Croatia

Istria feature in CNN Traveller

Istria feature in November edition of CNN Traveller. Truffles, festivals and frescoes – a most enjoyable piece to research…. ;~) The pic shows the central Istrian hill town of Draguc – used as a film set in numerous Croatian and several international films http://www.cnntraveller.com/2010/11/03/croatia-a-taste-of-istria/

Lonjsko polje floods

Just before my most recent visit to Lonjsko polje, Croatia’s greatest wetland landscape, in early October 2010 (for a Hidden Europe article), the area around Zagreb and Sisak and along the river Sava had recently been subjected to some of the worst floods in more than a quarter of a century. The floodplains of Lonjsko …

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Croatia in black and white

A few more images from recent two-month trip to Croatia. All images online @ http://photography.rudolfabraham.co.uk. Black and white conversions using Silver Efex Pro. Josip Zanelli, keyholder of the church of Sv Roc with its cycle of 16th century frescoes, in the medieval hill town of Draguc, Istria, Croatia Traditional band playing at the Subotina festival, …

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New Croatia images

New Croatia images from current trip (including Zagreb, Istria, Split, Sibenik, Zadar, Trogir, Vis, Korcula, Lastovo) now online at http://photography.rudolfabraham.co.uk St Jacob’s cathedral (Sv Jakov), a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the finest Renaissance building in Croatia, built between 1431 and 1535 by the architects Juraj Dalmatinac and Nikola Firentinac, Sibenik, Croatia Sv Donat (St …

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Croatia and Montenegro guidebooks

WordPress blogs started for updates to the two Cicerone guidebooks, Walking in Croatia and The Mountains of Montenegro: http://walkingincroatia.wordpress.com/ http://montenegromountains.wordpress.com/