Travel Reference
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Duringtherecentwar,thefrontlinebetweentheCroatsandSerbsranjusteastof
Oto
č
ac
(OH-toh-chawts), and a few bullet holes still mar the town's facades. (Watch for minefield
warningsignsjusteastofOto
č
ac,butdon'tletthemmakeyoutoonervous:It'ssafetodrive
here, but not necessarily safe to get out of your car and wander through the fields.) Today
Oto
č
ac is putting itself back together, and it's a fine place to drop into a café for a coffee,
or pick up some produce at the outdoor market. The Catholic church in the center of town,
destroyed in the war but now rebuilt, displays its damaged church bells in a memorial out
back. The crucifix nearby is made of old artillery shells.
Also in the churchyard are big white blocks, each one honoring a Croatian hero; notice
that a character from Glagolitic script (the ancient Croatian alphabet) is carved in the top
