22

http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/sandamichaela-2593782-croatia2-buzet/

Buzet is a Croatian town located in the heart of the northern part of Istria, near the border with Slovenia and Italy, well connected to all parts of Europe and Croatia

The town museum (this building was a former Bigatto family house built in 1639) contain numerous exceptionally valuable artifacts from the Buzet necropolis as well as from the remains of the Roman settlement Pinguentum

In Buzet’s old town every historic building has a note on the façade that indicates why the building was important

The bronze earring, known as the Buzet Earring in archaeological literature, was predominantly found in the early Middle Ages in the graves of the native as well as Romanized Illyrian-Celtic people in the area between the Adriatic coasts and the Alps, especially in northern Istria between Buzet and the west coast. In the literature the earring appears in the 7th and 8th centuries.

A silver replica of the Buzet Earring has been created as an original souvenir of Buzet in a joined project of the Municipiality of Buzet, Buzet Tourist Association, Regional Museum of Buzet and the local “A.Vivoda” Cultural Centre

The Buzet Earring has been listed in the Cultural Heritage Register of the Republic of Croatia since 1968, while its samples have been kept in the Regional Museum of Buzet, the museum curator, professor Saša Nikolić, said

The prehistoric collection contains stone, bone and ceramic objects found in various caves and ruins around Buzet. There are also tools, weapons and various pieces of ceramic pottery in addition to other objects dating to Paleolitic and Iron Age II

The Antic collection offers a wide range of glass, metal and ceramic objects originating from the period of Roman rule

The Lapidarium features Roman tomb stones and architectural objects dating to 3 rd century BC found in Buzet and surrounding area and also monuments dating to the period of the Venetian rule

Roman monument showing a nymph holding ears of wheat Buzet II century AD

Roman votive monument showing Silvan Buzet, Old Town, I Century AD

Traditional kitchen

Kitchen had always been the crucial part

of any Istrian household-a

gathering point around ognjisce (fireplace) where

people would sit on benches, and

illuminated by lumin – a traditional candle

holfer, wait for the lady of the house to

make the food

Agricultural tools

The collection contains objects

used in agriculture, particularly for soil

cultivation and vineyards

Traditional Dress

This section of the museum presents male and female

traditional dresses from Buzet and the Mountain of Cicarija

and traditional instruments as well as waving machine manufactured in the village nearby Buzet

Heritage of Slavomir Cerovac

Slavomir Cerovac (1902-1979) was one of the founders and the first employee of the Buzet Regional Museum. His rich, private collection

thematically covers various aspects of life and work, from rural, ethnographic

objects to the beginning of the

urban life

The Anti-Fascist struggle in Buzet sectionAfter the fall of the Venetian Republic, Istria came under Austrian rule, which lasted until 1918.In the 19th and beginning of 20th century, within the national revival, the struggle for equality of the Croatian people was carried out in the field of politics, culture, economy and education. In 1887 the municipality of Buzet came under Croatian rule with Fran Flego as its first mayor

The Glagolitic Heritage

Glagolitic script appeared in Istria around 12 th century

On the wall, on the left side looking towards the museum, there is a stone box from 1725 that was used to denounce the destroyers of the woods in the region: “denoncie secrete contro fanneggiatori dei boschi dela provincial”.Another similar box, with Lion mouth, was placed on the Municipal palace in the 15th century against the cutters of the vines and olive trees

Text InternetPictures: Sanda Foişoreanu & InternetCopyright: All the images belong to their authors.

Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanuwww.slideshare.net/michaelasandahttp://www.authorstream.com/sandamichaela/

Sound: Oliver Dragojevic - Jos Ovaj Put