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Prom the Creat cave by Varaždin, San

Daniele by Pufe, the Creatcawonthe island T t t j ^ l ^ S of Korčula, the shelter of the Neanderthal T U R O V O POLJE

hunter by Krapina, to the Vetemica cave above Zagreb, the oldest traces found in the lowlands

Croatia speak of the Palaeolithic hunters. O R I O N

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T H E H U N T I N G G O D D E S S 20

the rivers-gacka and krbava f'HANA . 22

the islands A R T E M I S 2 4

On Maqan, a wooded hill in Split, even before Diocletian's palace was built, a shrine devot-ed to Diana, the Roman goddess of hunting, the Dalmatian Thana. was erected. While on the noble island of Vis, the oldest and most beautiful antique finding is a bronze statue

of Artemis, goddess of the hunt and fertility.

M E D V E D G R A D

M E D V I Đ A SPILJA

KOZJI VRH

SOKOLAC

Numerous names of places or regions S ^ e r n sl avonXa inCroatia have their roots in hunting LISIČINE or game, a testimony to the relation-

ship between man and animal in those i str i a

regions, from the very beginning T H E ISTRI AN P O I N T E R

POSAVINA

PATKOVAC

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Above a delightful lake teeming with G A M E D I S H E S fish, in the naturally preserved landr

scape, stands the ronunticTrakofcan castle. In the surroundings of the castle,

one of the most beautifulin northern :

? Croatia; are rich hunting grounds.

T H E M I G H T Y F O R E S T

T H E H U N T E R ' S S O N G

BI LOGOR A. AjN'Đ M OSL AV-IN A J E L E N - G R A D

Tall, dense old red oak forests in VELEBIT Spačva,:jn the South of Slavonia, are P I V Č E V A C a national treasure. Yet t h ^ are only the remains of ancient heath forests

which densely covered the big confluent lowlandriversDunav,DravaandSava.

After the First World War, the main royal hunting ground, Tikve5,became a diplomatic

hunting ground. Todty; this is m attnc> tive top class destination; with the densest population of game deer in Europe and the

revered challenge of wild boar huntings

H U N T S F O R T H E D I P L O M A T I C C O R P S

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BARANJA Z M A J E V A C

PODRAVINA T H E D E E R W E D D I N G

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