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Crikvenica is located southeast of Rijeka and is the largest settlement on the coast of the Vinodol coastal area. Towns near Crikvenica include Kraljevica, Selce and Novi Vinodolski . Over the last twenty years, urban expansion of Crikvenica itself and of the nearby town of Selce has resulted in the two merging into a mini-conglomerate.
Istria (/ ˈ ɪ s t r i ə / IST-ree-ə; Croatian and Slovene: Istra; Italian and Venetian: Istria) [1] is the largest peninsula to border the Adriatic Sea.Located at the top of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Kvarner Gulf, the peninsula is shared by three countries: Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy, [2] [3] 90% of its area being part of Croatia. [4]
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Split ( / ˈsplɪt /; [ 4 ][ 5 ]Croatian pronunciation: [splît] ⓘ; Italian: Spalato: pronounced [ˈspalato]; see other names ), is the second-largest city of Croatia after the capital Zagreb, the largest city in Dalmatia and the largest city on the Croatian coast. It lies on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea and is spread over a central ...
Motovun is a medieval town that grew up on the site of an ancient city called Castellieri. It is on a hill 270 metres (886 feet) above sea level with houses scattered all over the hill. On the inner walls are several coats-of-arms of different Motovun ruling families and two gravestones of Roman inhabitants (dating from the 1st century).
However, following steps taken by Turkey's main opposition party CHP, the modifications brought by the 2003 by-law were declared as void by the Constitutional Court of Turkey on 26 April 2005, in a decision to enter into effect as of 27 July 2005 and the purchase of real estate by foreign nationals was suspended until a modified law dated 7 January 2006 was brought into effect.
The only significant industry in the area is food processing, but Croatia's ongoing integration into the broader European economy has led to Poreč seeing growth in its trade, finance and communication sectors. However, the primary source of income is tourism. [12] Real estate prices are very high due to the city's prime location.
Kupari is a village in Croatia southeast of Dubrovnik and is part of the Župa dubrovačka area. It is connected to the D8 highway. Kupari is home to the Kupari Tourist Complex, a disused military tourist resort. [3] Two Czech businessmen bought land in Kupari when it was just one old brick factory after World War I. In 1921, the Czechoslovak ...