Pula Local Customs

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There is an upscale shopping on some streets, and you are able to see the dressed up look. A large number of women wear 4-6" heels and also like tight jeans. It is like dress up-casual look. Check it out

This is the most attractive palace in whole of Pula, situated very close to what is central part of the town nowadays. Originally, it was built as a residential palace to Maria Theresia, female Enperor of Hapsburg Monarchy, during her visits to Pula. In Hapsburg times, Pula was the biggest maritime centar in the monarchy and the biggest war port.
After WWI, the Hapsburgs have left Pula for good and since then this building....

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At the end of Kandlerova street, right in direction to Arena, there used to be industrial zone, but disappeared nowadays. This tall brick made chimney was a part of a clothing factory, which still excisting there but the chimney is out of use now. It still stands reminding us on the industrial period of the 20th century.

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At the first sight it doesn't look alike but fact is, the city pf Pula has very long naval tradition. The ancient city structure is situated around huge natural bay, well protected of winds and waves. It used to be commercial port but then Hapsburgs turned it into the biggest and most imprtant military port of the whole Empire. Due to its strategic position, it used to be strong military centre in former Yugoslavia too. Nowadays, however, Pula is turned to ordinary coastal town while its natural port becoming significant yachting centre.

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This is one of the most impressive building in Pula, built in neo-classical style and situated on the Main Square of the town, colloqially called Giardini (means gardens in Italian).
First it was Italian Bank - the building was donation of the Italian Government under the rule of Mussolini - nowadays it is an Financial institution of the Croatian Government.

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The great world wide known Irish writer have spend a part of his life in the town of Pula teaching English language. The school was right next to the famous Arch of Sergeius Family, also the apartment where James Joyce were lived.
A foot of his home there was an cafe-bar, at the very same spot where the new one was reopened, and it was the writer favorite place where he used to spend hours watching locals passing by.
Nowadays, here stands the statue of James Joyce, great writer sitting in the shadow of the ancient Roman Arch, do not miss it when visiting Pula.

The Museum was established in 1925, in the building of the former German grammar school.
The museum holds prehistoric exibition with exibits from Palaeolithic to the Bronze, monuments of the Roman material culture, and Olive and Vine growing in Istria in antiquity.

Driving to Milan from the city center by the right way, we found this imposing church. It does not seem very old and is not mentioned in any of my guidebooks, but I felt it was aesthetic and looked pretty. Thanks to boris VT Croisbeauty that identified it for me and gave the following comment.

This huge church, situated on the hill of St. Polycarp, is called Our Lady of the Sea, colloquially known as Mornaricka crkva (the navy church). It is three-nave basilica and has the plan of a Latin cross with a semi-circular apse. The church was built (1891-1898) in mixed neo-Romanesque and neo-Byzantine styles. The walls are built of alternating white Istrian stone and red marble.