Should UNESCO Consider Naming All of Croatia as World Heritage?
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A small country with great world heritage
One of Croatia’s slogans could certainly be “a small country with great world heritage”. Croatia’s contribution to the world’s cultural, historical, natural, tangible and intangible heritage is disproportionately large having in mind the size of the country and the number of inhabitants. The list of buildings, towns, art works, cultural and natural attractions included by UNESCO in the lists of world heritage is just as diverse and rich as the Croatian culture, spirit and nature that they hail from.
UNESCO Croatian Intangible Cultural Heritage items
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