Pula (Pola)
Situated in the south of the Istrian peninsula, Pula offers beautiful scenery and numerous entertainment venues, is home to the city's administrative bodies and the Istrian regiorne. The city is about 126 km from Trieste, and is close to the Brijuni Islands National Park (10km), Rovinj (20km), Medulin (8km) and the thermal baths of Santo Stefano (Istarske Toplice). The city is divided into sixteen committees with relevant local districts: Stari Grad, Kastanjer, Monte Zaro, Sv.Polikarp-Sisplac; Veruda with three tourist areas Monsival, and Saccorgiana Valkane, Stoja with the tourist areas of Valovine and Stoja, Nova Veruda with Marina Veruda and Bunarina; Šijana, Štinjan with the tourist areas of Puntakristo, Puntižela, and Valdežunac Camulimenti and the islands of St. Jerolim, St. Katarina and Kozada; Veli Vrh with tourist suburb of Vallelunga, Busoler, Valdebek, Arena , Vidikovac, and Gregovica Monvidal. And 'highly developed shipbuilding activity and the city is the cultural center of the region hosting libraries but also the Historical Museum of Istria and the Archaeological Museum of Istria. The city is also the tourist center of the region thanks to the recently modernized airport and proximity to the highway that connects D21 to Slovenia.
The birth of Pula is connected to the myth of the Argonauts escaped the Colchians who founded a settlement called POLAR, but was built by the Romans around the forty-six BC as Pietas Julia, played an important role as the basis of Octavian's military campaign against the Illyrians (35 -33 BC) and took the form of a fortified town planning in the age of Augustus (concentric streets around the hill with hillocks radially) during which it experienced a period of great development.
Besides the airport, the city is served by a railway station and several shipping lines. The tourist facilities are located between pine forests and across the coastal strip (about 190km) which is connected and reachable through paths.
The most important monuments of the city date back almost all the time the Roman Empire (first to third century AD), the city provided a water system, a forum that was an administrative, religious and commercial, two theaters, and I was surrounded by walls was entered through gates (demolished in the early nineteenth century).
To visit: from the main square (Piazza Hole) the Augustus Temple which houses an exhibition of sculptures in stone, the town hall completed in 1296, the church and the Franciscan monastery built in the thirteenth century.
Going from Via Castrapola along a staircase you get to the Venetian Fortress (seventeenth century) that houses the Historical Museum of Istria. Strolling along the cobblestone streets made of stones polished by use, it goes from the Cathedral dating from the fourth century and burned by the Venetians in 1242, the Church of St. Nicholas built with limestone, up to the foot of the symbol of the city 's Roman amphitheater.
Along the road that leads from the Arena at the center of the city meet the Istrian Archaeological Museum (near the Roman theater), the small museum behind the Roman Tetro, and other interesting buildings like the Post Main architect Angiolo Mazzoni (1933), the former Casino 'Marina (1872-1913), the Market Theatre and the metal and glass, where to buy fresh fish and vegetables.
In June, the days are held in Pula Pula's ancient amphitheater and opening events in the historic center of Pula with representations of everyday life of ancient Romans, ancient sports shows and gladiator fights and fashion events and gastronomy theme. During leisure, you can practice windsurfing, basketball, tennis, sailing, golf, yoga, diving, biking and scenic flights are arranged above the city, fitness classes and rock climbing.
Souvenirs typical of Pula and Istria are bocaleta, a jug made and painted by hand in which to serve the typical "Istrian supa", musical instruments such as "mih" a kind of bagpipe and wind instruments such as sopele, between gastronomic souvenirs can not miss the olive oil and truffles in the Istrian Malvasia.
Pula is reachable by car, boat, plane (Pula airport five kilometers away from the city) and there are three marinas: Marina ACI Pula in the south-eastern port of Pola (200 berths, open all ' years), the port of Bunarina near Pula), next to Marina Veruda Pjescana Uvala.
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