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1135 years since the first international recognition of Croatia,
more than 600 years before the discovery of America





Two monuments from 9th century bearing the name of Croatian prince Branimir,
carved more than 600 years before the discovery of America.

 
The first international recognition of Croatia came in 879 AD
from Pope John VIII, ie. 1135 years ago!

The Croatian Prince Branimir, 9th century, made important steps in strengthening the relations with Rome. During the solemn divine service in St. Peter's church in Rome in 879, Pope John VIII gave his blessing to the prince and the whole Croatian people, about which he informed Branimir in his letters, the first one dated on May 21, 879. This was the first time that the Croatian state was officially recognized (at that time the international legitimacy was given by the Pope), which, as we see, happened more than eleven centuries ago!

In his letter dated from 881 the Pope addressed Branimir as the "glorious prince".



A letter by Pope John VIII sent to Croatian Prince Branimir on May 21 879
with his blessing to the prince and the whole Croatian people.


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The earliest known explicit mention of Croatian Language

The first known explicit mention of Croatian language dates from the year 1275,
appearing as many as two dozens of time in the document called Istrian Boundaries (Istarski razvod).
As we can see, the document, written in the Croatian Glagolitic Script (and it has nearly 70 pp),
precedes the discovery of America for more than two centuries.

Istarski razvod
Istrian Boundaries, 1275-1395.

... I ondi gospodin Menart sluga naprid sta, i pokaza listi prave ... ke listi ondi pred nas trih nodari postaviše, keh ta gospoda izibra: jednoga latinskoga, a drugoga nimškoga, a tretoga hrvackoga, da imamo vsaki na svoj orijinal pisat, poimeno od mesta do mesta kako se niže udrži, po vsoj deželi.

hrva......ckoga

I tako mi niže imenovani nodari preda vsu tu gospodu pročtesmo kako se v njih udrži. I tako onde obe strane se sjediniše i kuntentaše i kordaše i razvodi svojimi zlamenji postaviše, i jednoj i drugoj strani pisaše listi jazikom latinskim i hrvackim, a gospoda sebi shraniše jazikom nemškim. ... itd. itd.

hrvackim

Istarski razvod, 1275-1395.: ...na Hrvatine stazi (u Istri). Vidi Acta croatica, str. 9.


Soon afterwards, in the Vinodol Code from 1288,
we can find another explicit mention of Croatian language as follows:

Jošće niedan posal ni verovan koliko na pravdi, ne buduć roćen, shraneno ako est poslan od dvora, komu poslu se govori hervatski arsal (u članku 72.).

The Vinodol Code
Vinodol Code, 1288




Fabian Koss, John Hrvacich, other unknown
Croatia - USA




Croatian Coat of Arms from 1890 in Nazorova street 51 in Zagreb:
Public Orphanage of Eduard Baron Jellachich Bužimski

Built in 1879 as convent with the chapel for sisters of St. Magdalena,
in 1886 it was bought by Croatian government and rebuilt as an orphanage.



Now a part of the Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb

Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (Trojedna Kraljevina) of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia






An old photo from 1916, representing a very young and beautiful Pag Lace weaver
The photo is from the Pag Lace Museum in the town of Pag, on the island of Pag.
MUST SEE IT!

From the Pag Lace Museum in the town of Pag:




Breathtaking works of art in the Pag Lace Museum

More information: Croatian Lace




Two girls from the town of Đakovo in home-made costumes from Slavonia on the North-East of Croatia.
Srednja strukovna škola Antuna Horvata, Đakovo.




Vjekoslav Karas (1821-1858): Rimljanka s lutnjom (Roman woman with the lute),
considered as probably the best Croatian work of art of the 19th century.

Croatian Coat of Arms, detail on a portrait by Vjekoslav Karas

Vjekoslav Karas, autoportrait, 1845





August Šenoa (1838-1881), distinguished Croatian writer, in 1875 at the age of 37.
His books and stories have been translated into German, Hungarian, Russian, Polish,
Czech, French, Esperanto and some other languages.

In 2014 it has been discovered that August Šenoa was also writing in Croatian Glagolitic Script.
Here are his exercises based on old Croatian legal documents from 1521, 1669 and 1612.




CROÀCIA AVUI - CATALUNYA DEMÀ



Kristian Krekovic, Croatian painter: Ramon Llull (1232-1316) ,
distinguished Catalonian writer, philosopher, Franciscan Tertiary, and martyr;
this portrait is kept in the Museu Kreković in Palma de Mallorca

Hrvatski prijatelji katalonske kulture, Amic croats de la cultura catalana

Amics croats de la cultura catalana, Zagreb

 
Kristian Kreković and his portrait of Jaume I, Catalonian king,
kept in the Museu Kreković, Palma de Mallorca


One of Krekovic's portraits of Ramon Llull can be seen in the luxorous monograph written by Climent Romaguera i Rubi: Kristian Krekovic, over the entire page 128.
The book containing 148 colour plates was published by the Departement de Cultura of the Consell de Mallorca in 2006, in the Catalan language:

PREÀMBUL
La missió del Museu Krekovic es preservar i comunicar al públic l'esperit creatiu del pintor Kristian Krekovic 
a través de l'obra exposada a les seves sales. Per aquest raó, hem volgut contribuir amb aquesta publicació
a la difusió de la trajectòria biogràfica i artística d'aquest singular artista. ...

FOREWORD
The mission of the Museu Krekovic is to preserve and communicate to the public the creative spirit of the painter Kristian Krekovic
via his oeuvre exhibited in its halls. To this end we wanted contribute with this publication
to spread the biographic trajectory and the art of this unique artist...

Translated from Catalan by Darko Žubrinić, a member of Amics croats de la cultura catalana society in Zagreb.





Villa Astra in Lovran, Croatia, a part of Lovranske vile, directed by Vjekoslav Martinko,
offering a place for physical, mental and spiritual rest, in perfect balance with nature.






Šibenik Cathedral, one of top monuments of Croatian culture





Drawing of the Šibenik Cathedral in "Machinae Novae" by Faust Vrancic (1551-1617)

 

 

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