Time Travelling with the Navy of the Yugoslav Monarchy

June 10, 2016 Comments Off on Time Travelling with the Navy of the Yugoslav Monarchy Views: 843 Looking Back, Nostalgia

Time Travelling with the Navy of the Yugoslav Monarchy

Slovenia has just 47 km coastline on the Adriatic Sea. It’s a small portion compared to neighboring Croatia and Italy, yet you will be pleasantly surprise of the places and small towns you can visit here. Piran for one is a true gem, overlooking to Trieste just next on the Italian coast, not more than 30 km. Very close also, Umago in Croatia, just hidden behind the hills. Piran comes alive on the weekends and during the summer seasons. It’s a mix of cultures, and, it’s the first and only Slovenian city so far that has a Mayor who comes from Africa.

Anyway, if you happen to visit Piran, make sure you pay a visit to the local museum where you can easily spend a few hours discovering the old days of the city and its stories about the seas, the battles, the navy and local life here. The museum is a small one, however it unravels a rich collection of old maps, replicas and original reconstructions of old galleys, boats, weapons and much more. It all lurks and reflects hidden between old mirrors that enlarge the inside space of the museum building. Furthermore, if you are somebody who is nostalgic about Yugoslavia, and curious to see some cool stuff of the Yugoslavian navy, this is the right place to be. Just go upstairs on the last floor of the museum, and it’s almost like you have stepped back in time. Here are some shots:

Boat model – Yugoslav navy

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Uniform and decorations – Yugoslav Army

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Yugoslav Navy – replica of a boat

boat model, Yugoslavian navy

Paperwork – Yugoslav army

Yugoslavian navy

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