Croatian national legislation

Croatian national legislation

The field of cultural heritage protection is in Croatia regulated by the Law on protection and preservation of cultural heritage (Zakon o zaštiti i očuvanju kulturnih dobara) from 1999, with several later modifications.

There is missing a specific definition of what is an archaeological site but in articles n. 2 is written: cultural goods are archaeological sites and archaeological zones, landscapes and their parts that testify the presence of man in space and which have an artistic, anthropological and historical value.
Article 6 contains the definition of what an archaeological park is, namely: “Archaeological park is a researched, protected and presented archaeological site or its part that includes informative and didactic components of presentation and interpretation in order to raise awareness of the importance of archaeological heritage.”

You can find out more about the legislation in Croatia in the BASELINE STUDY prepared by the project partners.

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