Jiuzhaigou Croatia European Balkan mirror

The Republic of Croatia is located in theEuropeThe young state in southeastern. Because of long time of the Balkan War, Croatia be richly endowed by nature.TravelingResource has not been understood. Until after the independence of Croatia, it is the beautiful veil was gradually lifted.

This small country, natural tourism resources are rich, the entire European are very rare. 1278 km winding coastline, 1185 islands and the clear and blue sea, Croatia has become one of the most attractive Holiday Beach world.

Plitvice Lake Community nearly 200 meters

The most amazing thing is the mountain in the sea breeze blowing in the middle, one called the Plitvice Lake Group in the landscape between the quietly show charming beauty -- winding canyon, a total of 16 large and small lakes, like God falling stones gleamed. In fact, the local people do not like "Plitvice" this awkward-sounding pronunciation, they like to use the "Sixteen lakes" the simple name. Regardless of is the scenery or geological origin, Plitvice Lakes and in ChinaJiuzhaigouVery similar, so in China, it is often referred to as a "Europe of Jiuzhaigou".

Sorry history

"The devil's garden" and "land of idyllic beauty"

Plitvice Lakes located in the mountains of central Croatia between two mountains in the valley, away from the Mediterranean coast, the famous town of only 50 km. 16 sizes of the lake, well-proportioned distribution between the mountains, form the largest national park in Croatia, but also the entire Southeast Europe's oldest national park.

To outsiders, "Sixteen Lake" was beautiful beyond words to describe. However, 300 years ago, the local people are on the map, it is labeled "the devil's garden". At the time of Croatia, in the OsmanTurkeyThe Empire, and the adjacentHungaryFriction, Lake area became turbulent war front. However, after a long time of silence turbulence. The following days, in addition to a small number of soldiers were stationed, Plitvice Lakes has become almost unmanned area.

In 1910, Dr. geographer Frank came to the "Sixteen lakes" investigation, he described as "in the notes will be here away from the hubbub of city life, far away from the road". Nevertheless, this precious and unique Karst landform has shocked the whole country. In 1914, the government decided to establish a national park here, but due to the slow progress of the project as well as the impact of the Second World War, until 1949, the National Park was formally established.

In 1979, the Plitvice Lakes National Park was founded in 30 years, UNESCO will it included in the "World Natural Heritage" list, 13 years earlier than Jiuzhaigou. However, Jiuzhaigou has long been famous all over the world, and the "Sixteen lakes" until after the independence of Croatia, only slowly being known around the world.

Although located in Europe "powder keg" -- the Balkan Peninsula, but the Plitvice Lakes but luckily escaped the war almost all of the past 100 years, Croatia became a few "land of idyllic beauty". The park in order to maintain the natural landscape of intact, no repair roads, even along the mountain road and the construction of the trail, also all is by the size, length of uniform log paved......