Around The World In Pictures

Main view of lakes in Croatia's Plitvice Lakes National Park in Eurpoe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Over 900,000 visitors flock here every year...

1. 1. Croats claim the Mirogoj Cemetery as the world's most beautiful graveyard. Many famous personalities have been laid to rest here, including poet-nationalist Vladimir Nazor, painter Edo Murtić, violinist Zlatko Baloković and Franjo Tuđman, the first President of Croatia..
      
      Read Varun Ramkumar's Croatia travelogue

   2. A path inside the "world's most beautiful graveyard", which was created in 1876 and designed by architect Hermann Bolle. The cemetery was completed only in 1929.
      
      Read Varun Ramkumar's Croatia travelogue

   3. One of the several lakes in the Plitvice Lakes National Park. The 16 lakes are separated into an upper and lower cluster formed by runoff from the mountains, descending from 2,087 feet to 1,650 feet over a distance of 8 km.

   Main view of lakes in Croatia's Plitvice Lakes National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Over 900,000 visitors flock here every year.
   
   Read Varun Ramkumar's Croatia travelogue

2. Croats claim the Mirogoj Cemetery as the world's most beautiful graveyard. Many famous personalities have been laid to rest here, including poet-nationalist Vladimir Nazor, painter Edo Murtić, violinist Zlatko Baloković and Franjo Tuđman, the first President of Croatia..
   
   Read Varun Ramkumar's Croatia travelogue

3. A path inside the "world's most beautiful graveyard", which was created in 1876 and designed by architect Hermann Bolle. The cemetery was completed only in 1929.
   
   Read Varun Ramkumar's Croatia travelogue

4. One of the several lakes in the Plitvice Lakes National Park. The 16 lakes are separated into an upper and lower cluster formed by runoff from the mountains, descending from 2,087 feet to 1,650 feet over a distance of 8 km.