The Food market at Narodni Trg
by Ekaterinburg
On a Sunny Monday mornng the marketplace at Narodni Trg was buzzing. We came upon it about halfway up Ul Flanaticka and my insides did a little flip with excitement. I love markets, especially food markets and if a sunny morning is thrown in, then all's right with my world. This market takes place in a sylvan setting under huge trees that provide plenty of shade. We bought pistsachios and grapes and nibbled as we admired the produce. Where I live, chestnuts are either trodden underfoot or used as playthings by children, so I particularly liked seeing large trays of them for sale. The only thing I didn't like here looked like vacuum-wrapped cabbage. I saw those a lot in Istria and to a non-cabbage person they looked pretty gross.
The Roman Forum
by montezaro
The Roman Forum, the central square in classical antiquity, was built on the west side of the city immediately close to the sea. It is a retangular area, 37 by 81 metres, around which the most important buildings of the religious, administrative, and judicial life of the city were located.
Opening Times...
by coceng
The opening times of Pula Amphitheater :ADMISSION 14 KN
8 AM TO 9 PM DAILY HIGH SEASON
8 AM TO 4.30 PM DAILY LOW SEASON.
Tel : 219 028 ; FLAVIJEVSKA UL.It is situated overlooking the harbour north east of the Old Town.
Builder of the fortress
by JLBG
The fortress has been built in 1631 on a four branches star like plan with powerful bastions. The architect was Antoine DEVILLE, a French military engineer that was hired by the "Serenissime Republic of Venice". An alley that runs from ulica Sergievaca to ulica Castropola has been given his name.
Nota 1 : he may be a descendant of captain Antoine DEVILLE who on June 26, 1492, originated modern mountaineering by succeeding, with seven companions and by order of King Charles VIII of France, the first ascent of the Mont Aiguille which was said to be inaccessible. The Mont Aiguille, 2086 meters high, is located at the East of the Vercors mountains, 40 km South of Grenoble city.
Nota 2 : he does not seem to be related with Henri-Etienne Sainte-Claire DEVILLE (1818-1881) who worked on the metallurgy of aluminum, and devised the first commercial process of producing the metal.
Colloseum
by codrutz
I really liked the colloseum. That was the first one I've seen, that's because I haven't been in Italy for the time being. But what ever big and nicer would be the Rome Colloseum, this will be in my memory as the first colloseum I've been visited.
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Cathedral tower
St. Martin church in the village
Town Hall building
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