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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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Boka kotorska

Boka kotorska

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The region of Boka kotorska is situated on the south-east of Dubrovnik and Konavle, along the Adriatic coast from Herceg Novi to very near the town of Bar. It was named after the town of Kotor, which is placed in a fascinating fjord. Croatian benedictins in Boka kotorska had their abbeys since at least the year 1066. There were at least seven of such abbeys: Sv. Juraj near Perast, Sv. marija de Resson,  Sv. Luka in rtoli, Sv. Mihovil in…

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Konavle

Konavle

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To the east of Dubrovnik is the region of Konavle. Its east most part is the cape of Ostra (rt Ostra, also imprecisely called “Prevlaka”), which is an interesting stretching about 2,5 km long and several hundred meters wide. This area was in possession of the Dubrovnik Republic since the first half of 15th century, when it was bought from Bosnian dignitaries in 1419 and 1426. As such it is a part of Croatia (also during the ex-Yugoslav communist period)….

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Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik

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The territory of the famous Republic of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), though somehow disconnected from the main part of Croatia, was able to keep balance with great forces, which always had respect for its economic well being and culture, and it remained free due to its numerous diplomatic and economic relations. This earliest Croatian city-state had as many as 85 consulates in various seaports throughout the Mediterranean, and diplomatic representatives in Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Vienna, Paris and London. Dubrovnik was especially flourishing…

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Cravat, die Krawatte

Cravat, die Krawatte

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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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Croatian Glagolitic Script

Croatian Glagolitic Script

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In the history of Croatian people three scripts were in use: Croatian Glagolitic Script, Croatian Cyrillic Script (bosancica), Latin Script. Today the Croats are using exclusively the Latin Script. The Arabica was also in use among the Muslims in Bosnia-Herzegovina. It was in fact the Arabic script used for the Croatian language and it constitutes the so-called Adjami or Aljamiado literature, similarly as in SpainF. Its first sources in Croatia go back to the 15th century. One of the oldest…

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Croatian Cyrillic Script

Croatian Cyrillic Script

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The tradition of the Croatian Cyrillic Script goes back to the 12th century and lasted continuously until the 18th century, with sporadic uses even in the 20th century. Of course, there are incomparably more Croatian Glagolitic monuments than Cyrillic, not to speak about tremendous Croatian literature in the Latin Script since the 15th century. However, it is the fact that the Croatian Cyrillic represents an important cultural heritage. This Script was in use among the Croats in Dalmatia (especially in…

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Croatian Glagolitic fonts

Croatian Glagolitic fonts

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1. TeX fonts The author of these lines has created a set of TeX and METAFONT files, containg 367 symbols, described in [PDF]: Croatian Glagolitic (round, angular, Baska Tablet, quickscript, about 60 ligatures, Baromic broken ligatures, calligraphic letters) Croatian Cyrillic stechak ornaments Croatian interlace patterns The file croatian.tar.gz should be gunzip-ed, then use “tar xvf croatian.tar”, which will automatically create a subdirectory /croatian/. This package is also on the following sites: CTAN (Comprehensive TeX Archive Network), or at University of…

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The Beginnings of Croatian Sports

The Beginnings of Croatian Sports

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The earliest known description of a sporting event in Croatia is from the 16th century. It reffered to the 1593 regatta of seventy four (yes, 74) wooden fishing boats called falkusa, from the harbour of the town of Komiza on the island of Vis to the islet of Palagruza. It was the oldest known boat race in Europe. Falkusa is autochthonous Croatian boat of 9m of length, with the mast of equal size, in use from 11th or 12th century…

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Boxing and Martial Arts

Boxing and Martial Arts

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We should remember also Fritzie Zivic (originally Zivchich, 1913-1984), known as The Croat Comet, famous welterweight boxer in the USA, who had 230 professional matches. In 1940 he won the title of the champion of the world having defeated “unbeatable” Henry Armstrong. Their rematch held in Madison Square Garden in 1941, where Fritzie managed to defend his title, was visited by 23,190 people (and 5,000 fans were reportedly denied access). This remains all-time highest Garden record for attendance. In 1993…

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