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Pula, Istria

 

Pula, Ital. Pola, city (1991 pop. 62,378) City on the Adriatic sea and at the southern tip of the Istrian peninsula. A major seaport and an industrial center, it has shipyards, docks, and varied manufactures. Captured (178 B.C.) by the Romans, it was destroyed by Augustus, but was rebuilt by him and named Pietas Julia. It passed to Venice in 1148, but in 1379 it was taken and destroyed by the Genoese. However, it remained a Venetian possession until the Treaty of Campo Formio (1797) transferred it to Austria. Under Austrian rule Pula became the chief naval base and arsenal of the Hapsburg empire. The city was ceded to Italy after World War I and to Croatia, then a constitutent republic of Yugoslavia, after World War II. Pula has many well-preserved Roman ruins, notably a large amphitheater, the Porta Aurea (a triumphal arch of the 1st cent. B.C.), and the temple of Augustus and Roma (1st cent. A.D.).

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Cres Croatia Bay of Kvarner

The island of Cres, by size the first island in the Adriatic, is located in the northern part of the Bay of Kvarner.

Its southern part, i.e. the town of Osor, is linked to the island of Losinj by a trestle bridge...

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Istria and Kvarner

Limski Channel - Between Vrsar and Rovinj, there is a geomorphologic phenomenon - a 10 km long and 600 m wide canyon, with cliffs protruding up to 150 m above the sea. Since oysters and mussels are bred in the Limski Channel, make sure to taste them in one of many excellent restaurants...

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Istria and Kvarner

Limski Channel - Between Vrsar and Rovinj, there is a geomorphologic phenomenon - a 10 km long and 600 m wide canyon, with cliffs protruding up to 150 m above the sea. Since oysters and mussels are bred in the Limski Channel, make sure to taste them in one of many excellent restaurants...