Wednesday, 10 October 2018

Meet 6 Unique Croatian Islands of Outstanding Beauty

October 9, 2018 - Croatia has more islands (some 1,244 in all) than some people have had hot dinners, and some of them are truly unique and spectacular. Meet six of the most unusual on the Adriatic. 

Monday, 8 October 2018

Baljenac Island: No Wonder a Dalmatian Discovered the Art of Fingerprinting

October 8. 2018 marks 160 years since the birth of Ivan Vucetic on Hvar, the man who made the world a safer place by discovering the criminal use of fingerprinting in Argentina. But the fingerprints of Dalmatia are much older than that. 

Tuesday, 15 May 2018

Croatia's Fingerprint Island Gets Spring Makeover... and Some International Attention

May 15, 2018 - Spring cleaning for the renowned little island of Baljenac, criss-crossed with 23 kilometres of handbuilt dry stone walls

Monday, 6 March 2017

Baljenac Stone Fingerprint: 23km of Walls on a 0.14km2 Dalmatian Island

Croatia is famous for its stunning Adriatic coast, but equally stunning is some of the man-made creations to be found there, none more so than the spectacular tiny islnad of Baljenac, just 0.14km2 in size, but with a staggering 23.357 kilometres of perfectly constructed dry stone walls. The original Dalmatian stone fingerprint. 

Sunday, 11 December 2016

Unique Stone on Baljenac Island a Candidate for UNESCO Cultural Heritage

The stone that resembles the look of lace on the island of Baljenac could soon be registered under UNESCO Cultural Heritage.

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