Croatian History

Stone Choir Screen Panel, Split, 11th century,probably Croatian Coats of Arms on wings of three falcons,(information by Adam Eterovic, USA; see also [Grakalic, p. 32])  Croatian Coat of Arms in The Senj Cathedral, 1491,which belonged to the family of Perovich in Lika, mentioned in the accompaning Latin text(at that time the Turkish Empire is near immediate vicinity of the towns of Senj, Karlovac and Sisak) Croatian Coat of Arms, not later than 1494,and probably much older (a remain of an…

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Croatian coat of arms rom the book by Mavro Orbini: Il regno de gli Slavi, Pesaro 1601 Epitaph of Croatian ban Toma Erdödi (1558-1624) in the Zagreb Cathedral,with Croatian coat of arms (Regnum Sclavoniae, Croatiae, Dalmatiae):Erdödi is important for organizing and participating inthe 1593 battle near Sisak against the Turks. The victory echoed in the whole of Europe.  Croatian Coats of Arms of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia on a talir of King Matthias II, 1614.Photo from Bože Mimica: Dalmacija u…

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Croatian Coat of Arms in the city of Sombor, the City Hall, 1808, and the Coat of Arms of Slavonia, andthe Coat of Arms of Dalmatia.The ceiling of the City Hall of Sombor with the Coat of Arms of the the city of Sombor in the middle,surrounded with Coats of arms of the United Kingodm of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia(bottom right, left, and up on the right respectively; missing on the photo, up on the left, Erdely’s Coat of Arms)…

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A text by Josip Juraj Strossmajer (1815-1905), distinguished Croatian bishop. Source Dr. Hrvojka Mihanović-Salopek: Stella Maris of Slavonian Wheat Fields 1809 seal of the Free City of Osijek (Eszekiensis) A detail from memorial-book of participators of the First Croatian Savings Bank general meetings 1900-1904source: Jozo Ivanovic, Croatian State Archives, 2006, ISBN 953-6005-78-6 A detail from the Paris Room of the Croatian School Museum (Hrvatski školski muzej) in Zagreb from 1900.This cupboard has been made by young Croatian high-school students (Entrepreneurship school)…

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Coat of arms of the Republic of Croatia, description References Grakalić, Marijan: Hrvatski Grb, Nakladni zavod Matice hrvatske, Zagreb, 1990. Stan Granic: Evolution and use of the Croatian coat of arms, The Canadian Slavonic Papers, Sep-Dec 1996 Adam S. Eterovich: Croatian and Dalmatian Coats of Arms, Polo Alto, California, 1978 [illustrated collection of over 3000 family coats of arms] Croatian Coat of Arms A Guide and Index to Croatian Coats of Arms, Ragusan Press, San Carlos, CA, 2003 Goroslav Ostric:…

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