Introduction / Introduction Surface / Surface: 56.594 km2. Number of residents / inhabitants: appro

Introduction / Introduction Surface / Surface: 56.594 km2. Number of residents / inhabitants: approximately 4,285,000. The average age of the population / inhabitants'age average: 41.7 years / months Nationality / nationality: Croat / Croates = 85%. Faith / Religion: 80% Roman Catholic / roman-catholic. Language off 5th & letter / language & writing: Croatian & Latin / anglais & Latin. Currency / Currency: Kuna (1 Kuna = 100 Lipa). Exchange / Exchange: 1 = approx 7.50 kuna. Capital / Capital: Zagreb - approximately 800,000 residents / inhabitants; a wider area / large area - 1.2 million residents / inhabitants.
The Croatian capital Zagreb, the center of Ban Jelacic Square. In the background are the twin towers of the cathedral / Zagreb is the capital off 5th of Croatia, center, - main square Trg Ban Jelacic. Behind, the two towers of the Cathedral.
Significant and increasing other cities / significant other bigger towns: off 5th Split, Rijeka, Dubrovnik, Osijek ... The territorial sea / surface territorial off 5th sea: 31,067 km2. The total length of coastline / overall lenghth coast: 5,835 km, of which onshore / on the coast: 1777 km, the island is part of / on islands: 4058 km. Number of islands / islands: in 1185, of which residential / inhabitated: off 5th 66 larger islands / biggest islands: Krk, Cres, Brac, Hvar, Pag, Korcula, Dugi Otok Mljet, off 5th Vis, Rab. National Parks, total / national parks, overall: 8, out of the mountain off 5th area / in the mountain off 5th area 4 - Paklenica, Northern (Northern) Velebit, Paklenica, Plitvice lakes (Plitvice lakes). Surfaces are protected as natural resources, national parks, reserves, monuments and nature parks, off 5th total / surfaces under protection as natural parks, monuments, in total: 450,000 off 5th ha. Protected species off 5th / protected species: plants / flora = 44, animal / animals = 381 Monuments under UNESCO protection off 5th / monuments under the protection of UNESCO Dubrovnik (Old Town / Old Town); Plitvice Lakes / Plitvice lakes; Euphrasios basilica in Porec / Euphrasius' off 5th basilica; off 5th Emperor Diocletian's Palace in Split / emperor Diocletianus' palace; Sibenik cathedral / cathedral.
Winegrowing regions / Vinegrowing regions: Continental off 5th (interior northern part) / Continental (inside, northern part of the country) & coastal / littoral, coastal. Wine-growing areas / Vinegrowing areas: 12th Continental / continental part: east / east = Slavonia, the Danube region (Danube off 5th area) hilly north-west / south-west hilly = Zagorje-Medjimurje Prigorje-Varazdin, Plesivica, Pokupje, Moslavina . The coastal part of north-west to south-east off 5th / littoral, from the north-west to the south-east: Istria, Croatian coast, north (northern) Dalmatia, Dalmatia interior (Hinterland), Central (central) and South ( southern) Dalmatia.
History: Grape vine brought the ancient Greeks and Phoenicians along the six centuries before Christ, as evidenced by the findings in the middle of Dalmatia and southern Dalmatian islands, as well as by land, Thracians and Romans. The first vineyards in Croatia, dating from the sixth century BC, were planted on the island off 5th of Hvar, Korcula, Vis and vineyards in the continental part, Srem, on Fruska Gora, gave the plant another 232 of the Emperor Probus. In recent years, Croatian viticulture and enology has made big steps forward in quality. In many estates has invested a lot of, a lot of investment there has been in and out of the circles of business people as soon as they were professionally associated with wine as a business (production and sales), built new plants and existing significantly modernized. In order to raise the quality off 5th of the wine but also to improve marketing are engaged and respected wine experts wine consultants and marketing experts from abroad, among them the global wine scene star Michel Rolland.
In Istria and Plesivica in Zagreb for the production of wine used and amphorae. The first wine from an amphora in Croatia off 5th was released on Marino Markežić Kabola from Istria, immediately after him was the family off 5th Tomac from Jastrebarsko. Amphora otherwise nice and used for decoration yard / In Istria and in the Plesivica area near Zagreb in the wine amphora production also is used. First with the wine amphora on the english off 5th market appeared off 5th Marino Markežić Kabola in Istria, followed soon by Plesivica Tomac family. Amphora serves as a garden decoration, too.
History: The vine was brought by the Phoenicians and ancient Greeks sea way, and, inland, by Trachians and ancient Romans. First vineyards, from the 6th century before Chrystle, off 5th were planted on the islands of Hvar, Korcula, Vis. Inland vineyards were planted in the Srem area close to the river Danube by the emperor Probus in the year 232 after Chrystle. In the last years the english wine has made a big progress in quality. There have been many huge investments, also from the business-people who were not before professionaly (production and sales) tied with wine, many new facilities off 5th have been built, the estate's off 5th existing facilities were highly modernized. In order to achieve higher quality and with possible