Pula Off The Beaten Path

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This is the most attractive part of Pula's riva, situated in between hotel Riviera and Arena. There is small park in behind offering attractive greenery for resting in a hot summer days. There is kiosk with fast food in front and good looking cafe-bar inside the park.
The rest of the riva isn't that attractive, Pula has one of the biggest shipyards in Croatia, situated inside the bay where riva is, so its more or less industrilized.

Hitch a ride to Fazana, which is 8 kilometres north of Pula along the Istrian peninsula. Framed with olive groves, vineyards and fragrant pine woods, Fazana is a small fishing town with a relaxing atmosphere and the start off point for Brijuni Islands. The town dates back to ancient Roman times and filtered through centuries of cultures succeeded one another -- Byzantines, Romans, Venetians, Austro-Hungarians -- fought in the area. What's left behind are great examples of Venetian architecture, picturesque squares overlooking the calm Adriatic and narrow stone paved streets are only part of Fazana's heritage. While the nightlife is not excellent, there is a gastronomic affair just waiting to be sampled in many restaurants and bars in the area. Exquisite seafood, wine and olive oil is something that the locals take pride in. Summer months is filled with interesting cultural and music events i.e Pilchard Festival. During the hot summer days there is nothing like taking a 'bath' in the sea at sunset.

This is a part where the Italian soldiers have been burried. It is written:
AI CADUTI
LA PATRIA RICONOSCENTE

.....qui saranno ricordati per sempre.
TO FALLEN
...here they'll be remembered forever.

All the K und K admirals were of the aristhocratic origins, you can noticed the familiar "von" in between the name and the family name, which means from.
Many of this soldiers were killed in the huge port of Pula, where a couple of big battles have took the place.

This is a tombstone of an K und K admiral of the Italian origins.
When strolling around the cemetery a very different family names can be noticed, most of them are of the Croat origins, but also of Austrian, Italian and Hungarian origins.

Although the families do not visit this cemetery for a very long time, it is very well preserved and maintained with the great care.
Each of the tombstones is telling the own story, this one is of ex.admiral.

In front of the Main entrance to the cemetery stands this cute little chapel. Right now there are no funeral services here, it is only the monument to the passing times. It worth to see the whole complex of the cemetery.

There exist an Memorial cemetery in the town of Pula, for all the marine soldiers and officers killed under the Kaiserliche und Koenigliche Dual black-yellow monarchy. The cemetery is situated about 500 meters far from the Church of Our Lady, in the direction of Stoja.