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BUZET<br />
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CITY OF TRUFFLES<br />
Buzet is situated in the very north of Istria near the border with Slovenia. Its<br />
historic core, dating from the Middle Ages lies on a hilltop above a fertile<br />
valley of the longest Istrian river – the Mirna.<br />
Today, Buzet is widely known as the ‘City of Truffles’ since the forests along<br />
the Mirna River are especially rich in this divine tuber. According to some<br />
views, the white truffle of Istria is as good as the most famous white truffle<br />
from the Italian region of Alba. In honour of this truffle, each year Truffle<br />
Days are organized in September and October.<br />
On the second weekend in September a large folk festivity also take place<br />
in Buzet with a special attraction – a giant omelette (commonly known<br />
as ‘fritada’ or ‘fritaja’) with over 2 000 eggs and 10 kilograms off truffles is<br />
prepared in a huge pan. This event officially marks the beginning of Truffle<br />
Days in Istria.<br />
The area of Buzeština has been inhabited since ancient times. Proof of<br />
this are prehistoric remains of stone objects found in Golupska cave,<br />
Podrebarska cave and some other caves. Illyrian tribes inhabited these areas<br />
in the Bronze Age when they began to build hilltop settlements surrounded<br />
by walls.<br />
From AD 177 to AD 476 this area was under Roman rule.<br />
The Buzet Earring<br />
The bronze earring, known as the Buzet Earring in archaeological literature,<br />
was predominantly found in the early Middle Ages in the graves of the<br />
native as well as Romanized Illyrian-Celtic people in the area between the<br />
Adriatic coasts and the Alps, especially in northern Istria between Buzet<br />
and the west coast. In the literature the earring appears in the 7th and 8th<br />
centuries.<br />
The Buzet Earring has been listed in the Cultural Heritage Register of the<br />
Republic of Croatia under the entry RRI-118 since 23rd October, 1968, while<br />
its samples have been kept in the Regional Museum of Buzet.<br />
A silver replica of the Buzet Earring has been created as an original souvenir<br />
of Buzet.<br />
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Saturday, April 16 th 2016 9 AM<br />
Town centre<br />
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