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This project is funded by the European Union Independent from 1991 EU member since 1st July 2014 What does the shape remind you of? A bird? A dragon? biggest towns: Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Osijek 1244 islands and reefs; 48 inhabited

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This project is funded by the European Union

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Independent from 1991 EU member since 1st July 2014

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What does the shape remind you of? A bird? A dragon?

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  • biggest towns: Zagreb,

Split, Rijeka, Osijek

  • 1244 islands and reefs;

48 inhabited islands

  • 2 peninsulas: Istria and

Pelješac

  • 8 national parks
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*Built between 27 BC and 69 AD *Once the home of bloody Roman

gladiator fights

*One of the only three preserved

colosseums in the world

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It is the oldest continously inhabited town. It has the most beautiful sunset in the world, at least according to Alfred Hitchcock.

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*The sea organ plays

music by way of sea waves and tubes located under the marble stairs

*To hear it play, double-

click to open this file:

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*To find out more about

this Greeting to the Sun, double-click and

  • pen the file:
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The landscape of this island is often described as the surface of the moon

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*The largest national park in

Croatia

*One of the oldest national

parks in Southeast Europe

*16 lakes connected by

waterfalls

*Around a million visitors a

year

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The cravat was worn by Croatian soldiers in the 17th centuury.

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  • N. Tesla was born in Croatia. His family house still stands in

Smiljan and is open to visitors.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkcm5cT9gGI

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One of the first monuments containing an inscription in

  • ld Church Slavonic

language. It dates back to year 1100.

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Dalmatian Croatian sheep dog

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My hometown

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 Held every August  Shows trades, foods, games from the Rennaisance  Exhibitors can only use materials available back then (no plastic!)

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Performers have to dress accordingly, too.

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Performers re- enact fights.

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Ivan Generalić

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Giant eggs decorated with naïve art. These eggs can be as high as 2 meters! Some of them go on a „world tour” being exhibited in Paris or Tokyo.

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It starts in the kindergarten or preschool

  • institutions. It consists of PRIMARY

, SECONDARY and HIGHER education. Primary education is compulsory, and children start it at the age of 6 or 7. It lasts from grade 1 to grade 8. Students learn English from grade 1, and in grade 4 they can start their second foreign language (German or French). Secondary education isn’t compulsory and is divided into high schools, vocational and artistic secondary schools. They last 3 or 4 years. Higher education is offered through universities, polytechnics and schools of professional higher education.

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It is one of the 3 primary schools in the town. Around 700 students attend it, being taught by 55 teachers. Students go to school in 2 shifts. The building dates back from 1908 and this year it is celebrating its 60th anniversary as a primary school.

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This year we will be receiving our Diamond Certificate for International Eco Schools!

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This is my boss 

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Did you know that Croatian and Latvian have some words in common? Yes, they do! We say things like matematika, informatika, psihologija or tri (3) the same way. We also share some letters of the alphabet: č, š and ž!

Now, let’s build some vocabulary! A bag = torba A school = škola A student = učenik A friend = prijatelj A notebook = bilježnica A pencil case = pernica A house = kuća A car = auto Good afternoon = Dobar dan Breakfast = doručak Hi = Bok How are you? = Kako si? Thank you = Hvala

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THANK YOU FOR WATCHING!

Yours sincerelly, Martina Kobaš

This project is funded by the European Union