Croatian History

…But he knew all too well from which sides the winds blow,and which adorn good deeds, and which injure the soul.Antun Mateša Kuhačević, Laud for a Glagolite Church of Croatian Martyrs in Udbina t is not excluded that the beginnings of the Croatian state are related precisely to the Lika – Krbava region. The Croatian Prince Borna from the beginning of 9th century was known first as the Dux Guduscanorum, i.e. the Prince of Gachans (from the Gatska valley), before…

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I will live a pure life in my houseand will never tolerate evil(The Bible, Psalm 101) Whoever saves one lifeis as though he had saved the entire world(The Old Testament; motto of Yad Vashem) The Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority, Jerusalem, or in Hebrew – Yad Vashem, was founded by the Israeli Knesset in 1953. Its main objective is not only to keep memory on the Jewish victims of the atrocities of the WW2, but also to keep memory…

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A Short History of the University © by Darko Zubrinic, Zagreb (1995) The first university institution in Croatia was founded by the Dominicans in Zadar in 1396 as the ‘studium generale’ for theology. Its international character can be seen from the fact that one of its first students had been fra Bonaventura of Ferrara (enrolled in 1396). In its earliest period it had twenty students from Italy, two from Poland and one from Germany. This institution had the privilege of…

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Croatia has 56,542 square kilometers (plus its sea area – 31,900 sq.km.) 1,777 km of coastline (and more than 4,000 km of islands coastline), 4,437,000 inhabitants (just as a quarter of New York), and almost as many abroad, counting through last three generations. Among altogether 47 European countries Croatia is 26th with respect to its population, and also 26th with respect to its area.Among 47 European countries we also include Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Russia, but with respective population…

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The collection of dolls is permanently exhibited at Tourist information center, Zrinjski trg 14, Zagreb, Croatia. Spanish translation by Zdravka Teresa Perinic de Bellofatto (2004)Russian translation by Dmitry Vedushenko (2001)Croatian translation by D. Z. (2002) © 1999 by Ljeposlav Perinic (1922-2005) and Darko Zubrinic I met Mr. Ljeposlav Perinic in the summer 1999 in Zagreb, after his friendly telephone call related to the famous Croatian Glagolitic Texte du Sacre in France. I learned an unusual story about his unique collection…

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Ivan Gundulic (1589-1638) with his cravat in 1622. Source: Acadmia Cravatica. The earliest known usage of cravat in history is by Ivan Gundulic (1589-1638), a famous Croatian poet from the City of Dubrovnik. Note that Gundulic died the year when the French emperor Louis XIV was born. Croatian soldiers served in many European armies since the seventeenth century. So in the French army in the 17th century, during the reign of Louis XIII, there was a cavalry composed exclusively of…

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