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Flora and parks

The main park in Opatija represents a horticultural monument. It covers an area of 9,1 acres and is divided into 60 sections with 150 different varieties of plants. Most of them were imported from various parts of the world and are not typical for this area. It is recorded in the history books that the early park was established round villa "Angiolina" in the period between 1845 and 1860.
The owner of the villa was Ignio Scarpa, who was famous for his love of nature. Many plants brought from Japan, China, South America, Australia and various other parts around the globe can be found in this park. Japanese camellia (Camellia japonica) is considered the most significant one, since it gradually became Opatija's symbol.

After Scarpa's death the property changed its owners several times until 1882, when it became the property of "The South Railways Company". While the company was establishing Opatija as a winter seaside health resort, the park was reorganized and many new sections were added. Carl Schubert, the head of the Viennese Royal Society for Park Preservations, lead the reconstruction and the expansion of the park. The parts in front of "Villa Angiolina", Hotel Kvarner and Hotel Imperial were subsequently established, in the period between 1883 and 1886.

Plants sorts trough the sections


Divlji cimetnjak Section num. 1	Velecvijetna Maglnolija Section num. 2	Japanska dunja Section num. 3


Palme Žumare Section num. 3	Japanska banana Section num. 4	Pitosporum Section num. 4


Lemprika Section num. 4	Maslina Section num. 5	Japanska kurika Section num. 5


Bodljikava dafina Section num. 5	Francuska tamariska Section num. 6	Bršljan Section num. 7


Borovac Section num. 8	Obična tisa Section num. 8	Listopadna žutika Section num. 9


Lovor Sections num. 10 and 11	Bodljikava dafina Section num. 12	Crveni glogavac Section num. 13


Ružmarin Section num. 15	Japanska aukuba Section num. 15	Mahonija Section num. 16


Velecvijetna magnolija Section num. 17	Žuka Section num. 17	Oleander Section num. 18


Mekolisna juka Section num. 19	Oštrolisna juka Section num. 19	Divlji kesten Section num. 20


Šumske datulje Section num. 21	Tulipani Section num. 22	Kozja krv Section num. 23


Božikovina Section num. 24	Kozja krv Section num. 25	Velelisna lipa Section num. 26


Tuja Section num. 27	Niska žumara Section num. 28	Crnika Section num. 29


Mekolisna veprina Section num. 30	Vazdazelena žutika Section num. 31	Crni bambus Section num. 32


Lovor Sections num. 33-37	Planika Section num. 38	Srebrna uljnjača Section num. 38


Japanska banana Sections num. 39 -41	Kamelija Section num. 42	Kijačasti ljiljan Section num. 42


Pitosporum Sections num. 43-46	Kripto-merija Section num. 47	Šimšir Section num. 48


Crnika Sections num. 49-50	Japanska aukuba Sections num. 51-52	Himalajski čempres Section num. 53


Japanska mušmula Sections num. 54-55	Kalifornijski cedar Section num. 56	Puzava smokva Section num. 57


Zlatni bambus Section num. 58	Gola magnolija Section num. 59	Kineska patisa Section num. 60