These colors represent the three geological and geographical regions of Istria, the largest peninsula in the northern Adriatic. It is the population of the three countries—Italy, Slovenia, and Croatia—that Istria belongs to—that has given this region its unique character. Over more than two millennia, other peoples and cultures have also left their marks here, not to mention the giant footprints of a dinosaur on the beach of the Brijuni National Park. This cultural guide invites you to explore these traces. The 40 towns and archaeological sites not only open the gates to the world of prehistoric and early history, such as the settlements of Monkodonja or on the Karat. Roman cities like Nesactium or Pula, with the sixth-largest amphitheater of the Roman Empire and its well-preserved temple, convey Roman cultural life.