Pula was an hour’s bus ride from Rovinj and is a great spot for a day trip with a bustling old town, Roman ruins and plenty to point the Ricoh at.

pula tourism
Tourist info – Pula

Pula has its own amphitheatre, a wee colosseum.

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Pula Amphitheatre
pula ampitheatre
Pula Amphitheatre
pula wall
old building with 3 owners embedded
pula rain
refuge from the rain – it can get wet

Croatia of course has a fascinating recent history, particularly during the second world war where as well as being occupied by Nazi Germany, it had its own collaborating dark side – the fascist Ustaša which was resisted and subsequently defeated by anti fascist Yugoslav movements.  There are a number of memorial to anti-fascism and Pula has a large memorial garden alongside the main harbour.

pula antifacist memorial
Anti-fascist memorial
Pula Tito
Tito
Pula memorial
anti-fascist memorial
pula petrovic
Ruza Petrovic – partisan blinded by fascists

Back in the old town the town-hall is on a old Roman site
Pula ruins

pula bar
some old buildings of course become bars

And various remnants of old walls and portals into the old city

Pula archway 2
archway into old town

 

pula James Joyce
and of course, there is the Irish presence – a James Joyce bar

Shot on Rollei RPX25 and Fomapan 100.