Pula

Pula

Pula , Ital. Pola, city (1991 pop. 62,378), W Croatia, on the Adriatic and at the southern tip of the Istrian peninsula. A major seaport and an industrial center, it has shipyards, docks, and varied manufactures. Captured (178 BC) by the Romans, it was destroyed by Augustus, but was rebuilt by him and named Pietas Julia. It passed to Venice in 1148, but in 1379 it was taken and destroyed by the Genoese. However, it remained a Venetian possession until the Treaty of Campo Formio (1797) transferred it to Austria. Under Austrian rule Pula became the chief naval base and arsenal of the Hapsburg empire. The city was ceded to Italy after World War I and to Croatia, then a constitutent republic of Yugoslavia, after World War II. Pula has many well-preserved Roman ruins, notably a large amphitheater, the Porta Aurea (a triumphal arch of the 1st cent. BC), and the temple of Augustus and Roma (1st cent. AD).

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Pula, Croatia Polai, Pietas Julia, Polensium According to legend, the name is derived from the Greek polai ‘the pursued’, a reference to the Greek refugees from Colchis on the Black Sea. It was renamed in 40 after Julius Caesar with the Latin pietas probably meaning ‘gratitude to’ here; its full name was Colonia Julia Pola Pollenta Herculanea.

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