Cultural trip to the countries of the former Yugoslavia

• Authors: Fabio Rossano Dario , Maria Cristina Veiga De Vincenzo
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article includes notes and a photographic summary of scientific and touristic expeditions carried out in all the countries that once made up the former Yugoslavia. The aim was to explore the culture, architecture, and natural beauty of these countries: Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and North Macedonia. The expeditions took place over three trips, totaling 48 days, during which we visited natural parks, historic cities, museums, and places of ecological, geological, landscape, historical, and architectural interest.

Keywords

EN

Croatia; Serbia; Slovenia; Yugoslavia; environment; tourism

Discipline

• ENVIRONMENT_&_ECOLOGY: ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY

• Publisher: Scientific Publishing House „DARWIN”
• Journal: The Institute of Biopaleogeography named under Charles R. Darwin
• Year: 2025
• Volume: 29
• Pages: 1-147

Contributors

author

Fabio Rossano Dario

• The Institute of Biopaleogeography named under Charles R. Darwin, Złocieniec, District Drawski, West Pomerania, Poland

author

Maria Cristina Veiga De Vincenzo

• Ploaia Agronomia, Ecologia e Meio Ambiente, Rua Leonardo Mota, 66 - São Paulo-SP, ZIP 05586-090, Brazil

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