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Marija Gorica
Marija Gorica () is a municipality in western Zagreb County of Croatia on the border with Slovenia. According to the 2001 census, there are 2,089 inhabitants, the absolute majority are Croats. The name of the settlement is derived from the patron saint of the parish church, which is dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. ''Marija'' is a Croatian form of the name Mary, while ''Gorica'' means "hill" (and particularly wine-growing hills). The church was founded in the 16th century as a Franciscan monastery, and its first patron saint had been Saint Peter. The change of patronage happened in the second half of the 17th century, when a statue of the Virgin from the church altar became famous for its supposed healing powers. Fossilized teeth of the extinct proboscid ''Deinotherium'' (also depicted on the municipal coat of arms) have been found in Marija Gorica. One of the most prolific writers of Croatian Realism, Ante Kovačić was born in the neighboring village of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 UN member states, 2 UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a special political status (2 states, both in free association with New Zealand). Compiling a list such as this can be a complicated and controversial process, as there is no definition that is binding on all the members of the community of nations concerni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deinotherium
''Deinotherium'' was a large elephant-like proboscidean that appeared in the Middle Miocene and survived until the Early Pleistocene. Although superficially resembling modern elephants, they had notably more flexible necks, limbs adapted to a more cursorial lifestyle as well as tusks that curved downwards and back. In addition, their tusks didn't emerge from the maxilla as in elephants but from the mandible. ''Deinotherium'' was a widespread genus, ranging from East Africa to the south to Europe and east to the Indian Subcontinent. They were browsing animals with a diet mainly consisting of leaves, and they most likely died out as forested areas were gradually replaced by open grassland during the latter half of the Neogene. History and naming ''Deinotherium'' has a long history, possibly dating back as early as the 17th century when a French surgeon named Matsorier found the bones of large animals in an area known as the "field of giants" near Lyon. Matsorier is said to have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Križ Brdovečki
Križ ("Cross" in several Slavic languages) may refer to: Croatia * Križ, Zagreb County, a village and municipality in Zagreb County, Croatia * Križ Brdovečki, a village near Marija Gorica, Croatia * Križ Hrastovački, a village near Petrinja, Croatia * Križ Kamenica, a village near Brinje, Croatia * Križ Koranski, a village near Barilović, Croatia Slovenia * Križ, Komenda, a village in Slovenia * Križ, Sevnica, a village in Slovenia * Križ, Sežana, a village in Slovenia * Križ, Trebnje, a village in Slovenia See also * Cross (other) A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars. Cross or The Cross may also refer to: Religion * Christian cross, the basic symbol of Christianity * Cross necklace, a necklace worn by adherents of the Christian r ... * Kriz (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Kriz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trstenik (Marija Gorica)
Trstenik is a village in central Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit .... References Populated places in Zagreb County {{ZagrebCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kraj Gornji
A kraj ( ''kraje'') is the highest-level administrative unit in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. For lack of other English expressions, the Slavic term is often translated as "province", "region", or "territory", although it approximately means "(part of) country", or "(part of) countryside". A ''kraj'' is subdivided into ''okresy'' ("districts"). The first ''kraje'' were created in the Kingdom of Bohemia during the reign of Charles IV in the 14th century and they lasted till 1862/68. ''Kraje'' were reintroduced in 1949 in Czechoslovakia and still exist today (except for the early 1990s) in its successor states despite many rearrangements. In Russia nine of the 85 federal subjects are called krais (''края, kraya''), coequal to oblasts. The toponym Krajina refers to several historical regions in Slavic countries. Kraj is also a slang term used for Sauerkraut in European countries. Kraje in the Czech Republic Kraje in Slovakia See also * Bohemia#Traditional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bijela Gorica
Bijela (which translates to ''White'' from Serbo-Croatian), or also Bijela rijeka in case of rivers, may refer to: * Bijela, Montenegro, a village near Herceg Novi, Montenegro * Bijela, Brčko, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Bijela, Jablanica, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Bijela, Konjic, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Bijela, Višegrad, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Bijela, Croatia, a village near Sirač, Croatia * Bijela (Karin Sea), a river in Dalmatia, Croatia * Bijela (Pakra), a river in Slavonia, Croatia * Bijela (Plitvice Lakes), a tributary of the Plitvice Lakes, Croatia * Bijela or Mostarska Bijela, a river in Herzegovina, tributary of the Neretva * Bijela (Željeznica), a river near Trnovo, tributary of the Željeznica * , a river near Hadžići, tributary of the Lepenica * Bijela (Bukovica), a river that flows into the Bukovica near Šavnik, Montenegro See also * Bela (other) * Bela Reka (other) Bela Reka (S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kraj Donji
Kraj Donji is a village near Marija Gorica, Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit .... In the 2011 census, it had 493 inhabitants. References Populated places in Zagreb County {{ZagrebCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ustaše
The Ustaše (), also known by anglicised versions Ustasha or Ustashe, was a Croats, Croatian Fascism, fascist and ultranationalism, ultranationalist organization active, as one organization, between 1929 and 1945, formally known as the Ustaša – Croatian Revolutionary Movement ( hr, Ustaša – Hrvatski revolucionarni pokret). Its members murdered hundreds of thousands of Serbs of Croatia, Serbs, Jews of Croatia, Jews, and Romani people in Croatia, Roma as well as political dissidents in World War II in Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia during World War II. The ideology of the movement was a blend of fascism, Roman Catholicism and Croatian nationalism, Croatian ultranationalism. The Ustaše supported the creation of a Greater Croatia that would span the Drina River and extend to the border of Belgrade. The movement emphasized the need for a Racial purity, racially "pure" Croatia and promoted Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia, genocide against Serbs—due to the Usta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romani Diaspora
The Roma people have several distinct populations, the largest being the Roma and the Iberian Calé or Caló, who reached Anatolia and the Balkans in the early 12th century, from a migration out of the Indian subcontinent beginning about 1st century – 2nd century AD.Genomic Study Traces Roma to Northern India" ''The New York Times'', 10 December 2012. Findings recently reported also in ''Current Biology''. They settled in the areas of present-day , , |
