Cultural Places in Croatia from OpenStreetMap

An OpenStreetMap export of cultural and historic places in Croatia, last updated 2026-05-14. The dataset includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via `tourism`, `amenity`, `historic`, or `heritage` keys. It was exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and is available in multiple geospatial formats.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage sites for protection planning based on OSM tags like `historic` and `heritage`.
• Analyze the distribution of tourism amenities like museums and theatres across Croatian regions.
• Create cultural resource inventories for urban development based on categorized points of interest.
• Provide geographic context for tourism applications using the spatial locations of cultural places.

Strengths

• Covers multiple cultural place types including museums, galleries, theatres, and monuments.
• Available in several geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global mapping project.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via specific OSM tags (`tourism`, `amenity`, `historic`, `heritage`).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 16:08:30.474384; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Croatia