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Memories and Dark Tourism in Istria
Figure 6.14 Map of Zerostrasse (Istria Culture, n.d.a)
former Yugoslav president Tito. Other heritage related to the suffering
of the Istrian people, i.e. the exodus of Slavic people after w w i or Ital-
ians after wwi i, both also having a cultural dimension (Purini, 2012, p.
420), is not valorised from the tourism point of view, despite its presence
in collective memory (as mentioned before, occasional visits and events
are organised). The same applies to military heritage arising from the
military administration during the Free Territory of Trieste (1947–1954).
This heterogeneity and related issues are also discussed in the context of
tourism by Iveković Martinis and Sujoldžić (2021).
Milestone anniversaries offer an interesting opportunity to enrich the
supply of tourism products. On the 100th anniversary of w w i in 2014,
thirty cultural, artistic, academic and educational programmes were of-
fered to visitors as part of the Puna je Pula project (Pula is full of).⁵⁶ One
of the first was the exhibition of the Austro-Hungarian steamer Baron
Gautsch which sank between Pula and Rovinj just before the beginning of
the war in 1914 (Grad Pula, 2014). The wwi in the Adriatic (Prvi svjetski
rat na Jadranu; Figure 6.16) touring exhibition was opened in Brtonigla
on the North of the County, as an alternative to the thematic exhibition
at Gallerion in Novigrad. The specialty of Novigrad’s exhibition was in its
dispersion, meaning that in addition to Gallerion, parts of the exhibition
⁵⁶ More about the programme can be found on the website of Grad Pula (n.d.).
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Figure 6.14 Map of Zerostrasse (Istria Culture, n.d.a)
former Yugoslav president Tito. Other heritage related to the suffering
of the Istrian people, i.e. the exodus of Slavic people after w w i or Ital-
ians after wwi i, both also having a cultural dimension (Purini, 2012, p.
420), is not valorised from the tourism point of view, despite its presence
in collective memory (as mentioned before, occasional visits and events
are organised). The same applies to military heritage arising from the
military administration during the Free Territory of Trieste (1947–1954).
This heterogeneity and related issues are also discussed in the context of
tourism by Iveković Martinis and Sujoldžić (2021).
Milestone anniversaries offer an interesting opportunity to enrich the
supply of tourism products. On the 100th anniversary of w w i in 2014,
thirty cultural, artistic, academic and educational programmes were of-
fered to visitors as part of the Puna je Pula project (Pula is full of).⁵⁶ One
of the first was the exhibition of the Austro-Hungarian steamer Baron
Gautsch which sank between Pula and Rovinj just before the beginning of
the war in 1914 (Grad Pula, 2014). The wwi in the Adriatic (Prvi svjetski
rat na Jadranu; Figure 6.16) touring exhibition was opened in Brtonigla
on the North of the County, as an alternative to the thematic exhibition
at Gallerion in Novigrad. The specialty of Novigrad’s exhibition was in its
dispersion, meaning that in addition to Gallerion, parts of the exhibition
⁵⁶ More about the programme can be found on the website of Grad Pula (n.d.).
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