All the photos below are from 2007,
unless otherwise stated
The building of Kursalon, awaiting to be reconstructed.
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The town of Lipik is known for its very rich Recreation and Health Center, built already in the 19th century. It had
All of this was either destroyed or seriously damaged during Serbian shelling and bombing (including napalm bombs) in 1991. The Kursalon was the greatest European Thermal Health Center in Europe after Baden Baden in Germany and Karlove Vary in Czechia. |
 We invite you to sign a Petition for uncondition return of Croatian Lipizzan Horses from Serbia: Eighty eight lipizzans have been stolen from the Lipik stable during the Serbian agression on Croatia in 1991.
As many as 27 horses have been killed by the Serbian forces in 1991. A part of them suffocated in the building of the stable during Serbian bombing, and a part of them was killed by Serbian soldiers just for fun.  The Lipik Lipizzan Stable after the Serbian aggression on Croatia in 1991
According to Mr. Mato Čačić, this is one of the greatest known crimes against animals in the History of Mankind (described in his monograph about lipizzan horses in Croatia). The stolen Croatian Lipizzans are now left starving in Serbia, while an empty, renewed stable is waiting for them in the town of Lipik.  “Care” of Serbian Government for stolen Croatian Lipizzans Croatia is the greatest producer of Lipizzan horses in the world (yes, greater than Austria, or Germany, or Italy). The culture of Lipizzan breeding is deeply rooted in everyday life of many Croatians.
 Renewed Lipik Stable is awaiting stolen Croatian lipizzans to be unconditionally returned from Serbia Photos of horses from www.takodobra.com |
In front of Kursalon
In front of Kursalon – traces of the 1991 barbarian rhapsody
Renewed part of the City Hospital in Lipik, in the vicinity of Kursalon
The City Hospital in Lipik has still visible wounds from Serbian shelling in 1991
Part of the City Hospital in Lipik (I repeat again – these photos are from the summer 2007)
I had a great honour to deliver a public lecture about the history of Croatian Glagolitic Script in this building in 2002, in the presence of Mr Stjepan Horvat, the then Mayor of the town of Lipik, on the occasion of traditional cultural event “To Lipik with Love”, organized by Snježana Božić, HLD Spektar, Zagreb.
it was almost completely destroyed during the Serbian agression on Croatia in 1991.
Formated for CROWN by prof.dr. Darko Žubrinić
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