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DRESSED PALM TREES
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    • novsco61
  • Updated By novsco61 on March 14, 2005
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    by novsco61

    I find it very funny or let's say interesting how they protect palm trees from heavy Bura wind.
    The stalk is wrapped in bambus sticks and and the crown is put into plastic net.

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    don t forget in croatia, open...
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    • lorgnierl
  • Updated By lorgnierl on August 25, 2002
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    by lorgnierl
    don t forget in croatia, open your eyes you could find some shops, coffe, bar restaurants or tresure in little streets

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    St. Jakov's Church
    canaglic
  • By canaglic on March 3, 2008
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    Most probably built in 1420, as a colony of Benedictine refugees from the Friulian monastery of Saint Peter in Rozac (San Pietro di Rosazzo), the entire settlement will later be named after this abbey. Today very little has been preserved of its original appearance: in 1506 abbot Simun built or reconstructed the church, according to the inscription above the portal; near the end of the 18th century the church was thoroughly renovated, and in 1930 it was considerably expanded. Among its attraction, it houses a replica of one of Mestrovi}’s relievos. Since earliest times, when it still stood isolated, the abbey was a site where court trials were held and served as a fairgrounds that on St. Jacob’s Day attracted visitors from the surrounding countryside to dances and sales and purchases of goods, and located in its vicinity were the first burial-ground for the dead of Opatija, whereas in the 19th century this was also the site of the first school in Opatija. The building passed from hand-to-hand of a whole series of religious orders, from the Benedictines and Augustinians to the Paulists and Jesuits. Today, besides prayers and masses, chamber concerts are also held here.

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    Madonna
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  • By canaglic on March 3, 2008
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    by canaglic
    On the promontory in front of the one-time cemetery a girl of stone extend her arm to a gull. This, however, is a new sculpture, the work of sculptor Car, and it was erected here in 1956 and turned into one of Opatija’s symbols. Before that, in its place, namely until demolished by a storm, stood the “Madonna del Mare,” the work of sculptor Rathausky from Graz (his also is the fountain “Helios and Selene” in the park between St. Jacob’s Church and hotel Imperial). The “Madonna” was erected to keep vigil over the soul of count Arthur Kesselstadt, who vanished, not far off from that promontory swallowed by the pre-Easter waves in 1891. During that excursion the countess Fries also lost her life, but her son Georg was saved. Today a gilded variant of the Madonna can be seen in front of Saint Jacob’s Church.

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    Making Friends...
    lauriejeanne
  • Updated By lauriejeanne on May 5, 2003
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    • Too cute...! - Opatija
    Too cute...!
    by lauriejeanne
    This cutie pie played trucks with me as the train made its way through Slovenia and into Croatia. He chatted on and on in Croatian, I answered with expressive ooohs and ahs, and his father just chuckled at the great fun we both were having.

    Continue the story now by clicking on ACCOMODATIONS.

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    ICIIci Beach
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  • By sweetboy6900 on August 20, 2004
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    by sweetboy6900
    We met some local girs doing autostop!
    They were so nice and we carryed them at home

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    iciici beach
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  • By sweetboy6900 on August 20, 2004
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    the same girls

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