilicism and Eastern Ortodoxy, Christianity and Islam. This union of cultures and resultant synthesis is reflected in a number of distinctive monuments of art which can please the expectations of the most demanding art experts.
There is no country anywhere in the world whose cultural heritage and artistic contribution can be regarded as being equally valuable throughout all the periods of its history.
Three Croatian urban towns and two historical architectural complex have been designated as Monuments of World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO: Antique Diocletian Palace in Split, the Basilica of St. Euphrasius in Porec, Sibenik Cathedral and cities of Dubrovnik and Trogir.