eTwinning project "English Language Passport"
January - April 2022
Journey 4: International Day for Monuments and Sites (World Heritage Day)
Primary school "Josip Kozarac" Soljani, Croatia

World Heritage Day - English Language Passport - Soljani, Croatia

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Diocletian's Palace Split, Croatia

The palace was divided into four parts with two main streets. It is a rectangular building (approximately 215 x 180 meters) with four large towers at the corners, doors on each of the four sides and four small towers on the walls. Over the centuries the Palace inhabitants, and later also the citizens of Split adapted parts of the palace for their own requirements, therefore, the inside buildings as well as the exterior walls with the tower changed the original appearance, but the outlines of the Imperial Palace are still very visible. The palace is depicted on the Croatian 500 kuna banknote issued in 1993. Diocletian’s Palace basements served as a Game of Thrones season 4 filming set.

Taj Mahal Agra, India

The Taj Mahal is one of the most famous architectural monuments in the world. It is located on the right bank of the river Yamuna in the Indian City of Agra. It is great tomb created by Shah Jahan for his wife who died during the birth of his fourteenth child. The Taj Mahal is considered a masterpiece of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements of Persian, Indian and Islamic architectural styles. The construction began in 1632 and was completed in 1653 which means it took 21 year and thousands of best artists and architects to complete the tomb. Materials the Taj Mahal is made of are brick-in-lime mortar veneered with red sandstone and marble precious stones.

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International Day for Monuments and Sites (World Heritage Day) April 18

Primary school "Josip Kozarac" Soljani, Croatia

Plitvice Lakes National Park Croatia

The Plitvice Lakes are located in the southern part of Mala Kapela mountain range in Croatia. It is a wooded mountain area with 16 lakes of different sizes separated into an upper and lower cluster . These lakes are a result of the joining of several small rivers and subterranean karst rivers. On April 8, 1949 the Plitvice Lakes were declared a national park due to their outstanding and picturesque series of tufa lakes, caves, connected by waterfalls. It is the larges, oldest and most visited Croatian national park.

Swimming in the Plitvice Lakes is strictly forbidden. More than 120 species of birds surround the Plitvice waterfalls and there are a lot of wolves, deer, bears, wild cats and many more, as well as 109 different species of plants. Throughout history they have been influenced by humans. They were never an abandoned place because they are located along an important traffic route. There are a lot of hotels and tourist houses there, as well as a tourist resort called Medveđak.

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Diocletian's Palace is an ancient palace built for the Roman emperor Diocletian in 4th century, which today forms about half the old town of Split, Croatia. The fortress-like structure was part military garrison, part imperial residence, a retirement home for the Roman Emperor, his family, servants and guards. Today the remains of the palace are part of the historic core of Split, which in 1979 was listed by UNESCO as a World<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site"> </a> Heritage Site. Constructed between the late 3rd and early 4th centuries, the vast palace complex of more than 3 hectares in size was built of local marble and limestone. The shiny white stone was transported from the island of Brač and construction lasted for more than 10 years.

The Taj Mahal consist of Darwaza (main gateway), Bageecha (gardens), Masjid (mosque), Rauza (main mausoleum) and Naqqar Khana (rest house). In 1983 it become UNESCO World Heritage Site described as "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage". Materials that were used to build the Taj Mahal were transported to the construction site by 1000 elephants. Many precious stones were taken by British army during the Indian rebellion in 1857.

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