On the Madonna hill near the Kvarnar where built, in the Austria-.Hungarian period 1813-1918, underground batteries, to protect the harbour of Pula.
Name: Hiking trail 141 from Sišan to the cape Sv. Stipan, and to the bay Vela Draga.
Place: Sišan – (Ližnjan).
Coordinates: Sišan 44.84824 N – 13.96539 E , Cape Sv. Stipan 44.86313 N – 13.99916 E, Bay Vela Draga 44.84312 N – 13.97867 E.
Name: Trail to the cave Trogrlice and the hills Gradine with the Nigrinjan fort and the hill Vrbanovica.
Place: Cerjani – (Kaštelir).
Coordinates: Village Cerjani 45.32812 N – 13.6905 E, cave Progrlice 45.33104 N – 13.13.68320 E, Nigrinjan – Gradine 45.34185 N – 13.68551 E, Vrbanovica 45.33641 N – 13.67197 E.
Name: Trail along the bays Lešo, Valdebora and the cape Muća – Observation post Dr. Karl Lueger from 1908.
Place: Rovinj.
Coordinates: Observation tower 45,09585 N – 13.63154 E.
See too the former post about the Defense tower of 2017-03-08.
This fortress was built between 1898 and 1914 antod was a part of the Austro-Hungarian defense system. It was built here to control access to the Fažana Canal and the war port of Pula.
Name: Defense fortification near Cape Barbariga.
Place: Barbariga – (Vodnjan).
Coorinates: 44.98635 N – 13.73697 E and 44.98758 N -13.73483 E
Name: Fort Forno near the Bay Lunga and Cape Debeli.
Place: Near Barbariga – (Bale).
Coordinates: 44.99887 N – 13.72583 E
Name: Municipal village Žminj.
Place: Žminj.
Coordinates: 45.14261 N – 13.90728 E
This building was intended to house the approximately 500 infantry soldiers. Is completely underground and flanked on three sides with a moat with a sloping outer bank. The building’s entrenched fronts and flanks are protected by a bomb-proof tunnel carved in the rock. The flanks further with an earthwork rampart.
Name: Paravia Untertritt – Barbariga.
Place: Barbariga – Bale.
Coordinates: 45.00351N – 13.73658E.
Situated on the Paravia hill at an altitude of 5 meters above sea level and built in 1905 and 1906, it has a rock cut defense moat. It has a two floor building with casemates for the garrison, storehouses and shelters, and was armed with four M99 F caliber howitžers.
This fortress was part of the Barbariga group with more defenses and was part of the Austro-Hungarian fortress Pula, and especially intended for attacks over land.
Name: Paravia-Oost – Barbariga.
Place: Barbariga – (Bale).
Coordinates: 45.00434 N -13.74145 E.
This fort was built in 1905 and 1906 on the Paravia hill at an elevation of 55 meters above sea level. For protection it had a rock cut defense moat and defense ramparts made of earth and stone. This fort is a two-floor building for the garrison, storehouses and the shelters on the sides, and armed with four M99 F10 caliber howitzers.
This fortress was part of the Barbariga group with more defenses and was part of the Austro-Hungarian fortress Pula, and especially intended for attacks over land.
Name: Fort Paravia-West – Barbariga.
Place: Barbariga – Bale).
Coordinates: 45.00791 N – 13.73469 E.
