Rural life is tough, and you can feel that toughness while looking at the architecture of old Croatian village houses: everything is subordinate to its function. Yet, if you look closer, small wonders begin to emerge – a beautiful diamond shaped pattern of bricks on the wall… or a tiny decoration made from thin wooden slats. And then, you see those same ornaments on luxuriant folk costumes shining in all their glory. No matter how tough life was for a Croatian peasant, he never lost the eye for beauty.
