Istria
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Istria is the largest peninsula within the Adriatic Sea. Located at the top of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Kvarner Gulf, the peninsula is shared by three countries: Croatia, Slove
Pula Arena, built in 27 BC – 68 AD, is among the six largest surviving Roman amphitheatres in the world.
Archaeological site of Sipar in Northwestern Istria
Oton Iveković, The Croats' arrival at the Adriatic Sea
Venetian Lion of Saint Mark on the Pentagonal Tower of Poreč.
Istrian Italians
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Istrian Italians are an ethnic group from the Adriatic region of Istria in modern northwestern Croatia and southwestern Slovenia. Istrian Italians descend from the original Latinized population of Rom
Istria
…borders of Istria included part of what is now Italian Venezia-Giulia and parts of modern-day Slovenia and Croatia, but not the city of Trieste. Many Istrian Italians looked with sympathy towards the Risorgimento movement that fought for the unification of Italy. However, after the Third Italian War of Independence…
1807: Istria inside the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy
Muggia, one of the two Italian towns of contemporary Istria
Istrian stew
Mario Andretti