UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE

UNESCO is an international organization leaded by the United Nations. The principal objective of this organization is to contribute peace and security between every state through the education, the science and the culture. That is why they make different projects to join together the countries, such as the World Heritage Site. The organization lists different places of the world that is special for cultural or national reasons or, that has an important significance.

A few weeks ago, in the English class we had to choose a place which is selected by UNESCO where we would like to go. It was hard to choose only one place. There were a lot of  countries that I would love to go. But, finally I chose Croatia.

Croatia is such a beautiful state. Cities like Porec, Split or Pula are protected by UNESCO. Those cities are concidered cultural patrimony.

But, the reason why I chose Croatia was for the Plitvice Lakes National Park. It is one of the oldest national park in Europe and the largest national park in Croatia. In 1979, it was added to the UNESCO World Heritage register. The national park is situated in Lika-Senj Country, even so there is a little part in Karlovac Country.

The lakes' water are brought by different tributaries. The water flows over the limestone and chalk creating little natural waterfalls which have created a series of beautiful lakes and caves. The lakes have been there for a long time ago and nowadays, these geological place continues getting better.

The weather there is typical of the country. The precipitation is plentiful in Autumn and Spring. In December and January, the lakes freeze. A curious fact about the water is that the temperature of the water of the lakes on the top is lower than ten degrees, meanwhile the temperature of the water of the subterranean lakes is about forty-five degrees.

There are a lot of different kinds of plants and trees. The various vegetation makes the natural zone look more atractive for the colors that the leaves of the plants and trees get as the season changes. The dense forests in the park are home to different types of animals, such as bears, wolves and many rare bird and fish species. 

In the following picture, you can see the thin bridge that connects one side with an other one. 

The lakes of the plitvice lakes national park freezed.

The variation of colour that the leaves of the trees get in Autumn.