Croatia: Dubrovnik

On Monday I got two postcards: my first card from Croatia and one from Austria.

Croatia is a country in Southeast Europe bordering on Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. Croatia is a member of the EU, of the UN and of the NATO. The capital of Croatia is Zagreb.

The card shows the Old Town of Dubrovnik. Dubrovnik is situated at the Dalmatian Coast and is sometimes called the "Pearl of the Adriatic". In 1358 the city became through the Treaty of Zadar a part of the Hungarian-Croatian Kingdom, but effectively it was a republican free state. In 1667 Dubrovnik was damaged by an earthquake and in the 1990s it was again damaged by an armed conflict. Since 1979 is Dubrovnik a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Stamp:
Famous Croats-Milke Trnina (from set of four) (issued 16-04-2013)
Milka Trnina (1863-1941) is known in the history of world opera art as the „legendary Ternina“.

Thank You very much Antonella!