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Croatia's Plitvice National Park was declared a national park since 1949 (Nacionalni Park Plitvička jezera), representing the oldest nature reserve in south-eastern Europe, visited annually by about 1 million tourists.
Plitvice Park in 1979 was declared World Heritage by UNESCO. Karst is a system consisting of 16 lakes, Plitvice joined together by the river, and through dozens of spectacular waterfalls. Dense pine forests that flank the karst system shelter bears, wolves and various birds. The largest lake is Lake Kozjak (Navigator). The 16 lakes are: Lake Prošćansko, Ciginovac, Okrugljak, Batinovac, Veliko Jezero, Malo Jezero, Vir Galovac, Milinovo Lake, Lake Gradinsko, Buk, Kozjak, Milanovac, Gavanovac, Kaluđerovac, Novakovic Brod. Among the largest waterfalls include the following: Veliki Slap (Great Waterfall), Galovački buk (Cascada Galovac).
Park is a karst system consists of 16 lakes, which have the common denominator Plitvice river. They are divided into two parts, depending on their geographical position. This became known as the upper lakes and lakes below. Of these, stands out Kozjak Lake, which is the most stretched, and while being navigable. Here I live happily and peacefully several species of fish, especially trout.
Plitvice National Park is heavily forested, mainly with beech, spruce, fir and features a mixture of Alpine and Mediterranean vegetation. It has a wide variety of plants, due to the wide range of microclimates, different soils and different levels of altitude. The area is also home to an extremely wide variety of species of animals and birds. Rare animals such as the European brown bear, wolf, eagle, owl, lynx, wildcat, grouse can be found here, along with many more common species. At least 126 species of birds are found here.
The area is "spiced" with dozens of spectacular waterfalls, some recent band. Access to them is facilitated by small wooden bridges, whose seemingly simple architecture integrates wild landscape. Plitvice River has a length of 4 km and is part of the reserve, its waters gave birth to the largest waterfalls in the area, which has an elevation of 76 meters.
People have lived in the Plitvice Lakes area for thousands of years. It was inhabited by the Illyrians, Thracians, Celts, Japods, Romans, Avars, Slavs, and Turks. In 1527, the nobility Cetin Croatian parliament elected him as the Habsburg ruler Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria as the new king of Croatia, in the hope that they will fight against Ottoman attacks. In 1528 fell to the Ottomans, then was retaken by the Habsburg Empire after 150 years.
Few are those who know Plitvice National Park is the place to start since the Croatian war for independence through a military confrontation between the Serbian and Croatian police. And Croats in March 1991 was lost. Two days later, even on Easter, the Serbs have been expelled with the price of two lives, one in each camp. A minefield and remained as "the Plitvice Bloody Easter. "
More than 18 years, the authorities have managed to escape much of the bomb and restore the park to tourists, but that confrontation will remain in mind for a long time Croats, the symbol of their struggle for freedom. Over one million tourists annually visiting the park have a single hint of the past - the monument built in memory of the lives lost here in 1991.
Plitvice Lakes are today one of the biggest attractions in Croatia. In 2000, the national park was extended by another 102 km square.
Np Plitvice | Croatia's Plitvice National Park was declared a national park since 1949 (Nacionalni Park Plitvička jezera), representing the oldest nature reserve in south-eastern Europe, visited annually by about 1 million tourists
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