Buje is a city in Croatia. The area of the town of Buje includes
26 settlements (as of 2006), namely: Baredine (Baredine), Bibali
(Bibali), Brdo (Collalto), Brič (Briz), Buje (Buie), Buroli
(Buroli), Bužin (Busin) appears in the censuses of 2001 or 2011, but
is mentioned in the Official Gazette of the City of Buje No. 08/12 -
27 August 2012 and Gambozzi, Caldania, Kanegra, Castel Venere,
Krasica ), Kršete (Carsette), Kućibreg (Cucibreg), Lozari (Lozari),
Marušići (Marussici), Merišće (Merischie), Momjan (Momiano), Oskoruš
(Oscorus), Plovanija (Plovania), Sveta Marija na Krasu (Madonna del
Carso ) / part /, Škrile (Scrile), Škudelini (Scudelin), Triban
(Tribano) and Veli Mlin (Molino Grande)
In the area of the
City of Buje, there is the settlement of Sorbar, which is abandoned
today. The area of this settlement administratively belongs to the
settlement of Marušići.
Buje has a rich history, in Roman times there was a small settlement here, and there are traces of life from earlier periods in the vicinity. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, it was ruled by a barbarian, and shortly afterwards within the Aquileian Patriarchate. This administration did not last long, and Buje was taken over by the Venetian Republic. During the Venetian rule, the bell tower and the church of Sv. Servula, characterized by an unfinished façade, which testifies to the circumstances in the late Mlet period. administration. After the fall of the Venetian Republic, Buje was briefly under French rule in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, which built a railway station that still exists today, but houses a fire station. After the end of the First World War, Istria and Buje were under Italian rule. During II. svj. The war in Istria was an active resistance movement, and after the war it was liberated from Italian rule, but Buje ended up in the free zone of Trieste, which was partly controlled by the Allies (UK and USA) and partly controlled by the JNA. At that time, Buje was the center of northern Istria, it had a primary and secondary school, a police station, a court and other important institutions. At the same time, Umag and Novigrad, once small fishing villages, are growing rapidly thanks to tourism. Despite the fact that Umag has more inhabitants, Buje is still the judicial center of the Buje region.
Church of St. Servula
Church of
Our Lady of Mercy
The legend of the Church of the Mother of
Mercy
According to the legend, during the transfer of the votive
statue of the Mother of God from Venice, the Buje landowner Paolo
Račica was late to enter the city before the city gates closed, so
he had to sleep outside the walls. When he woke up in the morning
and tried to raise the statue, he could not do so, even with the
help of a horse, which the people interpreted as Our Lady’s desire
to build her sanctuary on the site.
Buje is located in the northwest of Istria, 13 km from Umag, i.e. the
sea. The area with the surrounding area is 103 km2. The main street is
Istarska street, 200 m long. Parts of the city are Stanica, through
which the Parenzana (railway) used to pass, Stari Grad, Školski Brijeg,
Rudine...
Buje together with Umag, Novigrad, Brtonigla, Grožnjan
and Oprtalje, as well as many other places and settlements, make up
Bujština.
Buje is located on several hills, of which Bujsko brdo
(222 m) should be mentioned, which is also the highest point of Buje,
and also has two smaller hills (180-190 m), it was built as a typical
Istrian town on a hill, following natural lines.
It is divided
into several parts, which are connected either by secondary or main
roads. These parts are:
St. Sebastian - the westernmost part of
the city and one of the youngest parts of the city.
Brolo - between
the Old Town and St. Sebastian, populated mainly by Italians.
The Old
Town - the oldest part of the city, located on Bujsko Brdo.
Novi Grad
and Rudine. Novi Grad is the judicial and political center of the city,
while Rudine is a small residential area built during the Yugoslav era.
Školski most - the educational center of Buj, home to the Croatian
primary and secondary school, as well as the newly built Italian primary
and secondary school.
Monte Bašter - the easternmost part of the
city, near which the city cemetery is located.
The village, founded
near the old Austro-Hungarian railway station, quickly became the
economic center of Buje, and the favorable transport location near the
border with Italy and Slovenia allows some economic life to be carried
out today.
The territory of the city of Buje includes 26 settlements (as of
2006), namely: Baredine (Baredine), Bibali (Bibali), Brdo (Berda,
Collalto), Brich (Briz), Buje (Buie), Buroli (Buroli). ), Buzhin) (not
listed in 2001 or 2011, but mentioned in the Official Gazette of the
City of Buje No. 08/12 - August 27, 2012 and Gamboci (Gambozzi),
Caldania (Caldania), Kanegra (Kanegra), Kastel (Kastel Venere), Krasica
(Krašica), Kršete (Carsette), Kučibreg (Kučibreg), Lozari (Lozari),
Marušići (Marušići), Merišće (Merišće), Momjan (Momiano), Oskorus
(Oskorus), Plovanija (Plovanija), Sveta Marija na Karste (Madonna del
Carso) /part/, Škrile (Skrile), Škudelina (Skudelin), Tribano (Tribano)
and Veli Mlyn (Molino Grande)
In the area of the city of Buje
there is a settlement Sorbar, now abandoned. The territory of this
settlement administratively belongs to the settlement of Marušići.
The most famous factory is "Digitron", which produces electronic equipment, after which the pocket computer or calculator received its second name "Digitron", and "Bifiks", a factory producing wall paints. An important branch of the economy is agriculture, especially vineyards and olive groves. Until June 1963, the independent company Elektra Buje operated on the territory of the municipalities of Buje, Umag and Novigrad as a factory with an independent calculation, and then it was merged with Elektroistri Pula.
The city has a cinema, a city library. The city has two large churches: Mary of Mercy and St. Servola, in the old part of the city.
Bujama has football and bocce clubs, handball, tennis, volleyball, chess, kickboxing and karate clubs, as well as a sport fishing club.