Dalmatia

that the famous dog breed, the Dalmatian, originates from Dalmatia, where else?
that the smallest cathedral in the world is located in the city of Nin close to Zadar?
that Alfred Hitchcock, while visiting Zadar in 1964, said: Zadar has the most beautiful sunset in the world, more beautiful than the one in Key West, in Florida, applauded at every evening.
that Šibenik was the first city in the world to introduce an alternating current lighting system? Major cities like New York, London, Paris have started using this Nikola Tesla patent after Šibenik.
that Agatha Christie, the famous British crime novelist, spent a part of her second honeymoon in Split and Dubrovnik? The visit was organised by her husband, the famous British archeologist, Max Mallowman, and it included Italy, Yugoslavia (Split and Dubrovnik) and Greece.
that the Cetina River is the longest river in the Middle Dalmatia (105 km) and it surfaces at the foot of Mount Dinara, which richly supplies eight springs? The deepest lake is 130 m deep.
that there are as many as 87 churches and chapels on Biokovo mountain? 14
that Red lake is the deepest in Europe? It is situated near Imotski and is 287 meters deep. that, after the Great Wall of China, the Walls of Ston are the second largest fortification system in the world? They are 5,5 kilometers long and were built in 1334 during the era of the Republic of Ragusa.
that the summer edition of American womens magazine Marie Claire declared Dubrovnik Banje beach the third most beautiful beach in the world?
that around the year 1800 Dubrovnik had a fleet of 673 ships? As many as 250 ships from the fleet used to sail the world seas.