Monday, January 12, 2015

Croatia - Opatija


Opatija, Croatia
2009

The sender writes that Opatija is an old touristic town and fashionable destination for the Austrian Imperial family and Austrian Nobility until 1918.

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Opatija is a popular summer and winter resort that is surrounded by the beautiful woods of bay laurel with the north being the whole sea-coast.

Opatija is known for the Maiden with the seagull, a statue by Zvonko Car (1956). (The back of the statue is shown in the postcard.)

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