History Teaching, Vol. 33 No. 1, 2022.
Professional paper
PLACES OF LEISURE AND PAIN IN PULA AS PART OF THE CULTURE OF REMEMBRANCE
Igor Jovanović
; Veli Vrh Primary School Pula
Igor Šaponja
; Secondary School of Economics, Pula
Abstract
In its rich history, Pula had a lot of ups and downs that affected both the development of the city and Istria itself, but we can say with certainty that the two key moments were the period of the Roman Empire and the period of the Habsburg Monarchy, i.e. the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. After several centuries of Venetian administration and a short period of French rule over Istria, the entire region came under the rule of the Habsburgs in 1815. Already in the 1820s, the importance of the Pula Bay, which would provide a safe haven for the fleet of the monarchy of the time, was noticed. The construction of accompanying fortifications begins, which will stimulate the development of the city. In addition, it was necessary to build infrastructure for military needs, which will give Pula great prosperity. Pula became a crossroad of roads and trade, a meeting place for builders, sailors, peasants, workers, nobility and officers who moved here during the period. The city expands beyond the walls, a shipyard opens, Istria is connected by railway to the rest of the Monarchy, barracks and schools are built and various institutions are opened. These buildings are still recognizable sights of the city of Pula. After the First World War, the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy disappears from the political map of Europe and Pula falls under the Kingdom of Italy. It was the beginning of the dark period of Italian fascism, which would be succeeded by German Nazism. After the Second World War, Pula falls under the socialist Yugoslavia, and experiences a new boom thanks primarily to shipbuilding industry and tourism. Since the independence of Croatia, Pula will experience more significant changes in which it will encounter, as in the entire 20th century, constant migrations stimulated by the turbulent events of the recent past. In the workshop we have prepared, students will learn about the development of the city through examples of city locations divided into places of entertainment and leisure, which is a novelty itself in history teaching, but also places of sadness and pain, in this way learning about the turbulent history of their city in the century in which Pula changed six different states.
Keywords
the history of Pula; Austro-Hungarian Monarchy; urban development; the culture of remembrance
Hrčak ID:
294379
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Publication date:
31.12.2022.
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