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"Crveni Otok" Red Island (Rovinj, Istria)
For those who are interested to explore Rovinj and its beautiful surrounding there is an island Crveni otok where is located an interesting Institute of Marine Biology. The island actually consist of two islands named St. Andrew and Maškin.
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Lim valley (Rovinj, Istria)
The Lim valley (Limska draga or Limska dolina) is the 35 km long valley of the river Pazinčica, which transforms into the Lim bay (Limski zaljev), a 10 kilometer long estuary. Lim Bay got its name from the Latin word limes meaning border because the bay was a natural border between the two Roman provinces. The Croats sometimes call it Limski kanal (Lim Channel), due to its narrow width. The estuary is sometimes called a fjord, even if it is not in fact a fjord but a ria, because it was not carved by a glacier but by the river eroding the ground on its way to the Adriatic Sea.
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The Grisija (Rovinj, Istria)
Surely among the most known trademarks of ancient Rovinj, Grisija is a picturesque cobbled and sprial street with playful shiny stone pillars. -
Forest park Punta Corente (Zlatni Rt) (Rovinj, Istria)
Golden Cape (Zlatni rt/Punta corrente), Kurent Bay and Montauro Cape are situated around 1.5 km away from the town-center, south of the ACI Marina and Lone Bay. The coast is rocky for the most of the part. There are a few beaches covered with small round stones, and Kurent Bay, the most visited beach in this area, covered with gravel.
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Monfiorenzo cave (Rovinj, Istria)
Near the road Rovinj-pula, about 2 kilometers far from the centre of the City of Rovinj, in the locality of Monfiorenzo, is located the quarry phantasy, a geological parc of extraordinary beauty and importance. According to expert opinion of many scientists, it is one of the most significant nature landmarks in the world regarding the karst phenomenon. The lime-stone of the quarry phantasy, give evidence for the history of the evolution of the terrestrial crust.
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The Palud Marsh And The Dvije Sestrice Islands (Rovinj, Istria)
The Palud cove, 8 kilometres southwest of Rovinj, is the only ornithological park in Istria. Palud is a natural depression quite close to the sea, which because of the inflow of water from the surrounding hills and uplands, as well as springs on the northern side has transformed into a swamp.
Palud Marsh Info
Rovinj, Turistični vodič za počitnice v Rovinju, Istra
Rovinj Zgodovina
Rovinj, staro, a priljubljeno ribiško mesto, ki ga obkrožajo otoki in otočki, se nahaja na zahodni obali Istre in je eno izmed najbolj razvitih obmorskih letovišč na Hrvaškem. Rovinj je pomembno zgodovinsko in kulturno središče Istre. Staro mestno jedro leži na stožčastem rtu, ki je bilo do leta 1763 del obalnega otočka. V 18. stoletju se je vodni kanal, ki je otoček ločeval od celine, napolnil z zemljo. V 18. stoletju je bil Rovinj najbolj naseljeno mesto v beneškem delu Istre, takoj za Koprom.
Mesto je pravzaprav antična naselbina, ki je znana že več stoletij, vse odkar so jo obiskovali in naseljevali stari Grki in Rimljani, ki so tukaj pustili svoje sledi. Prva omemba mesta izhaja iz 7. stoletja, ko je mesto nosilo ime Castrum Rubini. Rimljani so tukaj zgradili otoško pristanišče, ki je bilo leta 1763 povezano s celino. V naslednjih stoletjih so prebivalci Rovinja vedno znova iskali zavetje pri sv. Evfemiji, zavetnici mesta. Katedrala, ki je posvečena tej svetnici dominira in varuje mesto. Druge pomembne znamenitosti so še: Staro mestno jedro, Baročna občina, Kapela sv. Trojice, Frančiškanski samostan, Grad na otoku sv. Andreja in številne druge. Neprecenljivi zgodovinski spomenik je tudi "Sedem starih mestnih vrat" od katerih so trojna vrata ohranjena v njihovi originalni podobi. To so: Vrata sv. Benedikta, Vrata pod zidom in Vrata sv. Križa.