Porec - the jewel of Istria

Porec (ital. Parenzo, lat. Parens or Parentium) is a city in Croatia situated on the western coast of the

Istrian peninsula. Porec is located at 45.2258 degrees north latitude and 13.593 degrees east

longitude. It lies at an altitude of 29 meters.

The city, which is almost two thousand years old, is located in the harbor which is protected from the

sea by the island Sveti Nikola. Of the approximately 10,500 inhabitants of the city, most of them live

in the suburbs. Porec municipality has a total population of about 20,000.

Porec region or area covers 142 km, with a coastline 37 km long, from the Mirna River near Novigrad

in the north to Funtana and Vrsar in the south. In Poretinu except the town of Porec fall municipality

Funtana, Katelir-Labinci, Sveti Lovre, Tar, Pore, Rovinj and Viinada.

Climate

The climate is very mild, without oppressive summer heat. August is the hottest month with an

average of 30 0C and low humidity, while January is the coldest with an average of 5 0C. The city has

more than 3850 hours of sunshine a year, an average of more than 10 hours of sun on a summer day.

The sea temperature can be raised to 28 0C, which is higher than the temperature in southern

Croatia. Average annual precipitation of 920 mm is evenly distributed throughout the year. In Porec

wind blows from the north and in winter brings cold and sunny, south, warm wind from the south

bringing rain, and mistral, a summer breeze blowing from the sea to the mainland.

Landscape

Nearby is the grotto cave, the only open geological monument in Istria. Lim Fjord is a bay like a fjord

entering in the coastline 12 km, and it was created because of the action of the river Pazinica. You

cac sometimes find boulders of quartz which are exposed due to the sea.

The landscape has a rich Mediterranean vegetation, with forests of pine and green bush. The ground

seems fertile red soil together with stones. Measles is good for agriculture (crops, orchards, olive

groves, vegetable gardens). Today, production of organic foods, olives, grapes and quality wine

varieties such as Malvasia, Gamay, Merlot, Pinot and Teran, forms an important part of Porec

economy. The landscape of Porec is so beautiful that you have to see it for yourself. So book your trip

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History

Porec has been inhabited since prehistoric times. During the second century BC, the Roman castrum

was built on a tiny peninsula, which was 400 m long and 200 m wide, and where now stands the

heart of the old city. During the reign of Emperor Augustus in the 1st century, the castrum was

officially declared the city and turned into a Roman colony Colonia Iulia Parentium. At the time of

Rome Porec gets its first walls, the whole city was surrounded except the west side or top of the

peninsula where there was a Neptune or Jupiter's temple. In the third century, the city already had

organized Christian community and early Christian church complex. The Christian community has

almost completely disappeared in the time of Emperor Diocletian when hurt and Porec martyrs are

St. Mauro and St. Eleuterije. St. Eleuterije according to tradition, tied to a stone and thrown into the

sea in the bay Peskera. Today, next to the bay is St. Eleuterije church from the 15th century.

1797 Napoleon occupied Venice and abolished the Venetian Republic, Porec comes under the

administration of Austria, and then in 1806 as part of the Illyrian provinces became part of

Napoleon's Empire, after the fall of Napoleon Porec again becomes part of Austria as part

margraviate Istria. In 1861, the Imperial patent Istria gets their autonomy and Porec became the seat

of the provincial parliament: Istrian Parliament (Diet istriana). Sessions were held at the Cathedral.

During the 19th century, Porec became the scene of national ideologies, Italian on one side and

Croatian on the other side. At the same time the city and the whole region is experiencing the

modernization and economic development, so the early 20th century established railway line Porec -

Trieste, known as the Parenzana, also due to the tourism and the first hotels were built.

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After World War I Austria collapses and the city came under Italian rule. During 20 years, the town

economic collapse, especially tourism, then was canceled railroad line Parenzana. During World War

II the city was repeatedly bombed and town center was badly damaged, destroyed the Franciscan

monastery and several "insula" of the old town core. 1947 Paris Peace Conference, Istria, Porec with

it and become a part of Yugoslavia, and the city is leaving between 80% and 90% of its population

and goes into exile in Italy. Yugoslav period was characterized by industrialization (fish processing

factory "Shell") and the construction of tourist facilities.

1991 there was a change at the national level when Croatian declares independence from Yugoslavia

and Porec as part of Croatian enters the 21st century.

Tourism

Austrian vapor-ship company Lloyd from Trieste, opened in 1844 a tourist line on which the city of

Porec could be found. Already in 1845 Porec published the first tourist guide with pictures and

descriptions. The Austro-Hungarian aristocracy discovered in 1866 Porec, when Austrian Archduchess

Stephanie presented the city to the public by sailing into port in Porec on her yacht Phantasy.

Archduke Charles Stephen and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria spent the holidays here in

1867, while Karl Ludwig came in 1868. The oldest hotel and trademark history of Porec tourism is the

Riviera, built in 1910. After the lift Parentino and other hotels. But tourists mostly stay in apartments

in Porec.

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Although unknown outside of Europe, Porec has since the 1970s one of the main centers of Croatian

tourism. Thirty hotels in Porec have more than 95,000 beds, and there are 13 campsites, a nudist

camp, 16 apartment complexes, villas, bungalows and family homes. This is an incredible number

considering the size of the city itself. Tourist infrastructure is intentionally dispersed along the 37

kilometers of coastline between the river Mirna and the Lim Channel. In the south of the big

independent centers like Blue Lagoon, Green Lagoon, White Cove and Brulo. To the north are

Materada, ervar-Porat, Ulika and Lanterna. Here stays at more than 30% of tourists on the west

coast of Istria, the most intensive tourism Croatian territory. This summer "suburbs" have their

hotels, beaches, camps, marinas, shopping centers, transport, playgrounds, entertainment and

various shops. In the summer season in Porec area temporarily finds and accommodates 120,000

people. Since the people during the day swim outside the city, the evening comes to the tourist rush

of the old town, which is then filled with a bunch of walkers from all European countries, and the

services they offer in shops, restaurants, discos and bars, as well as numerous galleries.

During the off-season, Porec is a destination weekend tourists from Croatian, Slovenia, Austria, and

Italy in particular. Sports infrastructure is developed and used throughout the year. During the

Homeland War (1991-1994.), tourist infrastructure is housed refugees from other parts of Croatian

and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Memorials and monuments

The old city street layout preserved is Roman castrum. Main streets Dekumanus and Cardo Maximus

are still preserved in its original ancient form. Marafor was a Roman square (forum) with two

temples. One of them, built in the 1st century, is dedicated to the Roman god Neptune, 30 meters

wide and 11 meters long. A few houses were saved from the Roman period (Roman house on

Marafor), as well as some beautiful Venetian Gothic palaces. Istrian Assembly, originally a Franciscan

church dating from the 13th century, remodeled in the Baroque style in the 18th century.

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Euphrasius basilica from the 5th century, which is the original church first expanded in the 6th

century under the Byzantine Empire and bishop Euphrasios, the most important and most valuable

cultural monument of Porec, a UNESCO in 1997. protected as a World Heritage Site.

The town was fortified by walls from the 12th to the 19th century.