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- In the year 539 the rule of the Byzantine Empire began and as early as the beginning of the 7th century Poreč was inhabited by the Slavs who built their first permanent settlement here around the year 620.
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In 1947, two years after World War II, it was occupied by Yugoslavia and the city name was changed into Poreč. The Italian population left the city and was replaced by Slavic people from different regions of Yugoslavia. From 1945 to 1991, Poreč was a city of Croatia, then part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
In the year 539 the rule of the Byzantine Empire began and as early as the beginning of the 7th century Poreč was inhabited by the Slavs who built their first permanent settlement here around the year 620.
Poreč was granted city or municipio status, during the first half of the 1st century and was granted the name Colonia Iulia Parentium. During Roman rule in the area of Poreč, in the 3rd century the first bishop of Poreč, Bishop Mavar, was a victim of one of the Christian persecutions.
Poreč gain the status of Roman municipality. 1st century. Poreč become a colony of the Roman Empire called Colonia Iulia Parentium. The Great temple is built. Around year 304. The first Poreč bishop, Saint Maurus is being tortured and killed in. persecutions of Christians. 5th century
The first Roman settlement sprang up in 2nd century BC and developed into what is today known as the old Roman core of Porec, with its famous Decumanus Maximus street. The old part of Porec is riddled with the remains of ancient times and embellished with the architecture of the later ages.
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Poreč is located on the Istria's west coast. This town of turbulent history is believed to have been inhabited already in the Neolith. Greek historians and geographers from the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. speak of Poreč as a small fishermen settlement with a harbour.
Poreč is almost 2,000 years old, and is set around a harbor protected from the sea by the small island of Sveti Nikola (Saint Nicholas/San Nicola). This area has been inhabited since prehistoric times.
