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            "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/adriatic-neurology-forum-becici-montenegro/",
            "title": "Adriatic Neurology Forum, Becici, Montenegro",
            "content_html": "<p>Adriatic Neurology forum was\u00a0 held at <a href=\"http://www.seemice.com/Hotel/hotel-splendid-conference-spa-resort-budva\">Hotel Splendid Conference &amp; Spa Resort</a> in Becici, in period from 1<sup>st</sup> to 5<sup>th</sup> June 2016.</p>\n<p>This forum represents the most significant regional neurologists meeting which is jointly organized by the Society of Serbian Neurologist and Croatian Neurologist Society.</p>\n<p>Epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, neurodegenerative diseases were\u00a0the main topics, and during the forum will be held and Young neurologits Symposisum and poster session.</p>\n<p>Speakers at the forum were\u00a0eminent professors from the region as well as from EU, Turkey and Israel.</p>\n<p>Technical organizer of the congress was agency<a href=\"http://www.seemice.com/Agency/new-astakos-belgrade\"> ASTAKOS Travel &amp; Events</a>.</p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.seebtm.com/en/adriatic-neurology-forum-becici-montenegro/\">Adriatic Neurology Forum, Becici, Montenegro</a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.seebtm.com/en\">SEE Business travel &amp; meetings magazine</a>.</p>\n",
            "content_text": "Adriatic Neurology forum was\u00a0 held at Hotel Splendid Conference &amp; Spa Resort in Becici, in period from 1st to 5th June 2016.\nThis forum represents the most significant regional neurologists meeting which is jointly organized by the Society of Serbian Neurologist and Croatian Neurologist Society.\nEpilepsy, multiple sclerosis, neurodegenerative diseases were\u00a0the main topics, and during the forum will be held and Young neurologits Symposisum and poster session.\nSpeakers at the forum were\u00a0eminent professors from the region as well as from EU, Turkey and Israel.\nTechnical organizer of the congress was agency ASTAKOS Travel &amp; Events.\nThe post Adriatic Neurology Forum, Becici, Montenegro appeared first on SEE Business travel &amp; meetings magazine.",
            "date_published": "2016-06-09T14:36:18+02:00",
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            "title": "Europe Congress prepares for its 6th Annual MICE Business Forum MCE Central & Eastern Europe 2016",
            "content_html": "<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://www.europecongress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Europe Congress,</a> one of the leading organisers of specifically targeted business forums for Convention Bureau and MICE Solution Providers is pleased to announce the date of its 6th annual MCE Central &amp;Eastern Europe business forum, which takes place in Berlin, Germany from 21st to 23rd February, 2016.</strong></em></span></p>\n<p>The <strong>MCE Central &amp; Eastern Europe MICE business forum</strong> in Berlin offers a unique opportunity for Convention Bureaus, hotels, DMCs, airlines and other MICE industry suppliers from participating Central and Eastern European countries to meet and do business with selected, qualified and pre-screened buyers that will be arriving from all over the world.</p>\n<p>As usual, the MCE Central &amp; Eastern Europe business forum will be offering all those that attend the opportunity to meet each other through face-to-face, pre-arranged meetings, join in with educational sessions presented by industry opinion leaders, and enjoy a number of networking opportunities and social events that form part of the overall programme.</p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27229\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27229\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/1400x500.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-27229 size-full\" title=\" MCE Central &amp; Eastern Europe MICE business forum\" src=\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/1400x500.png\" alt=\" MCE Central &amp; Eastern Europe MICE business forum\" width=\"800\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/1400x500.png 800w, https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/1400x500-300x154.png 300w, https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/1400x500-700x360.png 700w, https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/1400x500-695x357.png 695w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" /></a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MCE Central &amp; Eastern Europe MICE business forum</figcaption></figure>\n<p>This is the sixth year running that <a href=\"http://www.europecongress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Europe Congress</a> has organized the MCE Central &amp; Eastern Europe MICE business forum in Berlin, and each year the number of participants is growing. Talking about its success, Alain Pallas, the Managing Director of Europe Congress said:</p>\n<p>\u201c<em>We have been running these intensive forums in a number of different cities during the last six years, but there is no doubt that hosting the event in Berlin offers all participants a popular and well established destination. We are really looking forward to putting on the event there and to outdo ourselves with the best event yet, comes February.</em>\u201d</p>\n<p>As usual the MCE Central &amp; Eastern Europe business forum will be by invitation only, and whilst its focus is on the organization of pre-scheduled and matched one-to-one interviews between the parties.</p>\n<p>To answer the question &#8220;What makes you different?\u2019\u2019, Asya Revina, Business Development Director at Europe Congress states:</p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Our approach to the Hosted Buyer Program process is a 3 step qualification procedure which guarantees that the event brings on board exclusively those event organizers that have upcoming business for the region. This assures that the pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings are as productive as possible. Synergy during the meetings is what really matters and highly appreciated by all of our event participants. Moreover, I would like to emphasize that the Hosted Buyer Program that we offer, offers a full and individually tailored service from the moment that the application is accepted. This, together with our truly innovative model of meeting generation, allows our participants to focus on doing business without the hassle of many arrangements</em>.\u2019\u2019</p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27238\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27238\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Europe-Congress1.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-27238 size-full\" title=\"MICE Business Forum MCE Central &amp; Eastern Europe\" src=\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Europe-Congress1.jpg\" alt=\"MICE Business Forum MCE Central &amp; Eastern Europe\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Europe-Congress1.jpg 800w, https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Europe-Congress1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Europe-Congress1-700x466.jpg 700w, https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Europe-Congress1-536x357.jpg 536w, https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Europe-Congress1-725x483.jpg 725w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" /></a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MICE Business Forum MCE Central &amp; Eastern Europe</figcaption></figure>\n<h1><em><strong>The 2016 event will be held in the Hotel Berlin, Berlin, and is also partnered by \u201cVisit Berlin\u201d.\u00a0</strong></em><em><strong>The MCE Central &amp; Eastern Europe MICE business energizer forum will be the first Europe Congress event of 2016, with other events planned for later in the year.</strong></em></h1>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.seebtm.com/en/europe-congress-prepares-for-its-6th-annual-mice-business-forum-mce-central-eastern-europe-2016/\">Europe Congress prepares for its 6th Annual MICE Business Forum MCE Central &#038; Eastern Europe 2016</a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.seebtm.com/en\">SEE Business travel &amp; meetings magazine</a>.</p>\n",
            "content_text": "Europe Congress, one of the leading organisers of specifically targeted business forums for Convention Bureau and MICE Solution Providers is pleased to announce the date of its 6th annual MCE Central &amp;Eastern Europe business forum, which takes place in Berlin, Germany from 21st to 23rd February, 2016.\nThe MCE Central &amp; Eastern Europe MICE business forum in Berlin offers a unique opportunity for Convention Bureaus, hotels, DMCs, airlines and other MICE industry suppliers from participating Central and Eastern European countries to meet and do business with selected, qualified and pre-screened buyers that will be arriving from all over the world.\nAs usual, the MCE Central &amp; Eastern Europe business forum will be offering all those that attend the opportunity to meet each other through face-to-face, pre-arranged meetings, join in with educational sessions presented by industry opinion leaders, and enjoy a number of networking opportunities and social events that form part of the overall programme.\nMCE Central &amp; Eastern Europe MICE business forum\nThis is the sixth year running that Europe Congress has organized the MCE Central &amp; Eastern Europe MICE business forum in Berlin, and each year the number of participants is growing. Talking about its success, Alain Pallas, the Managing Director of Europe Congress said:\n\u201cWe have been running these intensive forums in a number of different cities during the last six years, but there is no doubt that hosting the event in Berlin offers all participants a popular and well established destination. We are really looking forward to putting on the event there and to outdo ourselves with the best event yet, comes February.\u201d\nAs usual the MCE Central &amp; Eastern Europe business forum will be by invitation only, and whilst its focus is on the organization of pre-scheduled and matched one-to-one interviews between the parties.\nTo answer the question &#8220;What makes you different?\u2019\u2019, Asya Revina, Business Development Director at Europe Congress states:\n\u201cOur approach to the Hosted Buyer Program process is a 3 step qualification procedure which guarantees that the event brings on board exclusively those event organizers that have upcoming business for the region. This assures that the pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings are as productive as possible. Synergy during the meetings is what really matters and highly appreciated by all of our event participants. Moreover, I would like to emphasize that the Hosted Buyer Program that we offer, offers a full and individually tailored service from the moment that the application is accepted. This, together with our truly innovative model of meeting generation, allows our participants to focus on doing business without the hassle of many arrangements.\u2019\u2019\nMICE Business Forum MCE Central &amp; Eastern Europe\nThe 2016 event will be held in the Hotel Berlin, Berlin, and is also partnered by \u201cVisit Berlin\u201d.\u00a0The MCE Central &amp; Eastern Europe MICE business energizer forum will be the first Europe Congress event of 2016, with other events planned for later in the year.\nThe post Europe Congress prepares for its 6th Annual MICE Business Forum MCE Central &#038; Eastern Europe 2016 appeared first on SEE Business travel &amp; meetings magazine.",
            "date_published": "2016-02-09T14:50:30+01:00",
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            "id": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/adriatic-sea-forum-event-dedicated-to-maritime-tourism-to-be-held-in-dubrovnik/",
            "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/adriatic-sea-forum-event-dedicated-to-maritime-tourism-to-be-held-in-dubrovnik/",
            "title": "Adriatic Sea Forum \u2013 event dedicated to maritime tourism will be held in Dubrovnik",
            "content_html": "<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adriatic Sea Forum &#8211; cruise, ferry, sail &amp; yacht is an itinerant international event dedicated to maritime tourism in the Adriatic relative to the cruise, ferry and nautical sectors.</h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2<sup>nd</sup> edition of forum will be held in Dubrovnik, Croatia on 23<sup>rd</sup> and 24<sup>th</sup> April 2015.</p>\n<p>Adriatic Sea\u00a0Forum is organised by Risposte Turismo (a research and consultancy company servicing the tourism macro industry), in partnership with the Dubrovnik Port Authority and the City of Dubrovnik.</p>\n<p>Meetings, discussions, opportunities for business networking and in-depth analysis are the focus of the two-day event hosted this year in Dubrovnik, pearl of the Adriatic and UNESCO World Heritage Site.</p>\n<p>After the success of the 2013 edition held in Trieste, with more than 300 participants and more than 40 international speakers, the Adriatic Sea Forum will, again this year, provide the opportunity to meet, discuss and network with operators working solely, or partially, in the Adriatic: tour operators, travel agents, shipping companies and agents, port and airport terminal operators, marina and small port operators, charter companies, shipbuilders, public administrations, local tourism promotion boards and many others.</p>\n<p>The event will undertake to highlight the leading role the Adriatic deserves among the geographic areas with a strong orientation toward tourism, given the more than 150 destinations in the 7 countries (Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro and Slovenia) that face onto the Adriatic Sea.</p>\n<p>Of the main topics to be discussed in three official languages of the event (English, Croatian and Italian) is the importance of considering the Adriatic as a single brand to promote, the future of nautical activities in the area, the realisation of new routes for the ferries, the leadership role of the cruise sector for the development of the whole Adriatic and, finally, the sustainable economic growth of the Adriatic region.</p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24118\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24118\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Dubrovnik_DPA2.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-24118 size-full\" title=\"Dubrovnik\" src=\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Dubrovnik_DPA2.jpg\" alt=\"Dubrovnik\" width=\"800\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Dubrovnik_DPA2.jpg 800w, https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Dubrovnik_DPA2-300x145.jpg 300w, https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Dubrovnik_DPA2-700x339.jpg 700w, https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Dubrovnik_DPA2-326x159.jpg 326w, https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Dubrovnik_DPA2-738x357.jpg 738w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" /></a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dubrovnik</figcaption></figure>\n<p>The event, the only one to unite at one gathering all the different forms of maritime tourism in the Adriatic, will also allow the participants to be informed of the European programmes dedicated to the area.</p>\n<p>In addition, there will be an exclusive preview of the new edition of the Adriatic Sea Tourism Report, the Risposte Turismo research report with the most up-to-date data on the cruise, ferry and boating sectors in the Adriatic.</p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.seebtm.com/en/adriatic-sea-forum-event-dedicated-to-maritime-tourism-to-be-held-in-dubrovnik/\">Adriatic Sea Forum \u2013 event dedicated to maritime tourism will be held in Dubrovnik</a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.seebtm.com/en\">SEE Business travel &amp; meetings magazine</a>.</p>\n",
            "content_text": "Adriatic Sea Forum &#8211; cruise, ferry, sail &amp; yacht is an itinerant international event dedicated to maritime tourism in the Adriatic relative to the cruise, ferry and nautical sectors.\n2nd edition of forum will be held in Dubrovnik, Croatia on 23rd and 24th April 2015.\nAdriatic Sea\u00a0Forum is organised by Risposte Turismo (a research and consultancy company servicing the tourism macro industry), in partnership with the Dubrovnik Port Authority and the City of Dubrovnik.\nMeetings, discussions, opportunities for business networking and in-depth analysis are the focus of the two-day event hosted this year in Dubrovnik, pearl of the Adriatic and UNESCO World Heritage Site.\nAfter the success of the 2013 edition held in Trieste, with more than 300 participants and more than 40 international speakers, the Adriatic Sea Forum will, again this year, provide the opportunity to meet, discuss and network with operators working solely, or partially, in the Adriatic: tour operators, travel agents, shipping companies and agents, port and airport terminal operators, marina and small port operators, charter companies, shipbuilders, public administrations, local tourism promotion boards and many others.\nThe event will undertake to highlight the leading role the Adriatic deserves among the geographic areas with a strong orientation toward tourism, given the more than 150 destinations in the 7 countries (Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro and Slovenia) that face onto the Adriatic Sea.\nOf the main topics to be discussed in three official languages of the event (English, Croatian and Italian) is the importance of considering the Adriatic as a single brand to promote, the future of nautical activities in the area, the realisation of new routes for the ferries, the leadership role of the cruise sector for the development of the whole Adriatic and, finally, the sustainable economic growth of the Adriatic region.\nDubrovnik\nThe event, the only one to unite at one gathering all the different forms of maritime tourism in the Adriatic, will also allow the participants to be informed of the European programmes dedicated to the area.\nIn addition, there will be an exclusive preview of the new edition of the Adriatic Sea Tourism Report, the Risposte Turismo research report with the most up-to-date data on the cruise, ferry and boating sectors in the Adriatic.\nThe post Adriatic Sea Forum \u2013 event dedicated to maritime tourism will be held in Dubrovnik appeared first on SEE Business travel &amp; meetings magazine.",
            "date_published": "2015-03-31T10:37:12+02:00",
            "date_modified": "2017-03-22T11:05:07+01:00",
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                "name": "Mirjana Novitovic",
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            "id": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/pula-a-roman-empire-city-3-thousand-years-old/",
            "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/pula-a-roman-empire-city-3-thousand-years-old/",
            "title": "PULA \u2013 A ROMAN EMPIRE CITY 3 THOUSAND YEARS OLD",
            "content_html": "<h1>The Istrian Peninsula is famous for its cities and its rich history, and a city which certainly stands out is Pula.</h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pula is situated in the south-western part of the Istrian Peninsula and it is its largest city, which attracts great number of tourists as with its well-preserved nature so with a wide diversity of historical attractions that will certainly remain deep in the memory of those who visit it. Apart from being the largest city of the Istrian peninsula, Pula also represents one of the most popular tourist and cultural centres.</p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18867\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18867\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img class=\"wp-image-18867\" title=\"Arena of Pula\" src=\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Arena-of-Pula-300x144.jpg\" alt=\"Arena of Pula\" width=\"400\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Arena-of-Pula-300x144.jpg 300w, https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Arena-of-Pula.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" /><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arena of Pula</figcaption></figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pula is a city dating from 3000 years ago, situated at Kastel hill, which was the spot of the first urban settlement, the fortress of Histria.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pula started to develop during the era of the Roman Empire, when some of the most valuable and the most famous monuments in Croatia were built.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The original name of Pula, at the time of the Roman Empire, was <em>Colonia Pietas Iulia Pola</em>. In the 7<sup>th</sup> century, Pula started to get populated by the Croats and the Slavs.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Venetians were not very much interested in the city, thus they did not have further ambitions to invest into its development, as in the period when they were populating Pula the city was just a transit spot on the way from Venice to the eastern Adriatic coast.</p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #e4f1d5; padding: 10px; color: #308014; font-size: 20px; width: 200px; height: auto; margin: 10px; font-family: calibri; float: left; text-align: left;\"><strong>The Arena of Pula is one of the 6 largest Roman amphitheatres in the world.</strong></div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From 1815, and until the end of the World War I, Pula was a part of the Austrian coast (K\u00fcstenland).<br />\nDuring the air raids in the World War II Pula was very damaged, but in the first half of the 20<sup>th</sup> century, the city started to redevelop, and it stood out as the largest city at the Istrian peninsula, but also as the tourist centre and the centre of the shipbuilding industry.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mediterranean climate, clear sea, preserved nature, rich history, as well as good traffic connections are just some of the basic advantages for development of tourism in this city.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pula offers numerous possibilities, as for the pleasant vacation so for the congress tourism, and the tourists have at their disposal great number of hotels, camps, tourist resorts and marinas.</p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18868\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18868\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img class=\"wp-image-18868\" title=\"Panoramic View on the City of Pula \" src=\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Panoramic-View-On-The-City-Of-Pula-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Panoramic View on the City of Pula \" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Panoramic-View-On-The-City-Of-Pula-300x199.jpg 300w, https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Panoramic-View-On-The-City-Of-Pula.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" /><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Panoramic View on the City of Pula</figcaption></figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>What to see and visit? See </strong><strong>the impressive sites of Pula.</strong></span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The most famous landmark of Pula is certainly the <strong>Arena</strong> dating from the 1<sup>st</sup> century.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Arena was a place for organization of events such as gladiatorial combats, knight\u2019s fighting, fighting with wild animals which, at ancient times, were the most important social events.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At that time, the Arena could seat from 20,000 to 25,000 spectators.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, the Arena of Pula is a place where various shows and concerts are taking place, and can seat roughly 5,000 spectators. In the underground rooms of Arena, there is a permanent exhibition \u201cOlive growing and viticulture of Istria in Ancient times\u201d, and which is open for visitors during the whole day.</p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, the Arena of Pula is one of the 6 largest Roman amphitheatres in the world.</h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another witness of Roman stay in this region is the <strong>Small Roman Theatre</strong> which was built within the city ramparts, at the bottom of Kastel. The theatre was most probably built in the 1<sup>st</sup> century, and had a capacity of some 5,000 seats.</p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #e4f1d5; padding: 10px; color: #308014; font-size: 20px; width: 200px; height: auto; margin: 10px; font-family: calibri; float: right; text-align: left;\"><strong>&#8211; Pula Film Festival, 12th \u2013 26th July, 2014<br />\n&#8211; The Days of Antiquity, 12th \u2013 14th June, 2014<br />\n&#8211; Pula Night, 23rd August, 2014<br />\n</strong></div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, today only a segment is visible, as archaeological excavations are still under way.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An unavoidable attraction of Pula is also the <strong>Temple of Augustus</strong>, built at the beginning of the 1<sup>st</sup> century AD, and which is located at the city square Forum.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The temple was dedicated to the goddess Roma and the emperor Augustus, and with the time, its functions were changing (it was a church, a grain warehouse, museum of stone monuments, etc.).</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, it is an exhibiting room for small exhibition of antique sculptures. Next to the Temple of Augustus, there was another identical temple, of which today we only have one wall left.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>Forum </strong>is the main city square, which is the gathering place, as for the citizens so for the tourists.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Triumphal Arch of the Sergi \u2013 Golden gate </strong>was constructed by the Sergi family, in memory of three brothers that were engaged as high officials. It is supposed to have been built between 29 \u2013 27 year BC. The Gate was leaning against the city gate Porta Aurea and ramparts, which were pulled down at the beginning of the 19<sup>th</sup> century with the purpose of expanding the city.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Gate of Hercules </strong>is the oldest ancient monument in Pula, and at the same time, the oldest city gate in this region. The gate is of a simple design, with a head of Hercules in the middle. Hercules was considered the patron of the city of Pula.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Twin Gates </strong>is another witness of ramparts surrounding the city during the ancient times and the mediaeval period, when the city was being entered into through 10 gates.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was constructed during 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> century, and under the gate, there are the remains of the mausoleum dating from the period around 1<sup>st</sup> and 2<sup>nd</sup> century.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Arsenal and the Shipyard </strong>was opened in 1856, and it served as the Austrian Military Navy base. Its construction opened the era of faster and more expanding construction of buildings exploited by the members of the Austro-Hungarian navy fleet.</p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18870\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img class=\"wp-image-18870\" title=\"Shipyard Uljanik\" src=\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Shipyard-Uljanik-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Shipyard Uljanik\" width=\"320\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Shipyard-Uljanik-225x300.jpg 225w, https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Shipyard-Uljanik.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" /><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shipyard Uljanik</figcaption></figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another witness of turbulent history of Pula is the <strong>Historical Museum of Istria </strong>located in the adapted Venetian fortress.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This museum keeps the heritage of the period from the late middle ages to the new age.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The exhibition comprises of 40,000 exhibits, and which make a part of collection of armaments, military equipment, seamanship, maps, postcards, etc.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the fans of sea and freshwater animals, an unavoidable place to visit is certainly the <strong>Aquarium Pula </strong>which comprises some 60 pools, located in the Austro-Hungarian <strong>Fortress Verudela</strong> built in 1886 at the peninsula having the same name, 3 km far from the centre of Pula.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sightseeing of Pula would certainly be incomplete without visiting some of its most famous parks. The <strong>Park under Arena</strong> is one of the most beautiful parks in Pula, which is situated under the very Arena, and dates from the 1930s.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another famous park in Pula is the <strong>Park of Petar Kresimir IV,</strong> dating from 1953, and which, in 1960, was enriched with a fountain made of natural Istrian stone, as a symbol of bringing drinkable water to Pula. Apart from this fountain, the park is also recognisable for the Roman mausoleum dating from the 1<sup>st</sup> century. There are also places like the <strong>Tito</strong><strong>&#8216;</strong><strong>s</strong> <strong>Park</strong> and the <strong>Naval Park</strong>, as well as the promenade <strong>Lungo mare</strong>.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pula, also known as the city-museum of Istria with its numerous attractions, but also a city with great number of excellent hotels and venues, is an ideal place for holidays and an excellent place for organization of corporate events, incentive trips and all other kinds of gathering and entertainment of the employees.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Those that have already visited this city-museum will probably revive nice memories, and for those that still haven\u2019t been here, we hope that they will soon get the idea to do it.</p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #e4f1d5; padding: 10px; color: #308014; font-size: 20px; width: 650px; height: auto; margin: 10px; font-family: calibri; float: left; text-align: left;\"><strong>The \u201cLuminous Giants\u201d is the name of the project starting in May, 2014, and which will, for the first time in the world, illuminate the cranes of the working shipyard. The world famous designer of the illumination, Dean Skira, with a help of sponsors and the employees of the shipyard \u201cUljanik\u201d, will illuminate the cranes of this shipyard, and which are certainly the distinguishable symbol of Pula. The \u201cLuminous Giants\u201d have a sophisticated system of remote control of light and scenography, and can be illuminated with even 16,000 combinations of various colours.<br />\n<a href=\"www.pulainfo.hr\" target=\"_blank\">www.pulainfo.hr</a><br />\n</strong></div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.seebtm.com/en/pula-a-roman-empire-city-3-thousand-years-old/\">PULA \u2013 A ROMAN EMPIRE CITY 3 THOUSAND YEARS OLD</a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.seebtm.com/en\">SEE Business travel &amp; meetings magazine</a>.</p>\n",
            "content_text": "The Istrian Peninsula is famous for its cities and its rich history, and a city which certainly stands out is Pula.\nPula is situated in the south-western part of the Istrian Peninsula and it is its largest city, which attracts great number of tourists as with its well-preserved nature so with a wide diversity of historical attractions that will certainly remain deep in the memory of those who visit it. Apart from being the largest city of the Istrian peninsula, Pula also represents one of the most popular tourist and cultural centres.\nArena of Pula\nPula is a city dating from 3000 years ago, situated at Kastel hill, which was the spot of the first urban settlement, the fortress of Histria.\nPula started to develop during the era of the Roman Empire, when some of the most valuable and the most famous monuments in Croatia were built.\nThe original name of Pula, at the time of the Roman Empire, was Colonia Pietas Iulia Pola. In the 7th century, Pula started to get populated by the Croats and the Slavs.\nThe Venetians were not very much interested in the city, thus they did not have further ambitions to invest into its development, as in the period when they were populating Pula the city was just a transit spot on the way from Venice to the eastern Adriatic coast.\nThe Arena of Pula is one of the 6 largest Roman amphitheatres in the world.\nFrom 1815, and until the end of the World War I, Pula was a part of the Austrian coast (K\u00fcstenland).\nDuring the air raids in the World War II Pula was very damaged, but in the first half of the 20th century, the city started to redevelop, and it stood out as the largest city at the Istrian peninsula, but also as the tourist centre and the centre of the shipbuilding industry.\nMediterranean climate, clear sea, preserved nature, rich history, as well as good traffic connections are just some of the basic advantages for development of tourism in this city.\nPula offers numerous possibilities, as for the pleasant vacation so for the congress tourism, and the tourists have at their disposal great number of hotels, camps, tourist resorts and marinas.\nPanoramic View on the City of Pula\nWhat to see and visit? See the impressive sites of Pula.\nThe most famous landmark of Pula is certainly the Arena dating from the 1st century.\nThe Arena was a place for organization of events such as gladiatorial combats, knight\u2019s fighting, fighting with wild animals which, at ancient times, were the most important social events.\nAt that time, the Arena could seat from 20,000 to 25,000 spectators.\nToday, the Arena of Pula is a place where various shows and concerts are taking place, and can seat roughly 5,000 spectators. In the underground rooms of Arena, there is a permanent exhibition \u201cOlive growing and viticulture of Istria in Ancient times\u201d, and which is open for visitors during the whole day.\nBesides, the Arena of Pula is one of the 6 largest Roman amphitheatres in the world.\nAnother witness of Roman stay in this region is the Small Roman Theatre which was built within the city ramparts, at the bottom of Kastel. The theatre was most probably built in the 1st century, and had a capacity of some 5,000 seats.\n&#8211; Pula Film Festival, 12th \u2013 26th July, 2014\n&#8211; The Days of Antiquity, 12th \u2013 14th June, 2014\n&#8211; Pula Night, 23rd August, 2014\n\nHowever, today only a segment is visible, as archaeological excavations are still under way.\nAn unavoidable attraction of Pula is also the Temple of Augustus, built at the beginning of the 1st century AD, and which is located at the city square Forum.\nThe temple was dedicated to the goddess Roma and the emperor Augustus, and with the time, its functions were changing (it was a church, a grain warehouse, museum of stone monuments, etc.).\nToday, it is an exhibiting room for small exhibition of antique sculptures. Next to the Temple of Augustus, there was another identical temple, of which today we only have one wall left.\nThe Forum is the main city square, which is the gathering place, as for the citizens so for the tourists.\nTriumphal Arch of the Sergi \u2013 Golden gate was constructed by the Sergi family, in memory of three brothers that were engaged as high officials. It is supposed to have been built between 29 \u2013 27 year BC. The Gate was leaning against the city gate Porta Aurea and ramparts, which were pulled down at the beginning of the 19th century with the purpose of expanding the city.\nThe Gate of Hercules is the oldest ancient monument in Pula, and at the same time, the oldest city gate in this region. The gate is of a simple design, with a head of Hercules in the middle. Hercules was considered the patron of the city of Pula.\nThe Twin Gates is another witness of ramparts surrounding the city during the ancient times and the mediaeval period, when the city was being entered into through 10 gates.\nIt was constructed during 2nd and 3rd century, and under the gate, there are the remains of the mausoleum dating from the period around 1st and 2nd century.\nThe Arsenal and the Shipyard was opened in 1856, and it served as the Austrian Military Navy base. Its construction opened the era of faster and more expanding construction of buildings exploited by the members of the Austro-Hungarian navy fleet.\nShipyard Uljanik\nAnother witness of turbulent history of Pula is the Historical Museum of Istria located in the adapted Venetian fortress.\nThis museum keeps the heritage of the period from the late middle ages to the new age.\nThe exhibition comprises of 40,000 exhibits, and which make a part of collection of armaments, military equipment, seamanship, maps, postcards, etc.\nFor the fans of sea and freshwater animals, an unavoidable place to visit is certainly the Aquarium Pula which comprises some 60 pools, located in the Austro-Hungarian Fortress Verudela built in 1886 at the peninsula having the same name, 3 km far from the centre of Pula.\nSightseeing of Pula would certainly be incomplete without visiting some of its most famous parks. The Park under Arena is one of the most beautiful parks in Pula, which is situated under the very Arena, and dates from the 1930s.\nAnother famous park in Pula is the Park of Petar Kresimir IV, dating from 1953, and which, in 1960, was enriched with a fountain made of natural Istrian stone, as a symbol of bringing drinkable water to Pula. Apart from this fountain, the park is also recognisable for the Roman mausoleum dating from the 1st century. There are also places like the Tito&#8216;s Park and the Naval Park, as well as the promenade Lungo mare.\nPula, also known as the city-museum of Istria with its numerous attractions, but also a city with great number of excellent hotels and venues, is an ideal place for holidays and an excellent place for organization of corporate events, incentive trips and all other kinds of gathering and entertainment of the employees.\nThose that have already visited this city-museum will probably revive nice memories, and for those that still haven\u2019t been here, we hope that they will soon get the idea to do it.\nThe \u201cLuminous Giants\u201d is the name of the project starting in May, 2014, and which will, for the first time in the world, illuminate the cranes of the working shipyard. The world famous designer of the illumination, Dean Skira, with a help of sponsors and the employees of the shipyard \u201cUljanik\u201d, will illuminate the cranes of this shipyard, and which are certainly the distinguishable symbol of Pula. The \u201cLuminous Giants\u201d have a sophisticated system of remote control of light and scenography, and can be illuminated with even 16,000 combinations of various colours.\nwww.pulainfo.hr\n\n\nThe post PULA \u2013 A ROMAN EMPIRE CITY 3 THOUSAND YEARS OLD appeared first on SEE Business travel &amp; meetings magazine.",
            "date_published": "2014-07-14T15:39:28+02:00",
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