CROATIAN SUPERLATIVES

DID YOU KNOW THAT:

- the City of Hvar on the island Hvar, has for almost four centuries now been the home of Europe’s first public theatre

- Cibalae a former Roman colony is the predecessor of today’s Vinkovci, which is also the native town of two Roman emperors Velentinian and Valens

- the Monastery of Younger Brethren, located along the western edge of the Stradun Piazza, is one of the most valuable medieval monuments of Dubrovnik’s historical nucleus, hiding one of the first Pharmacies in Europe

- the White House – the America President’s residence, the Berlin Capitol and the Parisian “Arche de Triumph” were build from the blocks of the “White Stone” from the Island Brac”, carved with great effort by the island’s workers

- the pen is a patent hold by the Croat Mr. S. Eduard Penkala

- the tie is a Croatian product, starting its triumphal success in Croatia in 17th century