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Kvarner, Primorje-Gorski Kotar

Opatija Habsburg resort shoreline refuse

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: hotel porcelain.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

The Austro-Hungarian riviera resort from the 1880s, whose grand hotels and villas discarded mineral water, wine and pharmacy glass along the shore and in ravine tips.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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