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Popular General Tips | Other General Tips Tips | All Tips (108) The Roman Forum, the central square in classical antiquity, was built on the west side of the city immediately close to the sea. It is a retangular area, 37 by 81 metres, around which the most important buildings of the religious, administrative, and judicial life of the city were located. Leave a Comment
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Eversince the Roman times, Pula was strategicaly important place because of its huge natural harbour bay which protects boats in case of bad weather conditions.
There is an beautiful park in the town, right in front of the Arena, and the part of it makes Riva with palm-trees. It is one of the favorite promenade area, especially for moms and their newborn children. Leave a Comment
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Arena, the Roman amphitheatre, is the emblem of Pula. It is situated in the centre of the town, very close to the port and in the walking distance from all other historical sights of Pula. The building is very well preserved and is considered as one of the best preserved, of a kind, in whole the world. Leave a Comment
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The huge natural bay called Ribarska koliba (Fishermen's cottage) is turned into Marina, one of the biggest and best organized in whole Adriatic. It is also nice beach resort, but since there are many motor boats there, I do not reccommend it. Instead, you can enjoy here in excellent seafood which offers restaurant "Valsabbion", one of the best seafood restaurants on the Adriatic. Leave a Comment
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The seashore around the town is over 150 km long. There are plenty of splendid natural beach resorts in the town like Stoja, Valkane, Lungomare Ribarska koliba or Punta Verudela, which can be seen on this picture. The sea-water is very clear and clean, fully recommendable for all kind of beach activities. Leave a Comment
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The very detailed plan of the city centre can be seen on the little square in the Istarska ulica, just a foot from Arena. In fact, the city map, in bronze relief, is displayed on the top of the fountain. It might help you a lot in exploring the town of Pula. Leave a Comment
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Before Pula's city walls were removed there were at least 9 gates through which you could enter. The most impressive of these gates is this one known as the Twin Gates which now stands splendidly alone in Ul Carrarina. The double-arched gate was the main entrance to the city and today it is the entrance to the Archeological Museum and the castle.
On Trg Portorata, a large open space at the end of Giardini stands the Triumphal Arch of the Sergei , erected in the end of the first century BC. This arch originaly leant against the city walls and now it also stands somewhat precariously alone. Through the arch you can see Ul Sergeijevaca which must originally have been on the imperial route as it leads straight to the forum.
The second photo is the Sergei Arch
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I'm not going to give a lot of physical or historical details about Pula's arena as these are easily checked on Google. As a visitor to Pula what sturck me most about their famous Arena is how little hassle was attached to visiting it. I've seen other amphitheatres but never before actually went inside as the queues and general hassle usually put me off. In Pula however there were no queues at all , no pushy guides or fake centurions and you can wander round in total peace and freedom. The entrance fee was about EUR 4.50 and when I said Hvala to the man taking the tickets, he smiled and shook my hand. I was very pleased that my one word of Croatian was received so well !
Inside the seating is on one side only and the capacity for concerts here is about 5000. Downstairs in the exhibition area are hundreda of old amphoras and a few things like olive presses. I was expecting wax models of gladiators and wild animals and was absolutely thrilled when they didn't materialise. The only animal I met here was my favourite species in the whole world - a tabby cat who was pleased to accept rubs and compliments. She strutted around happily, every inch the mistress of the sixth largest Roman Amphitheatre in the world.
I think it would be impossible to miss the Arena if you come to Pula. It would also be very silly because this is the perfect opportunity for a relaxed and thorough visit to a Roman amphitheatre. Some of the photos included ,show close up details of the walls and arches.
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In this city the Roman remains tend to eclipse all other historical monuments and this is very obvious when you finally come upon the cathedral. The Cathedral of The Assumption of The Blessed Virgin Mary is so unobtrusively situated that if you blinked you'd miss it on Ul Kanderlova. This is between the Foum and the Arena and right next to the Riva on the edge of the sea.
The cathedral has a lot of history though and was built on the original site where the then persecuted Christians used to gather. It has a very basic church shape and is remarkably lacking in the usual ornate pomp and splendour we tend to associate with cathedrals. In the Istrian style, the campamile is seperate and this particular one was erected in the 17th century, well after the late renaissance facade of the church was completed. Stones from the amphitheatre were used in the belfry's construction and it make you wonder how many buildings in Pula have bits of that same arena incorporated in their walls or foundations.
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After the overpowering splendour of the Arena we were glad to get back down to earth in a little park by the sea. This park is just a medium-sized green area between Ul Amphiteatarska and Ul Sv Ivana but it's shady and inviting and reveals tantalising glimpses of that blue, blue Adriatic. There are lots of parks in Pula many of them like this one running right down to the sea. In this park was the most striking monument we saw and I hope I'm not inaccurate in describing it as anti -facist. There are scenes of conflict below and the leader triumphantly striking a blow for freedom on top. We examined this monument from behind and moving to the front found it occupied by a group of teenage boys who had a definite look of lads enjoying an unauthorised school-free morning. I contemplated asking them to move so I could take a photo but then decided that the picture would look better if it included them. Later in the day when we passed by here again, they'd gone and the park was now in the hands of small children and their parents.
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