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Poreč (Italian "Parenzo", Latin "Parens" or "Parentium", archaic German "Parenz", Greek "Pàrenthos", "Παρενθος") is a city and municipality on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula, in Istria county, Croatia. Poreč is almost 2,000 years old, and is based on a harbour protected from the sea by the small island of Sveti Nikola (Saint Nicholas). The city's population of approximately 12,000 resides mostly on the outskirts, while the Poreč region as a whole has a population of approximately 17,000 inhabitants. The city area covers 142 km², with the 37 km long shoreline stretching from the Mirna river near Novigrad-Cittanova to Funtana-Fontana and Vrsar-Orsera in the south. History: The locality was known of since prehistoric times. During the 2nd century BC Roman Castrum was built on a tiny peninsula with dimensions just about 400 m by 200 m where the city core is situated. During the reign of Emperor Augustus in the 1st century, it officially became a city and was part of the Roman ... Read more about Poreč on Wikipedia

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