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3 unusual facts about Pula


Istrian stone

Istrian stone, pietra d'Istria, the characteristic group of building stones in the architecture of Venice and Dalmatia, is a dense type of impermeable limestones that was quarried in Istria, between Portorož and Pula.

Niña

She was captured by a pirate corsair when leaving the port of Cagliari and brought to Cape Pula, Sardinia.

Pula, Sardinia

Not far away a single column indicates the Roman temple and adjacent to it the forum - the social and economic center of the city.


117th Fighter Aviation Regiment

The 117th Fighter Aviation Regiment remained at Pula in 1948, but that same year it moved to Cerklje, where it was to remain until 1949 when it was moved to Zemun, with the new task of defending the capital city Belgrade.

Alen Vitasović

In 1995, he was nominated for five Porin music awards, and was also the winner of the festivals in Split, Zadar, Pula, Vodice, and Korčula.

Borislav Pekić

The Devils Heaven (The Summer of White Roses) won an award at the film festival in Tokyo in 1989 and was selected the same year to represent Yugoslavia at film festivals in Montpellier (France), Pula (Croatia), San Sebastián (Spain), and Los Angeles and San Francisco (USA).

Botswana Police College

An ultra-modern new college campus for meeting the training needs of the Botswana Police Service was designed by FMA Architects Ltd (Canadian Architect - Samuel Oboh - was a resident Architect on this project), constructed by Stocks Building Africa and completed in 2000 at a cost of 230 million Pula.

Craig Pritchett

Morecambe 1975, 6.5/11, tied 6-9th places, qualified for Zonal at Pula 1975, where he improved on his earlier showing with 7.5/14 for a tied 7-9th place, but did not advance to the Interzonal stage;

Croatian language

There are eight Croatian language universities in the world: the universities of Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Osijek, Zadar, Dubrovnik, Pula, and Mostar.

Eliomar dos Santos Silva

After they were relegated, Eliomar left the club and joined NK Istra 1961 from Pula.

Ferenc Gyulay

First he had to face the Italian states' menace at Pola.

Final Fight Championship

At the post-event media conference, FFC president Orsat Zovko announced autumn events in Sarajevo, Pula, Zagreb, Skopje and Ljubljana.

Igor Pamić

He was the head coach of Croatian Third League side NK Žminj in 2002 and 2003, going on to move to Croatian Second League side NK Pula in early 2004, helping them to clinch promotion to the Croatian First League for the 2004–05 season.

Ivan Milat-Luketa

Numerous drawings, canvases and aquarelles make today a particular history of Pula, Dubrovnik, Županja, Kutina and Desinić.

James S. Pula

James S. Pula (born 18 February 1946, Utica, New York) is an award-winning Polish-American historian, professor, author, and Polonia activist.

Juan Vucetich

The Croatian city of Pula has a memorial marker to Vucetich, owing to his service there while in the Austro-Hungarian Navy.

Kanfanar

Kanfanar lies at the interchange of the Istrian Y expressway/motorway B8 and A9, as well as on the Divača - Pula railway, and was formerly the junction of a branchline to Rovinj.

Kubrat Pulev

At the European boxing championships 2004 in Pula he defeated world class Alexander Povernov (World Championships Bronze medalist 2005).

KUD Idijoti

The following year released a CD "Istra ti materina" (wordplay of a very common curse and Mother Istra) in collaboration with the Pula composition band Gori Ussi Winnetou.

LGBT rights in Croatia

The campaign included city light billboards in four cities (Zagreb, Split, Pula, and Osijek), handing out leaflets to citizens in those four cities, and distribution of leaflets to police stations throughout the country.

Mate Parlov Sport Centre

Mate Parlov Sport Centre is a multi-functional hall in Pula.

Matulji

The municipality is of great transportation importance because of the major railway and highway networks connecting Rijeka with Ljubljana and Trieste to the west, Zagreb and Split to the east and Pula to the south through the Učka tunnel.

Mirela Brekalo

She is a drama teacher at the studios in Rovinj and Pula, and she taught theatrical speech at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb, too.

Nazario Sauro

Sauro was recognized and placed on trial for his previous act of treason, and, after facing a military tribunal in Pola (now Pula in Croatia) was sentenced to death and hanged.

Pula Cathedral

The church is located on the south side of the Pula bay at the foot of the hill with the 17th century Venetian fort.

Sandi Križman

Born in Pula, he started his career in hometown Žminj, staying there until, establishing himself firmly in the first 11 of the local Treća HNL squad, scoring 7 goals in 22 matches aged 17.

Sanjalice

During the summer of 1968, they spent two months performing in Pula other cities in Istria.

Živojin Pavlović

He graduated painting at the Academy of Applied Arts of the University of Belgrade, and he directed his first professional film Žive Vode (Living Water) in 1961, which immediately received a special jury award of the Pula festival.


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