Barban on the map of Croatia Barban (Italian: Barbana d'Istria) is a village and municipality in the southern part of eastern Istria, Croatia, 28 km northeast of Pula, above the Raša river valley; elevation 229 m. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2631x2170, 462 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Osijek Slavonski Brod Slatina, Croatia Virovitica Split Rijeka ÄŒakovec Solin Gospić Bjelovar Bilje User:Elephantus/Test...
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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. ...
Pula (Croatian Pula, Italian Pola; the city has an official Croatian-Italian bilinguism [1] - in Istriot Pula, German Polei, Slovenian Pulj) is the largest city in Istria, Croatia, situated at the southern tip of the peninsula, with a population of 62,080 (2005). ...
The site of a Bronze Age prehistoric hillfort (Italian: castelliere), human remains have been found on the site that date back approximately 3400-4000 years back. The name Barbana appears for the first time in an ecclesiastic document dated 740 A.C. In the Middle Ages, the town was a fortified under the control of the Pazin (Pisino) feudal lords, and parts of the medieval fortifications can still be seen. In the second half of the 13th century, having been depopulated by the plague in 1312, the counts of Gorizia imported a small colony of Dalmatians from Finodol.
In 1374, upon the death of Albert IV, count of Pazin, it became a full Hapsburg possession, then went under Venetian control in the 16th century. In 1534, Venice ceded it to the Loredan family as a heritable possession.
In the main square, which is approached through Velika Vrata (the Great Gate, 1718), stands the parish church of St. Nicholas with baroque altars and paintings by Venetian masters from the 16th-18th centuries, a Late Gothic stone tabernacle, and wooden baroque sculptures.
Giostra dell'anello - Prstenac:
On the third Sunday in August, there is an annual tournament of horsemen In Barban called the "giostra dell'anello" in Italian and "prstenac" in Croatian. It is a medieval jousting game that only goes back to 1686 in Barban, but it is much older in origins and is otherwise celebrated in various forms in several medieval towns in Italy today. This tradition draws tourists and spectators in great numbers in a lively and popular celebration.
The chief occupations are crop farming (wheat) and livestock breeding. Barban is located on the main road Pula - Rijeka (M2, E751). Rijeka (in local Croatian dialects Rika and Reka; Fiume in Italian and Hungarian, Reka in Slovene; Sankt Veit am Flaum in older German; R(ij)eka and Fiume both mean river) is the principal seaport of Croatia, located on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea. ...
External links
- Barban municipality (official site)
- Istria on the Internet, Town of Barban / Barbana
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