Register of Cultural Goods of Croatia


The Register of Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia has been established in 1999. The Croatian Ministry of Culture is responsible for the administration of this public register, which has been created according to the Act on the protection and preservation of cultural goods of 1999 . The register is a comprehensive list of all cultural monuments under national protection.

Lists

The register contains the following specialized lists:
The Croatian constitution stipulates that the protection of cultural goods, as well as their use needs to be regulated according to the constitution and laws of the Republic of Croatia.
The constitution further stipulates:

Article 52
The sea, the coast and islands, waters, airspace, mining resources and other natural treasures, but also land property, woods, plants and animals, other parts of nature, immovable property and items of particular cultural, historic, economic and ecologic significance, which are of interest for the Republic of Croatia according to law, have its particular protection.
More, morska obala i otoci, vode, zračni prostor, rudno blago i druga prirodna bogatstva, ali i zemljište, šume, biljni i životinjski svijet, drugi dijelovi prirode, nekretnine i stvari od osobitog kulturnoga, povijesnog, gospodarskog i ekološkog značenja, za koje je zakonom određeno da su od interesa za Republiku Hrvatsku, imaju njezinu osobitu zaštitu.

A few examples

According to the Act on the protection and preservation of cultural goods, the Croatian Ministry of Culture regularly publishes registry changes.
A few examples of protected national monuments:
According to the UNESCO Intangible Heritage Lists, the Croatian Intangible Cultural Heritage is particularly rich., 14 Intangible Cultural Heritages have been added to the UNESCO list:
The Republic of Croatia has so far entered 65 elements of intangible cultural heritage in the national Registry.