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Discover Pula and surroundings

Roman amphitheatre

  

"Enjoy a brilliant vacation with your family"

 

The largest town on the Istrian peninsula offers a diversity of attractions to lovers of culture. The rich itinerary of its three thousand year old history, where every step you take through the old town is a landmark, begins and ends with the Roman amphitheatre. The cobbled centre is made for walking around with art galleries to explore and plenty of cafees for pit stops. While strolling through Pula you will come across numerous monuments of Roman architecture: the Triumphal Arch of the Sergi from the 1st century B.C., Hercules’ Gate and Twin Gates, the Temple of Augustus, Arena and Small Roman Theatre in the town centre. A unique experience will be moments of relaxation in the main town square, which has managed to retain its role as the meeting place since the Augustan Age.

 

Then only less then 10 miles away, you will find the small town of Vodnjan (Dignano in Italian), lying inside a sober church in this sleepy town are the ''mummies'' that constitute Vodnjan's primary tourist attraction. These desiccated remains of centuries old saints, whose bodies mysteriously failed to decompose, are considered to have magical powers. You would need a car to explore the areas, as the bus and public transport in general are very sporadic. Good news is, you're never far from the sea! 

 

 

 

 

Historical highlights of Pula

Although the amphitheatre announces Pula's Roman origins, its history stretches far, far beyond this period. Archeological findings in the area suggest that Pula's history stretches back 40,000 or even 1 million years BC! Pula first rose to prominence in the 11th century BC when it became a major settlement for the Illyrian tribe, the Histri. After expansion by the Roman Empire into Istria in 177 BC, in 40 BC Pula became a Roman colony and grew especially during the years 27 BC to AD 14 under Emperor Caesar Augustus.

 

During this time several important buildings were constructed (including the amphitheatre) and the town rose in strategic and economic significance for the Romans, and local trade was prominent. After the fall of the Roman Empire, Pula fell under the control of various groups, including the Eastern Goths for 45 years to 538 when it became part of the Byzantine Empire, until the Slavs began their colonisation in the early part of the 7th century.


As with the rest of Istria, Pula fell under the control of the Venetians in 1331 and at the time the town had both strong Slavic and Roman influences. In was under Venetian control that Pula unfortunately suffered from numerous plagues and attacks from other groups (the Habsburgs for one) and its population dwindled - by the 16th century, there were only 1,000 citizens (down from 5,000 in the previous century) and by 1631, only 300 people lived there.

 

The city finally recovered in part during the 19th century when, as now part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it was proclaimed the chief port of the Empire in 1853 and the population rose once more as industry grew and workers flocked to the town.


After World War I, Pula became part of Italy under Benito Mussolini. After World War II finally ended, the city was administered by the UN, British and American units. It finally became part of Yugoslavia in 1947, and was then part of Croatia that declared independence in 1991.

 

 

 

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