Mrkopalj is a town and a municipality in the mountainous part of Croatia in the region of Gorski kotar, located south-east of Delnice and some 50 km east of Rijeka and 831 meters/2726 feet above sea level.. The municipality has 1,214 inhabitants, the overwhelming majority of whom are Croats .It once was a relatively important trading town in the Gorski Kotar highlands where timber and sheep are the main resources. The Emperor Joseph II granted the Coat of Arms and the status of a free royal market town in 1785. The grant of arms is similar in style with others granted in the period, including the aquarel picture of the Coat of Arms within a ring contai...
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