Place details
Place namePula
Other namesPola, Pulj, Pietas Julia
CountryHrvatska
Latitude44.867
Longitude13.867
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
S tip of Istria on Adriatic Sea; was Roman military & naval base; fishing village during Middle Ages; taken by Venetians in 1148; ruled by Austria in 1797 & by Italy in 1919; assigned to Yugoslavia in 1947.