It will open its doors to visitors this weekend House of the Pannonian Sea within the Papuk Nature Park. Saturday and Sunday March 6 and 7 from 9 a.m. to 17 p.m. visit the House of the Pannonian Sea and go back to the distant past, 16 million years ago, when Papuk was an island where rhinos roamed and around which an extinct species of shark swam today.
Photo: Papuk Nature Park
The mountains of Papuk, Psunj and Krndija in the then sea, and later the lake were islands of the “Slavonian archipelago”. Numerous fossils of marine animals come to the surface almost every day. In addition to corals, sea urchins, sponges, snails, shellfish and seaweed, parts of the skeletons of large fish, vertebrates of dolphins and whales, and the teeth of giant sharks were also found. The shark at that time was as much as 20 meters long, and for example the largest, living today, white shark is half smaller, ie only about ten meters long, which gives us a picture of how many huge sea monsters lived in the Pannonian Sea.
Photo: Papuk Nature Park
House of the Pannonian Sea in Velika tells the story of the history of this area in an attractive way. A number of interesting data and facts are available to visitors. You can find out about them through interactive screens, but also by looking at the exhibited fossils found on Papuk itself. Presentations and trainings are adapted to different age groups.
Photo: Papuk Nature Park
The ticket price for an independent tour is 10 kuna, and for professional guidance 30 kuna. Professional guidance is organized on two occasions at 11 and 15 hours, and in the meantime it is possible to independently explore the exhibition.
