Where is Pula?
Pula is located in Croatia, on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula, washed by the azure waters of the Adriatic Sea.
It is a resort town with a salubrious Mediterranean climate and low open terrain with an abundance of coniferous forests, a major port serving the islands of St. Katerina, St. Andrew, Uljanik, cultural and administrative center of Istria.
Pula has a population of about 58,000 people, who are employed mainly in the tourism industry, but also in winemaking, fishing, and shipbuilding at the oldest company in the region, the Uljanik shipyard.
The national currency is the Croatian kuna (HRK).
History of Pula
If legends are to be believed, Pula was founded more than three thousand years ago by natives of ancient Colchis and became one of the first Greek colonies in the northern Adriatic. Its early prosperity is associated with the city's coming under Roman rule in 45-46 B.C. Then, in the 5th-11th centuries, the region was the site of power struggles between the Ostrogoths, Franks, and Slavs.
Pula's history also includes the Venetian, French, and Austro-Hungarian periods, each reflected in the architecture, culture, and gastronomy of the city and Istria as a whole.
