Galesnjak, heart-shaped island

In 2009, a user of the Google Earth realized that the island of Galesnjak, in Croatia, had the shape of a heart. The discovery quickly surpassed boundaries and became a viral phenomenon.

Situated on the Croatian coast of the Adriatic â€" and uninhabited island, quickly began to be known as the Island of love â€" and even the recent cutting of trees has diminished the public's interest by Galesnjak. If interest rekindled when, on the satellite image updated, if realized the island lost some trees. According to the owner of the island, Tonci Juresko, aims to cut the planting of olive trees on the island. "I'm going to plant olive trees, the island will be even more beautiful," said Jutarnji List site Juresko.

250 new trees will be planted and the dock, built over 80 years ago by Tonci's grandfather, will be restored.

The owner of Galesnjak also admitted to have already rejected, "several times", performing weddings on the island, since it has no conditions to receive events: it is a rocky island, of difficult access.

"I'm sure we will still receive a wedding on the island. We tried to arrange a ride for Valentine's day, but it's only one day a year, wouldn't it be very profitable, "he explained. Some say that this cut of trees aims to make the island more "visitable", providing the Tonci the bet on weddings and tourism.

The island is one of the rare natural objects phenomena in the shape of a heart in the world, having your curious geography was discovered in the 19th century, Napoleon's cartographer, Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré.

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