Istria in a sentence

It was impossible they were alive,” said Sandro Dujmovic of the Natura Histrica organisation which manages Istria’s protected areas.

The Blister Sisters are setting off in May for a mountainous journey across the Istria peninsula in the north of the country.

Istria is a heart-shaped peninsula in that has been compared to Italy, while also being praised for its beaches, sun and vast range of activities.

Istria has become increasingly known for such sunspot destinations – the rise of Pula as a budget-air hub (with flights from the UK) cementing its position in the realm of 21st century travel.

Your money will go further here than in touristy Dubrovnik., in the cellar of a 19th-century villa, is a cosy place to eat homemade Istrian pasta, seafood and meat dishes, accompanied by delicious local wine (Istria is a good wine region).

At that time the 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.

Bajamonte Tiepolo was sent away from Venice in 1310, to start a new life in Istria after his downfall.

C.) * Gorizia (Goriška) (G) * Slovenian Istria (Slovenska Istra) (L) The last two are usually considered together as the Littoral Region (Primorska).

Every citizen has the right to speak either Italian or Croatian (Slovene in Slovenian Istria) in public administration or in court.

However, the regions of Trieste and Istria are not usually considered part of the Balkans by Italian geographers, due to a definition of the Balkans that limits its western border to the Kupa River.

It was bounded on the north by Carinthia, on the north-east by Styria, on the south-east and south by Croatia, and on the west by Trieste, Goritza, and Istria; with area of convert and population of 510,000.

Marija na Škrilinama in the Istrian town of Beram (1471), painted by Vincent of Kastav ; the painting in the Holy Trinity Church in Hrastovlje in Istria by John of Kastav (1490).

Meanwhile, the Lombard King Lothair backed Maxentius, who forced the bishops of Istria to obey him, while at the same time ignoring Gregory’s orders to cease.

Most of them left in the immediate aftermath of the signing of the Paris Peace Treaty on February 10, 1947, which granted Pula and the greater part of Istria to Yugoslavia.

The Habsburgs eventually secured them (by 1815) and Dalmatia and Istria became part of the empire, though they were in Cisleithania while Croatia and Slavonia were under Hungary.

The Istrian county in Croatia is bilingual, as are large parts of Slovenian Istria.

There is also a suspected link (but no historical documentation in support of it) to the commune of Istria in Constanţa, Romania.

Venice Academic Press, 1999 However it should be admitted that the re-establishment of a Republic of Venice orphan of Istria and Dalmatia had little chances to develop.