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Plitvice Lakes National Park

Plitvice Lakes (Plitvicka jezera) were declared as public property by law of 8 April 1949, and a national park in the Official Journal (Narodne novine) No.29 1949. Accepted as a World Heritage site in 1979. Placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1992, from which it was removed in 1996. In January 1997, the Parliament of Croatia, at the suggestion of the Lakes Public Establishment and the State Agency for the Protection of Nature and the Environment, made the decision of expanding the borders of the Park