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Bale is a town and municipality in Istria, Croatia. Coat of arms Istria (Istra, pronounced in Croatian and Slovenian; Istria, pronounced in Italian, Istrien, pronounced in German) is the biggest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. ...
Rich regional architecture and particularities of the language spoken by the older population make this place an attractive destination. After part of the population had opted to belong to Italy after the Second World War, some of the abandoned houses were turned into vacation homes. At the same time, a tourist board was established and the Kolone beach finished, which fostered the development of stationary tourism. Today, Bale is known as a quiet place offering its visitors rest from big city crowd and rush. The closest public beach is 8 km away. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
Bale is known for public feasts, the most popular being: Baljanska noc (Bale Night; first Saturday in August), Velika Gospa (The Assumption of Mary; 15th of August), as well as "Castrum Vallis" - an art exhibition (in July and August).
| Cities and Municipalities of Istria County | | | Cities and towns: Pula | Pazin | Poreč | Buje | Buzet | Labin | Novigrad | Rovinj | Umag | Vodnjan
Municipalities: Bale | Barban | Brtonigla | Cerovlje | Fažana | Gračišće | Grožnjan | Kanfanar | Karojba | Kaštelir-Labinci | Kršan | Lanišće | Ližnjan | Lupoglav | Marčana | Medulin | Motovun | Oprtalj | Pićan | Raša | Sveti Lovreč | Sveta Nedelja | Sveti Petar u Šumi | Svetvinčenat | Tinjan | Višnjan | Vižinada | Vrsar | Žminj Istria county - Istarska županija / Regione istriana is the westernmost county of Croatia which includes the biggest part of the Istrian peninsula (2820 out of 3160 km²). Area is called Istra in Croatian and Slovenian). ...
Aerial picture of Pula. ...
Pazin (Italian: Pisino) is a city in Istria, Croatia, population 9,227 (2001). ...
PoreÄ (Italian Parenzo, Latin Parens or Parentium, archaic German: Parenz), 45. ...
Buje (Italian: Buie dIstria) is a city in Istria, Croatia, population 5,340 (2001). ...
Buzet (Italian: Pinguente) is a city in Istria, Croatia, population 6,059 (2001). ...
Labin (Italian: Albona) is a town in Istria, Croatia, population 7,904 (2001) with 12,426 in the municipality (which also includes small towns of Rabac and Vinež, as well as a number of smaller villages). ...
Coat of arms Novigrad is a city on the Adriatic Sea in Croatia. ...
Rovinj, seen from Campanile of Sv. ...
Umag (Italian: Umago) is a coastal city in Istria, Croatia. ...
Medulin Riviera Here we are at the far south of the Istrian Peninsula. ...
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Sveta Nedelja is a municipality of twenty villages in Istria county, Croatia, total population 2,909 (2001). ...
ViÅ¡njan is a village located 13 km east of PoreÄ, in Istria, Croatia, population 625 (2001), centre of a municipality of 2,187 (2001). ...
Žminj, a village in the central part of Istria (Croatia), 15 km south of Pazin; elevation 355 m; population 676. ...
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