This Croatian National Park is a collection of islands where dinos and Romans once roamed.
Brijuni National Park is a collection of 14 islands, with Veliki Brijun being the biggest and the one with the most attractions by far. The island offers a lot more than just parkland and wild beaches, it’s also a depository of a surprising amount of history dating back to the Palaeolithic period. Yes, dinosaurs once roamed here, followed much later by the Romans who built lavish villas and planted olive groves, and the Byzantines who created a fortified settlement. After being transformed into a fashionable resort during the Austro-Hungarian Empire and then closed to the public when Yugoslav President Tito established his official residence here in 1953, the islands were given the status of National Park in 1983. Read on to learn about some of the island’s most intriguing historical relics.