Pula
See also: Pula (homonymy)
Pula (in Italian Pola , in Slovenien Pulj ) is a city of the North-West of the Croatia, with the southern point of the peninsula of the Istrie which counts close to 60 000 inhabitants, of which more than 70% are Croatian.
Populated mainly by Italy NS until in 1947, it did not form part of the zone of occupation B (that of Koper) until in 1954, date on which it was regarded as belonging definitively to the territory of the Yugoslavia.
History
The history of the town of Pula goes back to nearly 3.000 years. One of the most important buildings of the city is the Roman amphitheater of Pula, arena in Croatian. One also finds in the Roman remainders of the city a temple of Auguste, old Capitole of the Forum (transformed into communal palate), a triumphal arch, an enclosing wall in ruins and the remainders (of which the frontage) of two ancient theaters.
Recent excavations made it possible to update the foundations of various Roman districts, work are still in hand (2006).
Apart from the Roman vestiges, other buildings deserve the visit, like the cathedral, the fort which dominates the city, and a monastery franciscain dating from XIIe century.
Later, Pula was an important city of Austria-Hungary. Benefitting from its ideal situation on the Adriatic Sea, it was military naval base of the Marine Austro-Hungarian, celestial observation station and seat of the ministry for the Hydrographie. The city is multicultural: there is a majority of Italian as well as a strong presence of Slavic and other nationalities in the city and its surroundings.
At the conclusion of the First World War, the troops Italy born occupied Pula, which became Italian as the remainder of the Istrie.
After the Second world war, in May 1945, the city was taken by the Yugoslav troops , and was integrated into the Croatia, as the remainder of the peninsula istrienne. The situation was ratified by the peace treaty of 1947, or more half of the population (whose majority of the strong Italian community) the city by fear of Communism leaves. Until the bursting of the country in 1991, Pula was Yugoslav before being Croatian.
Transport and tourism
Pula is the arrival of the cycle track EuroVelo 9 which starts from Gdańsk on the the Baltic and passes by the Poland, the Czech Republic, the Austria, the Slovenia and Croatia.
Pula has small a international Aéroport, but the majority of the air links are done by Rijeka, capital of Istrie, either by Trieste or Zagreb.
In 1870, it is in Pula that was created the first museum of the marine of the world.
It is on the islands with broad of Pula that Yugoslav intelligentsia resided in summer, in particular the marshal Tito, whose residence was opened to the public in 2005.
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