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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, Cestovný sprievodca pre dovolenku v Rovinji, Istria
História mesta Rovinj
Rovinj je staré, ale populárne rybárske mestečko obklopené ostrovmi a ostrovčekmi. Nachádza sa na západnom pobreží Istrie a je jedným z najrozvinutejších prímorských letovísk v Chorvátsku. Rovinj je dôležité historické a kultúrne stredisko v Istrii. Staré mesto leží na myse, ktorý bol do roku 1763 súčasťou pobrežného ostrovčeka. V 18. storočí bol kanál zasypaný. V 18. storočí bol Rovinj po Kopare najľudnatejším mestom v oblasti Ventínskej časti Istrie.
Starobylé osídlenie je známe už pred stáročiami, keď starí Gréci a Rimania okupovali tieto oblasti a zanechali tu stopy. Mesto bolo prvýkrát spomenuté v 7. storočí ako Castrum Rubini. Rimania vybudovali na ostrove prístav, ktorý bol rozšírený na pevninu až v roku 1763. Počas stáročí obyvatelia mesta Rovinj vždy hľadali ochranu svätej Eufémie. Katedrála, ktorá je venovaná tejto svätici, dominuje a chráni mesto. Ďalšími významnými pokladmi mesta sú: Staré mesto, Kaplnka sv. Trojice, Františkánsky kláštor, Hrad na Ostrove sv. Ondreja a mnoho ďalších. Neoceniteľnou historickou pamiatkou je "Sedem starých mestských brán", z ktorých si len tri brány zachovali pôvodný tvar. Sú to: Brána sv. Benedikta, Portico a Brána svätého kríža.