NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Cerovlje

Cerovlje is a town and municipality at the very centre of the Istrian peninsula in Croatia. Many ancient settlements, old towns and once solid castles can be found on that territory. Almost every town or castle in Cerovlje is situated on top of a hill from where the view extends into a unique panorama over the past unsettled centuries such position of the town and castles provided security to their inhabitants to a certain degree. 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. ...

An extraordinary work of nature and human hand can be found on the territory of Cerovlje. During the Middle Ages the industrious and pious people living in these parts built many beatiful churches. The churches of this territory, which some are considered as very important works of art of the Croatian cultural heritage, raise themselves over this hilly landscape as a lighthouse.

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 Å¾upanija / Regione istriana is the westernmost county of Croatia which includes the biggest part of the Istrian peninsula (2820 out of 3160 kmÂ²). 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. ... Bale is a town and municipality in Istria, Croatia. ... Barban is a town and municipality in the southern part of eastern Istria, Croatia, 28 km northeast of Pula, above the Rasa river valley; elevation 229 m. ... Brtonigla is a town and municipality in the north-western part of Istria, Croatia, 6 km southwest of Buje; elevation 141 m. ... Medulin Riviera Here we are at the far south of the Istrian Peninsula. ... City of Motovun Motovun (in Italian Montona) is a town in central Istria, Croatia. ... 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). ... Å½minj, a village in the central part of Istria (Croatia), 15 km south of Pazin; elevation 355 m; population 676. ...

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