Croatian Village Comes to Collin County | NBC Dallas-Fort Worth: "Adriatica is a new community designed to have the look and feel of a Croatian village by the sea. 'It has character. Its personality is different than other's, almost like cookie cutter houses,' said Croatian native Vesna Solano. Homes vary from mansions to flats and businesses are within walking distance. Adriatica has a bell tower that is an exact replica of the one in Supetar,Croatia. The developer even preserved parts of Croatian buildings nearly destroyed in the war. 'Everything is real. All the stone is really carved, all the buildings are really stone, there's no fake material in the whole project,' said developer Jeff Blackard."
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To really bring the feel of Croatia to North Texas, a sniper hidden in that bell tower would add just that little frisson of reality, don't you think?