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    Istria (/ˈɪstriə/ IST-ree-ə; Croatian and Slovene: Istra; Italian and Venetian: Istria) is the largest peninsula within the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula...
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    The March of Istria (or Margraviate of Istria /ˈɪstriə/) was originally a Carolingian frontier march covering the Istrian peninsula and surrounding territory...
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    includes the majority of the Istrian peninsula. Administrative centers in the county are Pazin, Pula and Poreč. Istria County has the largest Italian-speaking...
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    Istria (Slovene: slovenska Istra; Italian: Istria slovena) is a region in southwest Slovenia. It comprises the northern part of the Istrian peninsula...
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    irredentism in Istria was the political movement supporting the unification to Italy, during the 19th and 20th centuries, of the peninsula of Istria. It is considered...
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  • Look up Istria in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Istria may refer to: Istria, a large peninsula in northern Adriatic Sea shared by Croatia, Slovenia...
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    Istria (Croatian and Slovene: Istra; Istriot: Eîstria; Istro-Romanian, Italian and Venetian: Istria, Latin: Histria) is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic...
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    the Istrian peninsula; however, a significant Italian minority still lives in the Croatian County of Istria (5.01%) and in Slovenian Istria (3.3%), where...
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    Istria is the largest peninsula within the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Kvarner...
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    Croatian towns of the same name. Novigrad is set on a small peninsula on the western coast of Istria, two kilometres (1.2 mi) north of the mouth of the river...
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    has a rotation period of 11.77 hours. It was named for the Istrian Peninsula. Istria is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population...
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    Pula (redirect from Pola (Istria))
    largest city in Istria County, Croatia, and the seventh-largest city in the country, situated at the southern tip of the Istrian peninsula in northwestern...
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    Balkans (redirect from Balkan peninsula)
    older definitions considered a part of the Balkan Peninsula. However, the regions of Trieste and Istria are not usually considered part of the Balkans by...
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  • Mani Peninsula, Greece Mount Athos, Greece Peloponnese, Greece (now an island because of the Corinth Canal) Sithonia, Greece Pilio, Greece Istria, Croatia...
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    Istrianism (redirect from Istrianess)
    identity developed by the inhabitants of the part of Istria located in Croatia. Istria is the biggest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea and a multiethnic region divided...
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    Italian speakers are largely concentrated along the western coast of peninsula Istria. Because of Croatian trade and tourist relations with Italy, many Croats...
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    was one of twelve Municipalities or Townships in the Labinština peninsula in Istria County, Croatia, during the Austria-Hungary Empire. Cerovica is also...
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    Premantura (category Populated places in Istria County)
    a small village in the municipality of Medulin in Istria, on the southernmost tip Istrian Peninsula, just south of the city of Pula. A short distance...
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    divided into four historical and cultural regions: Croatia proper, Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia. These are further divided into other, smaller regions. Banovina...
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    Buje (category Populated places in Istria County)
    Venetian: Buje) is a town situated in Istria, Croatia's westernmost peninsula. Buje was known as the "sentinel of Istria" for its hilltop site located 10 km...
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    Julian March (category History of Istria)
    Muggia. Venetian was also a strong presence on Istria's Cres-Lošinj archipelago and in the peninsula's eastern and interior towns such as Motovun, Labin...
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    Rovinj (category Populated places in Istria County)
    Istrian peninsula, it is a popular tourist resort and an active fishing port. Istriot, a Romance language once widely spoken in this part of Istria, is still...
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    established in 1849. It consisted of three regions: the Margraviate of Istria in the south, Gorizia and Gradisca in the north, and the Imperial Free City...
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    Croatian side of Istria in which they do not represent the majority. It is known that the Istro-Romanians are actually not indigenous to Istria, since the differences...
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    Učka (redirect from Monte Maggiore, Istria)
    Vojak, is located at 1,396 meters above sea level. It offers views over Istria, the Bay of Trieste, the Julian Alps and the Adriatic islands, right down...
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    Trieste and Istria entirely. Other borders were listed by the historian, and exile from Cherso, Luigi Tomaz in "The border of Italy in Istria and Dalmatia"...
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    Izola (redirect from Isola d´Istria)
    island by refugees from Aquileia in the 7th century. The coastal areas of Istria came under Venetian influence in the 9th century. The settlement was first...
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  • Jure Grando (category People from Istria)
    Alilović or Giure Grando (1578–1656) was a villager from the region of Istria (in modern-day Croatia) who may have been the first real person described...
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  • in Istria County, Croatia. It is situated just off the coast of the Gulf of Quarnero in the Adriatic Sea. It is part of the Labinština peninsula in Istria...
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    Slovenia and Croatia. It is closed to the south by the peninsula of Istria, the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea, shared between Croatia and Slovenia...
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