Pula and the Roman Ruins

This important industrial port city boasts several amazing Roman ruins, including a 1st-century Roman ampitheatre, roman walls and the Triumphal Arch of Sergius.

We swing by for a day mostly to see these ruins. A $8 ticket gets us into the ampitheatre, which is remarkably well-preserved, with two rows of 72 arches and an almost fully-intact outer wall.

 The Citadel

We wander through the arch and up through the 17th-century citadel and back down to the old section of town. Here is the Forum, the town's central meeting place, which has the Temple of Augustus, erected from 2 BC to AD 14 and the old town hall. We wander some more, poke our heads into Pula's 5th-century cathedral, have a quick wine and beer and then we're off!