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....the Capital City of Croatia is Zagreb.
....Croatia is now its own Country with a Democratic Government.
....Marco Polo was born on the island of Korcula, 2 hours drive from Dubrovnik.
....there are 1,185 Islands of the coast of Croatia, 66 of them are inhabited.
....last summer over 250 cruise ships visited Dubrovnik.
....Tui and Neckermann recently closed their Hotels in Mallorca, Spain and opened Hotels in the Dubrovnik area.
....recently, among some of the most famous names to visit Dubrovnik have been Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise. Dubrovnik plays host to a number of big name people seeking a vacation in this Medieval City.
....since the War in 1995, the Old City of Dubrovnik has been fully restored.
....located only 15 Km from Dubrovnik is the small village of Cavtat, which is older than the city of Dubrovnik itself.
....the white stone that the White House in Washington is built of comes from and Island near Dubrovnik called Brac.
....the main Religion in Croatia is Roman Catholic which accounts for 76,5% of Croatia's 4,3 million inhabitants.
....the Monastery of Younger Brethren in Dubrovnik's Old City has one of the oldest Apothecary(Pharmacy) in Europe which still exists to this day.
....The Monastery of Younger Brethren in Dubrovnik is registered in the UNESCO Book of Protected Cultural Monuments.
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