Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Install
Faster access than browser!
 

Istria

Index Istria

Istria (Croatian, Slovene: Istra; Istriot: Eîstria; Istria; Istrien), formerly Histria (Latin), is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. [1]

147 relations: Adriatic Sea, Albanians, Ancient Rome, Anti-fascism, Austria-Hungary, Austrian Empire, Austrian Littoral, Autonomous administrative division, Ćićarija, Bajamonte Tiepolo, Bavaria, Black Sea, Bosnia Eyalet, Bosniaks, Buje, Buzet, Byzantine Empire, Carantania, Chakavian, Charlemagne, Comune, Continental climate, Croatia, Croatia–Slovenia border disputes, Croatian Democratic Union, Croatian language, Croats, Culture of Italy, Dalmatia, Dante Alighieri, Danube, De facto, Dragonja, Duchy of Merania, European Union, First French Empire, Free Territory of Trieste, German language, Google Books, Goriška, Goths, Gulf of Trieste, Habsburg Monarchy, History of Istria, Histria (ancient city), Holy Roman Empire, House of Habsburg, Hum, Croatia, Iapydes, Ideology, ..., Ilirska Bistrica, Illyrian Provinces, Indigenous language, Inner Carniola, Istria County, Istria, Constanța, Istrian Albanian, Istrian Democratic Assembly, Istrian Italians, Istrian-Dalmatian exodus, Istriot language, Istro-Romanians, Italian irredentism, Italian language, Italianization, Italians, Italy, Izola, Karst Plateau, Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102), Kingdom of Illyria (1816–49), Kingdom of Italy, Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic), Kingdom of the Lombards, Koper, Kvarner Gulf, Labin, Liburnia, Liburnians, Lim (Croatia), March of Istria, Mediterranean climate, Mirna (Croatia), Monte Montona, Montenegrins, Motovun, Muggia, Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina, Napoleon, Nationalism, Nationalities Papers, Oceanic climate, Ottoman Empire, Pannonian Avars, Paris Peace Treaties, 1947, Patriarchate of Aquileia, Pazin, Peace of Pressburg (1805), Peninsula, Pepin of Italy, Peroj, Pietro Coppo, Piran, Placitum of Riziano, Poreč, Postojna, Praetorian Palace, Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum, Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca, Province of Trieste, Pula, Raša (river), Region, Republic of Venice, Roč, Roman Catholic Diocese of Poreč-Pula, Romanian language, Rovinj, San Dorligo della Valle, Schengen Area, Serbo-Croatian, Serbs, Shtokavian, Slovene Istria, Slovene language, Slovenes, Slovenia, Social Democratic Party of Croatia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Strabo, TIGR, Treaty of Campo Formio, Treaty of Paris (1810), Treaty of Rapallo (1920), Trieste, Učka, Umag, UNESCO, Venetian language, Višnjan, Vipava Valley, Vlachs, War of the Third Coalition, Western Roman Empire, World War I, World War II, Zagreb. Expand index (97 more) »

Adriatic Sea

The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula.

New!!: Istria and Adriatic Sea · See more »

Albanians

The Albanians (Shqiptarët) are a European ethnic group that is predominantly native to Albania, Kosovo, western Macedonia, southern Serbia, southeastern Montenegro and northwestern Greece, who share a common ancestry, culture and language.

New!!: Istria and Albanians · See more »

Ancient Rome

In historiography, ancient Rome is Roman civilization from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, encompassing the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and Roman Empire until the fall of the western empire.

New!!: Istria and Ancient Rome · See more »

Anti-fascism

Anti-fascism is opposition to fascist ideologies, groups and individuals.

New!!: Istria and Anti-fascism · See more »

Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy in English-language sources, was a constitutional union of the Austrian Empire (the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council, or Cisleithania) and the Kingdom of Hungary (Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen or Transleithania) that existed from 1867 to 1918, when it collapsed as a result of defeat in World War I. The union was a result of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 and came into existence on 30 March 1867.

New!!: Istria and Austria-Hungary · See more »

Austrian Empire

The Austrian Empire (Kaiserthum Oesterreich, modern spelling Kaisertum Österreich) was a Central European multinational great power from 1804 to 1919, created by proclamation out of the realms of the Habsburgs.

New!!: Istria and Austrian Empire · See more »

Austrian Littoral

The Austrian Littoral (Österreichisches Küstenland, Litorale Austriaco, Avstrijsko primorje, Austrijsko primorje, Osztrák Partvidék) was a crown land (Kronland) of the Austrian Empire, established in 1849.

New!!: Istria and Austrian Littoral · See more »

Autonomous administrative division

An autonomous administrative division (also referred to as an autonomous area, entity, unit, region, subdivision, or territory) is a subdivision or dependent territory of a country that has a degree of self-governance, or autonomy, from an external authority.

New!!: Istria and Autonomous administrative division · See more »

Ćićarija

Ćićarija (Čičarija, Cicceria, Monti della Vena, Tschitschen Boden), is a mountainous plateau in the northern and north-eastern part of Istria peninsula, 45 km long and 10–15 km wide.

New!!: Istria and Ćićarija · See more »

Bajamonte Tiepolo

Bajamonte Tiepolo (died after 1329) was a Venetian noble, great-grandson of Doge Jacopo Tiepolo, grandson of Doge Lorenzo Tiepolo, son of Giacomo Tiepolo.

New!!: Istria and Bajamonte Tiepolo · See more »

Bavaria

Bavaria (Bavarian and Bayern), officially the Free State of Bavaria (Freistaat Bayern), is a landlocked federal state of Germany, occupying its southeastern corner.

New!!: Istria and Bavaria · See more »

Black Sea

The Black Sea is a body of water and marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Western Asia.

New!!: Istria and Black Sea · See more »

Bosnia Eyalet

The Eyalet of Bosnia (Eyalet-i Bosna, By Gábor Ágoston, Bruce Alan Masters Bosanski pašaluk) or Bosnia Beylerbeylik (Bosna Beylerbeyliği, Bosanski beglerbegluk) was an eyalet (also known as a beylerbeylik) of the Ottoman Empire, mostly based on the territory of the present-day state of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

New!!: Istria and Bosnia Eyalet · See more »

Bosniaks

The Bosniaks (Bošnjaci,; singular masculine: Bošnjak, feminine: Bošnjakinja) are a South Slavic nation and ethnic group inhabiting mainly the area of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

New!!: Istria and Bosniaks · See more »

Buje

Buje (Buie) is a town situated in Istria, Croatia's westernmost peninsula.

New!!: Istria and Buje · See more »

Buzet

Buzet (Piquentum; Pinguente) is a town in Istria, Croatia, population 6,133 (2011).

New!!: Istria and Buzet · See more »

Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire and Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, which had been founded as Byzantium).

New!!: Istria and Byzantine Empire · See more »

Carantania

Carantania, also known as Carentania (Karantanija, Karantanien, in Old Slavic *Korǫtanъ), was a Slavic principality that emerged in the second half of the 7th century, in the territory of present-day southern Austria and north-eastern Slovenia.

New!!: Istria and Carantania · See more »

Chakavian

Chakavian or Čakavian,, (čakavski, proper name: čakavica or čakavština, own name: čokovski, čakavski, čekavski) is a dialect of the Serbo-Croatian language spoken by a minority of Croats.

New!!: Istria and Chakavian · See more »

Charlemagne

Charlemagne or Charles the Great (Karl der Große, Carlo Magno; 2 April 742 – 28 January 814), numbered Charles I, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Holy Roman Emperor from 800.

New!!: Istria and Charlemagne · See more »

Comune

The comune (plural: comuni) is a basic administrative division in Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality.

New!!: Istria and Comune · See more »

Continental climate

Continental climates are defined in the Köppen climate classification as having the coldest month with the temperature never rising above 0.0° C (32°F) all month long.

New!!: Istria and Continental climate · See more »

Croatia

Croatia (Hrvatska), officially the Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska), is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, on the Adriatic Sea.

New!!: Istria and Croatia · See more »

Croatia–Slovenia border disputes

Following the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991, Slovenia and Croatia became independent countries.

New!!: Istria and Croatia–Slovenia border disputes · See more »

Croatian Democratic Union

The Croatian Democratic Union (Hrvatska demokratska zajednica or HDZ, literally translated: Croatian Democratic Community) is a conservative political party and the main centre-right political party in Croatia.

New!!: Istria and Croatian Democratic Union · See more »

Croatian language

Croatian (hrvatski) is the standardized variety of the Serbo-Croatian language used by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighboring countries.

New!!: Istria and Croatian language · See more »

Croats

Croats (Hrvati) or Croatians are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia.

New!!: Istria and Croats · See more »

Culture of Italy

Italy is considered the birthplace of Western civilization and a cultural superpower.

New!!: Istria and Culture of Italy · See more »

Dalmatia

Dalmatia (Dalmacija; see names in other languages) is one of the four historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia and Istria.

New!!: Istria and Dalmatia · See more »

Dante Alighieri

Durante degli Alighieri, commonly known as Dante Alighieri or simply Dante (c. 1265 – 1321), was a major Italian poet of the Late Middle Ages.

New!!: Istria and Dante Alighieri · See more »

Danube

The Danube or Donau (known by various names in other languages) is Europe's second longest river, after the Volga.

New!!: Istria and Danube · See more »

De facto

In law and government, de facto (or;, "in fact") describes practices that exist in reality, even if not legally recognised by official laws.

New!!: Istria and De facto · See more »

Dragonja

The Dragonja (Dragogna) is a long river in the northern part of the Istrian peninsula.

New!!: Istria and Dragonja · See more »

Duchy of Merania

The Duchy of Merania (Herzogtum Meranien, Vojvodina Meranija) was a fiefdom of the Holy Roman Empire from 1152 until 1248.

New!!: Istria and Duchy of Merania · See more »

European Union

The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of EUnum member states that are located primarily in Europe.

New!!: Istria and European Union · See more »

First French Empire

The First French Empire (Empire Français) was the empire of Napoleon Bonaparte of France and the dominant power in much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.

New!!: Istria and First French Empire · See more »

Free Territory of Trieste

The Free Territory of Trieste (Territorio libero di Trieste, Svobodno tržaško ozemlje; Slobodni Teritorij Trsta) was an independent territory situated in Central Europe between northern Italy and Yugoslavia, facing the north part of the Adriatic Sea, under direct responsibility of the United Nations Security Council in the aftermath of World War II.

New!!: Istria and Free Territory of Trieste · See more »

German language

German (Deutsch) is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe.

New!!: Istria and German language · See more »

Google Books

Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search and Google Print and by its codename Project Ocean) is a service from Google Inc. that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database.

New!!: Istria and Google Books · See more »

Goriška

Goriška is a historical region in western Slovenia on the border with Italy.

New!!: Istria and Goriška · See more »

Goths

The Goths (Gut-þiuda; Gothi) were an East Germanic people, two of whose branches, the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths, played an important role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire through the long series of Gothic Wars and in the emergence of Medieval Europe.

New!!: Istria and Goths · See more »

Gulf of Trieste

The Gulf of Trieste (Golfo di Trieste, Tržaški zaliv, Tršćanski zaljev, Golf von Triest) is a very shallow bay of the Adriatic Sea, in the extreme northern part of the Adriatic Sea.

New!!: Istria and Gulf of Trieste · See more »

Habsburg Monarchy

The Habsburg Monarchy (Habsburgermonarchie) or Empire is an unofficial appellation among historians for the countries and provinces that were ruled by the junior Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg between 1521 and 1780 and then by the successor branch of Habsburg-Lorraine until 1918.

New!!: Istria and Habsburg Monarchy · See more »

History of Istria

Istria, formerly Histria (Latin), is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea.

New!!: Istria and History of Istria · See more »

Histria (ancient city)

Histria or Istros (Ἰστρίη, Thracian river god, Danube), was a Greek colony or polis (πόλις, city) near the mouths of the Danube (known as Ister in Ancient Greek), on the western coast of the Black Sea.

New!!: Istria and Histria (ancient city) · See more »

Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire (Sacrum Romanum Imperium; Heiliges Römisches Reich) was a multi-ethnic but mostly German complex of territories in central Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806.

New!!: Istria and Holy Roman Empire · See more »

House of Habsburg

The House of Habsburg (traditionally spelled Hapsburg in English), also called House of Austria was one of the most influential and distinguished royal houses of Europe.

New!!: Istria and House of Habsburg · See more »

Hum, Croatia

Hum (Colmo; Cholm) is a town in the central part of Istria, northwest Croatia, 7 km from Roč.

New!!: Istria and Hum, Croatia · See more »

Iapydes

The Iapydes (or Iapodes, Japodes; Ιάποδες) were an ancient people who dwelt north of and inland from the Liburnians, off the Adriatic coast and eastwards of the Istrian peninsula.

New!!: Istria and Iapydes · See more »

Ideology

An Ideology is a collection of normative beliefs and values that an individual or group holds for other than purely epistemic reasons.

New!!: Istria and Ideology · See more »

Ilirska Bistrica

Ilirska Bistrica (Illyrisch Feistritz; Villa del Nevoso, before 1927: Bisterza) is a town in the Inner Carniola region of southwestern Slovenia.

New!!: Istria and Ilirska Bistrica · See more »

Illyrian Provinces

The Illyrian Provinces was an autonomous province of France during the First French Empire that existed under Napoleonic Rule from 1809 to 1814.

New!!: Istria and Illyrian Provinces · See more »

Indigenous language

An indigenous language or autochthonous language is a language that is native to a region and spoken by indigenous people, often reduced to the status of a minority language.

New!!: Istria and Indigenous language · See more »

Inner Carniola

Inner Carniola (Notranjska) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the southwestern part of the larger Carniola region. It comprises the Hrušica karst plateau up to Postojna Gate, bordering the Slovenian Littoral (Goriška) in the west. Its administrative and economic center of the region is Postojna, while other minor centers include Logatec, Cerknica, Pivka and Ilirska Bistrica.

New!!: Istria and Inner Carniola · See more »

Istria County

Istria County (Istarska županija; Regione istriana, "Istrian Region") is the westernmost county of Croatia which includes the biggest part of the Istrian peninsula (out of, or 89%).

New!!: Istria and Istria County · See more »

Istria, Constanța

Istria is a commune in Constanța County, Romania.

New!!: Istria and Istria, Constanța · See more »

Istrian Albanian

Istrian Albanian is an extinct dialect of the Albanian language, which was spoken in the area of Poreč, Croatia, until the late 19th century.

New!!: Istria and Istrian Albanian · See more »

Istrian Democratic Assembly

The Istrian Democratic Assembly (Istarski demokratski sabor, Dieta democratica istriana or IDS-DDI) is a centre-left regionalist liberal political party in Croatia primarily operating in Istria County.

New!!: Istria and Istrian Democratic Assembly · See more »

Istrian Italians

Istrian Italians are an ethnic group in the northern Adriatic region of Istria, related to the Italian people of Italy.

New!!: Istria and Istrian Italians · See more »

Istrian-Dalmatian exodus

The term Istrian-Dalmatian exodus refers to the post-World War II expulsion and departure of ethnic Italians from the Yugoslav territory of Istria, as well as the cities of Zadar and Rijeka.

New!!: Istria and Istrian-Dalmatian exodus · See more »

Istriot language

Istriot is a Romance language spoken by about 400 people in the southwestern part of the Istrian Peninsula in Croatia, particularly in Rovinj and Vodnjan.

New!!: Istria and Istriot language · See more »

Istro-Romanians

Istro-Romanians / Istrorumeni (ethnonym: Rumeni and occasionally also Rumâri and Rumêri), also called Ćiribirci, Ćići, and Vlahi by the local population, and Istro-Romanians by linguists, are a small ethnic group living in small area of northeastern Istria, in the village Žejane in eastern plateau of mountain Ćićarija, and several villages in a region of former Lake Čepić west of Mt.

New!!: Istria and Istro-Romanians · See more »

Italian irredentism

Italian irredentism (irredentismo italiano) was a nationalist movement during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Italy with irredentist goals which promoted the unification of geographic areas in which indigenous ethnic Italians and Italian-speaking persons formed a majority, or substantial minority, of the population.

New!!: Istria and Italian irredentism · See more »

Italian language

Italian (or lingua italiana) is a Romance language.

New!!: Istria and Italian language · See more »

Italianization

Italianization (Italianizzazione; talijanizacija; poitaljančevanje; Italianisierung; Ιταλοποίηση) is the spread of Italian culture, people, or language, either by integration or assimilation.

New!!: Istria and Italianization · See more »

Italians

The Italians (Italiani) are a Latin European ethnic group and nation native to the Italian peninsula.

New!!: Istria and Italians · See more »

Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

New!!: Istria and Italy · See more »

Izola

Izola (Isola) is an old fishing town and a municipality in southwestern Slovenia on the Adriatic coast of the Istrian peninsula.

New!!: Istria and Izola · See more »

Karst Plateau

The Karst Plateau or the Karst region (Carso; Kras), also simply known as the Karst, is a limestone plateau region extending across the border of southwestern Slovenia and northeastern Italy.

New!!: Istria and Karst Plateau · See more »

Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102)

The Kingdom of Croatia (Regnum Croatiae; Kraljevina Hrvatska, Hrvatsko Kraljevstvo) was a medieval kingdom in Central Europe comprising most of what is today Croatia (without western Istria and some Dalmatian coastal cities), as well as most of the modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina.

New!!: Istria and Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102) · See more »

Kingdom of Illyria (1816–49)

The Kingdom of Illyria was a crown land of the Austrian Empire from 1816 to 1849, the successor state of the Napoleonic Illyrian Provinces, reconquered by Austria in the War of the Sixth Coalition and restored according to the Final Act of the Vienna Congress.

New!!: Istria and Kingdom of Illyria (1816–49) · See more »

Kingdom of Italy

The Kingdom of Italy (Regno d'Italia) was a state which existed from 1861—when King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy—until 1946—when a constitutional referendum led civil discontent to abandon the monarchy and form the modern Italian Republic.

New!!: Istria and Kingdom of Italy · See more »

Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)

The Kingdom of Italy (Regno d'Italia; Royaume d'Italie) was a French client state founded in Northern Italy by Napoleon I, fully influenced by revolutionary France, that ended with his defeat and fall.

New!!: Istria and Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) · See more »

Kingdom of the Lombards

The Kingdom of the Lombards (Regnum Langobardorum) also known as the Lombard Kingdom; later the Kingdom of (all) Italy (Regnum totius Italiae), was an early medieval state established by the Lombards, a Germanic people, on the Italian Peninsula in the latter part of the 6th century.

New!!: Istria and Kingdom of the Lombards · See more »

Koper

Koper (Capodistria) is a city in southwestern Slovenia, with the other Slovenian coastal towns Ankaran, Izola, Piran, and Portorož, situated along the country's 47-kilometre coastline, in the Istrian Region, approximately five kilometres from its border with Italy.

New!!: Istria and Koper · See more »

Kvarner Gulf

The Kvarner Gulf (or, Sinus Flanaticus or Liburnicus sinus), sometimes also Kvarner Bay, is a bay in the northern Adriatic Sea, located between the Istrian peninsula and the northern Croatian Littoral mainland.

New!!: Istria and Kvarner Gulf · See more »

Labin

Labin (Albona) is a town in Istria, Croatia, with a town population of 6,893 (2011) and 11,642 in the greater municipality (which also includes the small towns of Rabac and Vinež, as well as a number of smaller villages).

New!!: Istria and Labin · See more »

Liburnia

Liburnia in ancient geography was the land of the Liburnians, a region along the northeastern Adriatic coast in Europe, in modern Croatia, whose borders shifted according to the extent of the Liburnian dominance at a given time between 11th and 1st century BC.

New!!: Istria and Liburnia · See more »

Liburnians

The Liburnians (or Liburni) were an ancient Illyrian tribe inhabiting the district called Liburnia, a coastal region of the northeastern Adriatic between the rivers Arsia (Raša) and Titius (Krka) in what is now Croatia.

New!!: Istria and Liburnians · See more »

Lim (Croatia)

The Lim bay and valley is a peculiar geographic feature found near Rovinj and Vrsar on the western coast of Istria, south of Poreč, Croatia.

New!!: Istria and Lim (Croatia) · See more »

March of Istria

The March of Istria (or Margraviate of Istria) was originally a Carolingian frontier march covering the Istrian peninsula and surrounding territory conquered by Charlemagne's son Pepin of Italy in 789.

New!!: Istria and March of Istria · See more »

Mediterranean climate

A Mediterranean climate or dry summer climate is characterized by rainy winters and dry summers.

New!!: Istria and Mediterranean climate · See more »

Mirna (Croatia)

The Mirna (Quieto) is a river in Istria, Croatia.

New!!: Istria and Mirna (Croatia) · See more »

Monte Montona

Monte Montona is a low mountain in the western part of the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde.

New!!: Istria and Monte Montona · See more »

Montenegrins

Montenegrins (Montenegrin: Црногорци/Crnogorci, or), literally "People of the Black Mountain", are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Montenegro.

New!!: Istria and Montenegrins · See more »

Motovun

Motovun (Montona or Montona d'Istria) is a village in central Istria, Croatia.

New!!: Istria and Motovun · See more »

Muggia

Muggia (Milje, Venetian, Triestine dialect: Muja, Mulgs, Friulian: Mugle) is an Italian town and comune in the extreme south-east of the Province of Trieste in the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia on the border with Slovenia.

New!!: Istria and Muggia · See more »

Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina

The Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina (Občina Hrpelje - Kozina) is a municipality in the Littoral region of Slovenia.

New!!: Istria and Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina · See more »

Napoleon

Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars.

New!!: Istria and Napoleon · See more »

Nationalism

Nationalism is a political, social, and economic system characterized by the promotion of the interests of a particular nation, especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining sovereignty (self-governance) over the homeland.

New!!: Istria and Nationalism · See more »

Nationalities Papers

Nationalities Papers is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Routledge for the Association for the Study of Nationalities.

New!!: Istria and Nationalities Papers · See more »

Oceanic climate

An oceanic or highland climate, also known as a marine or maritime climate, is the Köppen classification of climate typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, and generally features cool summers (relative to their latitude) and cool winters, with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature, with the exception for transitional areas to continental, subarctic and highland climates.

New!!: Istria and Oceanic climate · See more »

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire (دولت عليه عثمانیه,, literally The Exalted Ottoman State; Modern Turkish: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu or Osmanlı Devleti), also historically known in Western Europe as the Turkish Empire"The Ottoman Empire-also known in Europe as the Turkish Empire" or simply Turkey, was a state that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia and North Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries.

New!!: Istria and Ottoman Empire · See more »

Pannonian Avars

The Pannonian Avars (also known as the Obri in chronicles of Rus, the Abaroi or Varchonitai at the Encyclopedia of Ukraine (Varchonites) or Pseudo-Avars in Byzantine sources) were a group of Eurasian nomads of unknown origin: "...

New!!: Istria and Pannonian Avars · See more »

Paris Peace Treaties, 1947

The Paris Peace Treaties (Traité de Paris) was signed on 10 February 1947, as the outcome of the Paris Peace Conference, held from 29 July to 15 October 1946.

New!!: Istria and Paris Peace Treaties, 1947 · See more »

Patriarchate of Aquileia

The Patriarchate of Aquileia was an episcopal see in northeastern Italy, centred on the ancient city of Aquileia situated at the head of the Adriatic, on what is now the Italian seacoast.

New!!: Istria and Patriarchate of Aquileia · See more »

Pazin

Pazin (Pisino, Mitterburg) is a city in western Croatia, the administrative seat of Istria County.

New!!: Istria and Pazin · See more »

Peace of Pressburg (1805)

The fourth Peace of Pressburg (also known as the Treaty of Pressburg; Preßburger Frieden; Traité de Presbourg) was signed on 26 December 1805 between Napoleon and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II as a consequence of the French victories over the Austrians at Ulm (25 September – 20 October) and Austerlitz (2 December).

New!!: Istria and Peace of Pressburg (1805) · See more »

Peninsula

A peninsula (paeninsula from paene "almost” and insula "island") is a piece of land surrounded by water on the majority of its border, while being connected to a mainland from which it extends.

New!!: Istria and Peninsula · See more »

Pepin of Italy

Pepin or Pippin (or Pepin Carloman, Pepinno, April 773 – 8 July 810), born Carloman, was the son of Charlemagne and King of the Lombards (781–810) under the authority of his father.

New!!: Istria and Pepin of Italy · See more »

Peroj

Peroj (Peroi) is a village in the Vodnjan municipality on the south-western coast of Istria, Croatia.

New!!: Istria and Peroj · See more »

Pietro Coppo

Pietro Coppo (1469/70 – 1555/56; Petrus Coppus) was an Italian geographer and cartographer who wrote a description of the entire world as known in the 16th century, accompanied by a set of systematically arranged maps, one of the first rutters and also a precise description of the Istrian Peninsula, accompanied by its first regional map.

New!!: Istria and Pietro Coppo · See more »

Piran

Piran (Pirano) is a town in southwestern Slovenia on the Gulf of Piran on the Adriatic Sea.

New!!: Istria and Piran · See more »

Placitum of Riziano

The Placitum of Riziano (Placito del Risano) was a dispute that took place c. 804 around the river Riziano, probably at Rižana in modern Slovenia.

New!!: Istria and Placitum of Riziano · See more »

Poreč

Poreč/Parenzo (Latin: Parens or Parentium; Italian: Parenzo; Ancient Greek: Πάρενθος Pàrenthos) is a town and municipality on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula, in Istria County, Croatia.

New!!: Istria and Poreč · See more »

Postojna

Postojna (Adelsberg, Postumia) is a town in the traditional region of Inner Carniola, from Trieste, in southwestern Slovenia.

New!!: Istria and Postojna · See more »

Praetorian Palace

The Praetorian Palace (Pretorska palača, palazzo Pretorio) is a 15th-century Venetian Gothic palace in the city of Koper, in southwest Slovenia.

New!!: Istria and Praetorian Palace · See more »

Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum

The praetorian prefecture of Illyricum (praefectura praetorio per Illyricum; ἐπαρχότης/ὑπαρχία τοῦ Ἰλλυρικοῦ, also termed simply the Prefecture of Illyricum) was one of four praetorian prefectures into which the Late Roman Empire was divided.

New!!: Istria and Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum · See more »

Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca

The Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca (Gefürstete Grafschaft Görz und Gradisca; Principesca Contea di Gorizia e Gradisca; Poknežena grofija Goriška in Gradiščanska) was a crown land of the Habsburg dynasty within the Austrian Littoral on the Adriatic Sea, in what is now a multilingual border area of Italy and Slovenia.

New!!: Istria and Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca · See more »

Province of Trieste

The Province of Trieste (Provincia di Trieste, Tržaška pokrajina; provinzia di Triest) was a province in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy.

New!!: Istria and Province of Trieste · See more »

Pula

Pula or Pola (Italian and Istro-Romanian: Pola; Colonia Pietas Iulia Pola Pollentia Herculanea; Slovene and Chakavian: Pulj, Hungarian: Póla, Polei, Ancient Greek: Πόλαι, Polae) is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia and the eighth largest city in the country, situated at the southern tip of the Istria peninsula, with a population of 57,460 in 2011.

New!!: Istria and Pula · See more »

Raša (river)

The Raša, (Arsia, Italian: Arsa) in Croatian Istria is a major river of Croatia's Istria County.

New!!: Istria and Raša (river) · See more »

Region

In geography, regions are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and the environment (environmental geography).

New!!: Istria and Region · See more »

Republic of Venice

The Republic of Venice (Repubblica di Venezia, later: Repubblica Veneta; Repùblica de Venèsia, later: Repùblica Vèneta), traditionally known as La Serenissima (Most Serene Republic of Venice) (Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia; Serenìsima Repùblica Vèneta), was a sovereign state and maritime republic in northeastern Italy, which existed for a millennium between the 8th century and the 18th century.

New!!: Istria and Republic of Venice · See more »

Roč

Roč (Rozzo, Rotz) is a village in Istria County, north-west Croatia.

New!!: Istria and Roč · See more »

Roman Catholic Diocese of Poreč-Pula

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Poreč and Pula (Porečko-pulska biskupija; Dioecesis Parentina et Polensis) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Rijeka on Istria peninsula, in Croatia.

New!!: Istria and Roman Catholic Diocese of Poreč-Pula · See more »

Romanian language

Romanian (obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; autonym: limba română, "the Romanian language", or românește, lit. "in Romanian") is an East Romance language spoken by approximately 24–26 million people as a native language, primarily in Romania and Moldova, and by another 4 million people as a second language.

New!!: Istria and Romanian language · See more »

Rovinj

Rovinj-Rovigno (Croatian; Rovigno, Ancient Greek: Ρυγίνιον (Ryginion), Ruginium) is a city in Croatia situated on the north Adriatic Sea with a population of 14,294 (2011).

New!!: Istria and Rovinj · See more »

San Dorligo della Valle

San Dorligo della Valle (Dolina; Triestine: Dolina and San Dorligo) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Trieste in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about southeast of Trieste, on the border with Slovenia.

New!!: Istria and San Dorligo della Valle · See more »

Schengen Area

The Schengen Area is an area comprising 26 European states that have officially abolished passport and all other types of border control at their mutual borders.

New!!: Istria and Schengen Area · See more »

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian, also called Serbo-Croat, Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), or Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS), is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro.

New!!: Istria and Serbo-Croatian · See more »

Serbs

The Serbs (Срби / Srbi) are a South Slavic ethnic group that formed in the Balkans.

New!!: Istria and Serbs · See more »

Shtokavian

Shtokavian or Štokavian (štokavski / штокавски) is the prestige dialect of the pluricentric Serbo-Croatian language, and the basis of its Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin standards.

New!!: Istria and Shtokavian · See more »

Slovene Istria

Slovene Istria (slovenska Istra, Istria slovena) is a region in southwest of Slovenia.

New!!: Istria and Slovene Istria · See more »

Slovene language

Slovene or Slovenian (slovenski jezik or slovenščina) belongs to the group of South Slavic languages.

New!!: Istria and Slovene language · See more »

Slovenes

The Slovenes, also called as Slovenians (Slovenci), are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Slovenia who share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak Slovenian as their first language.

New!!: Istria and Slovenes · See more »

Slovenia

Slovenia (Slovenija), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene:, abbr.: RS), is a country in southern Central Europe, located at the crossroads of main European cultural and trade routes.

New!!: Istria and Slovenia · See more »

Social Democratic Party of Croatia

The Social Democratic Party of Croatia (Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske or SDP) is a social-democratic political party and the largest party of the Croatian centre-left.

New!!: Istria and Social Democratic Party of Croatia · See more »

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFR Yugoslavia or SFRY) was a socialist state led by the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, that existed from its foundation in the aftermath of World War II until its dissolution in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars.

New!!: Istria and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · See more »

Strabo

Strabo (Στράβων Strábōn; 64 or 63 BC AD 24) was a Greek geographer, philosopher, and historian who lived in Asia Minor during the transitional period of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.

New!!: Istria and Strabo · See more »

TIGR

TIGR, an abbreviation for Trst (Trieste), Istra (Istria), Gorica (Gorizia) and Reka (Rijeka), full name Revolutionary Organization of the Julian March T.I.G.R. (Revolucionarna organizacija Julijske krajine T.I.G.R.), was a militant anti-fascist and insurgent organization established as a response to the Fascist Italianization of the Slovene and Croat people on part of the former Austro-Hungarian territories that became part of Italy after the First World War, and were known at the time as the Julian March.

New!!: Istria and TIGR · See more »

Treaty of Campo Formio

The Treaty of Campo Formio (today Campoformido) was signed on 18 October 1797 (27 Vendémiaire VI) by Napoleon Bonaparte and Count Philipp von Cobenzl as representatives of the French Republic and the Austrian monarchy, respectively.

New!!: Istria and Treaty of Campo Formio · See more »

Treaty of Paris (1810)

The Treaty of Paris, signed on 6 January 1810, ended the war between France and Sweden after Sweden's defeat by Russia, an ally of France, in the Finnish War of 1808-1809.

New!!: Istria and Treaty of Paris (1810) · See more »

Treaty of Rapallo (1920)

The Treaty of Rapallo was a treaty between the Kingdom of Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed Yugoslavia in 1929), signed to solve the dispute over some territories in the former Austrian Littoral in the upper Adriatic, and in Dalmatia.

New!!: Istria and Treaty of Rapallo (1920) · See more »

Trieste

Trieste (Trst) is a city and a seaport in northeastern Italy.

New!!: Istria and Trieste · See more »

Učka

The Učka (Monte Maggiore) is a mountain range in northwestern Croatia.

New!!: Istria and Učka · See more »

Umag

Umag (Umago) is a coastal city in Istria, Croatia.

New!!: Istria and Umag · See more »

UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.

New!!: Istria and UNESCO · See more »

Venetian language

Venetian or Venetan (Venetian: vèneto, vènet or łéngua vèneta) is a Romance language spoken as a native language by almost four million people in the northeast of Italy,Ethnologue.

New!!: Istria and Venetian language · See more »

Višnjan

Višnjan (Visignano) is a village and municipality in Istria, Croatia.

New!!: Istria and Višnjan · See more »

Vipava Valley

The Vipava Valley (Vipavska dolina, Wippachtal, Valle del Vipacco) is a valley in the Slovenian Littoral, roughly between the village of Podnanos to the east and the border with Italy to the west.

New!!: Istria and Vipava Valley · See more »

Vlachs

Vlachs (or, or rarely), also Wallachians (and many other variants), is a historical term from the Middle Ages which designates an exonym (a name given by foreigners) used mostly for the Romanians who lived north and south of the Danube.

New!!: Istria and Vlachs · See more »

War of the Third Coalition

The War of the Third Coalition was a European conflict spanning the years 1803 to 1806.

New!!: Istria and War of the Third Coalition · See more »

Western Roman Empire

In historiography, the Western Roman Empire refers to the western provinces of the Roman Empire at any one time during which they were administered by a separate independent Imperial court, coequal with that administering the eastern half, then referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire.

New!!: Istria and Western Roman Empire · See more »

World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

New!!: Istria and World War I · See more »

World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

New!!: Istria and World War II · See more »

Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of Croatia.

New!!: Istria and Zagreb · See more »

Redirects here:

Histrica, Istria (Croatia and Slovenia), Istrian, Istrian Peninsula, Istrian peninsula, Istrian peninusla, Istrians, Istrie, Istrien.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istria

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »