Vižinada

Vižinada
Municipality
Vižinada Municipality
Općina Vižinada - Comune di Visinada[1]
Panorama of town centre

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Vižinada
Location of Vižinada in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°20′N 13°46′E / 45.333°N 13.767°E / 45.333; 13.767Coordinates: 45°20′N 13°46′E / 45.333°N 13.767°E / 45.333; 13.767
Country Croatia
County Istria
Government
 • Mayor Marko Ferenac
Elevation 40 m (130 ft)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 1,158
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Vižinada (Italian: Visinada) is a village and municipality in the interior of the western part of Istria, Croatia. It is 17 km northeast of Poreč, with an elevation of 400 m. The economy is agriculture-based.

Demographics

The total municipality population is 1,155, distributed in the following settlements:[2]

History and culture

The parish was first mentioned in 1177, in the papal document granting a privilege to the bishop of Poreč. Vižinada is located at the intersection of the main road Buje - Pula (M2, E751) and a local road toward Poreč. Despite various attempts at defacing stone effigies of the Lion of St Mark in the square and church interior, the township and it's environs were under Venetian control at various periods throughout history. Traditional events are: Versi na sterni, festival of poetry, as well as folk feasts Krostulijada, St. Mary and St. Valentine.

Vizinada's square where the climax of Kelly's Heroes was filmed.

The town of Vižinada was used in the filming of Kelly's Heroes in 1969. In the film, the village is used as Clermont, 10 miles from Nancy, in which a German-held bank contains $16,000,000 in gold bars. The town is mostly the same as it was in the production, as seen in the photograph of the church square, in which the confrontation with the Tiger Tank takes place.

The photograph (right) shows Vižinada as seen in the film. The church tower is where the characters Cowboy (Jeff Morris) and Gutowski (Richard Davalos) are positioned, overlooking the town square, and the bank. To the right of the photograph, where the gentleman is standing, the Tiger Tank was sat, as the three men (Kelly, Oddball and Big Joe) approached it to confront the commander.

References

  1. ↑ See the list of towns and municipalities in the Istria County (ref. to ) and the narodne-novine list (ref. to )
  2. 1 2 "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Vižinada". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
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