Historical and Maritime Museum of Istria

The History Museum of Istria is in Pula Castle. It is up the hill around which the city is built and was built in the sixteenth century. The entrance to the museum costs $ 2 and it closes early in the afternoon. Inside there is an incredible collection of documents and photos related to the region of Istria, as well as explanations of its complicated history. Consecutively, it was part of the Roman Empire, the Republic of Venice, the Austro Hungarian empire, French, Yugoslav and now is Croatian owned. There is a large collection of postcards depicting the region over time, the oldest are from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.