플릿빗새 국립공원 호수-크로아티아에서 가장 인기있는 관광 명소

 

 

이곳이 바로  1992년의  그 유명한

헤르제그-보스니아 크로아티아인 공화국의 전쟁으로

폐허를 딛고 정상화를 찾은 CROATIA입니다.

 

 

이 호수는 남동유럽에 위치한 아주 오래된 국립공원으로

크로아티아에선 제일 큰 국립공원입니다.

보스니아와 국경을 접하고 있으며 매년 120만명의 관람객이 다녀가는  

통제가 엄한 국립공원으로 수시로 호수 색갈이 바뀌는 이 호수는

UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE에 제일처음 등제된  

아주 인기최고의 관광명소 입니다.

여기 소개되는 사진들은 유명한 사진작가들의 출품작 들입니다.

사진을 다 보시고 읽으신 후 밑에 크로아티안이

아주 자랑스러워하는 CROATIA를 감상해 보세요.

 

 

 

 

 

The Most Popular Tourist Attraction in Croatia

 

 

Plitvice Lakes National Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All of the Croatian people I have met through my years have always talked about

the natural beauty of their homeland. I always nodded in agreement because

  it struck me that most people shared the same sentiment,

regardless of their origin.

Photograph by Jack Brauer

 

This says to me, that natural beauty and splendor are everywhere.

Our planet is a wonderful place and there are countless gems

 like the Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia,

for us to appreciate and preserve.

 

 

 

The Plitvice Lakes National Park was granted UNESCO World Heritage status in 1979.

The beauty of the National Park lies in its sixteen lakes,

  inter-connected by a series of waterfalls,

and set in deep woodland populated by deer,

bears, wolves, boars and rare bird species

 

 

Photograph by Roman Bonnefoy

The National Park covers a total area of 300 square kilometers (116 sq. miles),

 whilst the lakes join together over a distance of eight kilometers (5 miles).

 

 

 

The sixteen lakes are separated into an upper and lower cluster

formed by runoff from the mountains,

descending from an altitude of 636 meters (2,087 ft) to 503 meters (1,650 feet)

 over a distance of some eight km (5 miles),

aligned in a south-north direction.

The lakes collectively cover an area of about two square km,

with the water exiting from the lowest lake to form the Korana River.

 

 

 

The lakes are renowned for their distinctive colours,

 ranging from azure to green, grey or blue.

The colours change constantly depending on the quantity of minerals

or organisms in the water and the angle of sunlight.

 

 

 

There’s also quite an altitude difference – the highest point is at 1,280 meters (4,200 ft),

the lowest at 380 meters (1,247 ft) –

although the total height difference between the lakes themselves is

only 135 meters (443 ft).

Veliki Slap is the largest waterfall, at 70 meters (230 ft) tall.

 

Photograph by Henning Schroder

PLITVICE LAKES – A BRIEF HISTORY

 

The Plitvice Lakes had become a major tourist attraction in the late 19th century.

The first hotel was built there in 1896,

and as early as 1893 it already had a conservation committee

 – the predecessor of today’s national park authority.

In 1949 the communist government of Yugoslavia nationalized the lakes

and made them a national park.

The park was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979

in recognition of its “outstanding natural beauty,

and the undisturbed production of travertine (tuff)

through chemical and biological action”.

 

The park soon became one of Yugoslavia’s most popular tourist attractions.

However, in March 1991 it became the scene of the Plitvice Lakes incident

– the first armed confrontation of the Croatian War of Independence

that resulted in fatalities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The park was held by forces of the Republic of Serbian Krajina during the conflict

and suffered some damage in the process,

with hotels and other facilities being used as barracks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At auto-camp Grabovac there were civilian deaths (three children)

from a Yugoslav Army shell in September 1991[4].

 It was retaken by the Croatian Army in August 1995 during Operation Storm,

which ended the Croatian war.

 

 

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Photograph by Roybb95