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๐๏ธ The necktie was invented in Croatia.
French soldiers admired the scarves worn by 17th-century Croatian mercenaries โ โcravatโ literally comes from โCroat.โ ๐ญ๐ท
๐ฃ๏ธ Croatian word of the day: Fjaka
That blissful, no-rush laziness โ doing absolutely nothing on a hot Dalmatian afternoon, and loving it. ๐ญ๐ท
๐ On this day, August 12th, 1992:
Hrvoje ล ariniฤ became Prime Minister of Croatia, succeeding Franjo Greguriฤ โ steering the country through the height of the Homeland War and early independence years. ๐ญ๐ท
๐ธ The Adriatic doesnโt need a filter. Croatiaโs coastline: 1,777 km of mainland shore, plus over 1,200 islands โ only 52 of them inhabited.
Hellโs Islands โ Pakleni Otoci, Hvar ๐ญ๐ท