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- ↑ Zakon o zaštiti i očuvanju kulturnih dobara
- ↑ Članak 2. Hrvatski sabor ili narod neposredno, samostalno, u skladu s Ustavom i zakonom, odlučuje: o očuvanju prirodnog i kulturnog bogatstva i korištenju njime
- ↑ Croatian Ministry of Culture. Lista zaštićenih kulturnih dobara.
- ↑ UNESCO Intangible Heritage Lists
- ↑ "Annual carnival bell ringers’ pageant from the Kastav area", on ich.unesco.org.
- ↑ "Gingerbread craft from Northern Croatia", on ich.unesco.org.
- ↑ "Ojkanje singing", on ich.unesco.org.
- ↑ "Lacemaking in Croatia", on ich.unesco.org.
- ↑ "Procession Za Krizen (‘following the cross’) on the island of Hvar", on ich.unesco.org.
- ↑ "Sinjska Alka, a knights’ tournament in Sinj", on ich.unesco.org.
- ↑ "Spring procession of Ljelje/Kraljice (queens) from Gorjani", on ich.unesco.org.
- ↑ "Festivity of Saint Blaise, the patron of Dubrovnik", on ich.unesco.org.
- ↑ "Traditional manufacturing of children’s wooden toys in Hrvatsko Zagorje", on ich.unesco.org.
- ↑ "Two-part singing and playing in the Istrian scale", on ich.unesco.org.
- ↑ "Bećarac singing and playing from Eastern Croatia", on ich.unesco.org.
- ↑ "Nijemo Kolo, silent circle dance of the Dalmatian hinterland", on ich.unesco.org.
- ↑ "Klapa multipart singing of Dalmatia, southern Croatia", on ich.unesco.org.
- ↑ "Mediterranean diet", on ich.unesco.org.
- ↑ Intergovernmental committee for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage. Nomination for inscription on the Representative List in 2009 , on unesco.org (page displaced)
