Editing Roč (section)

==History==
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The name Roč or ''Rozzo'' derive from the [[Celtic languages|Celtic]] ''Roz''.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} The related name Roc is very common in wide areas under [[Celts]] influence. The present-day settlement was first mentioned as ''Rus'' in a document of 1064.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} The area was settled in [[Protohistory|protohistoric]] times. [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] called it ''Castrum Rotium'' or ''Rocium''. The town was founded in prehistory, as an [[Illyrians|Illyrian]] settlement. After the Roman Empire incorporation of Istria, it became  a Roman ''castrum'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Roč (Rozzo) |url=https://www.istra.hr/it/destinazioni/buzet/vivete/831 |website=www.istra.hr |publisher=Official tourist website of the Istria Tourist Board |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112154242/https://www.istra.hr/it/destinazioni/buzet/vivete/831c |archive-date=12 January 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> becoming an important settlement for the Romans since the second century BC.<ref>{{cite web |title=Roc – Rozzo: "Castrum Rotium" |url=https://www.smrikve.com/istria/books/smrikve/places/central-istria/roc/page-2/ |publisher=Istria from Smrikve}}</ref> Numerous findings from the Roman period were discovered in the area or Roč (Rozzo) and Buzet (Pinguente).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jurkic-Girardi |first1=Vesna |title=Monumenti romani sul territorio di Pinguente e Rozzo |pages=1–38 |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/353546}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Buzet Istria |url=http://histrica.com/istria/green/buzet/#:~:text=Buzet%20has%20been%20inhabited%20since,new%20settlements%20of%20population%20began. |website=www.histrica.com |publisher=Histrica}}</ref>

While the former [[March of Istria]] was gradually incorporated into the [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] ''[[Stato da Màr]]'', Roč from the 12th century onwards developed to a fortified town and a centre of [[Slavic literature]]. The local Church of St. Anthony holds the precious Roč [[Glagolitic]] Abecedarium from the 13th century. The first Croatian printed book, the 1483 ''[[Missale Romanum Glagolitice]]'', was prepared in Roč by one Juri Žakan. By the 1797 [[Treaty of Campo Formio]], Istria fell to the [[Habsburg monarchy]] and later became part of the [[Austrian Littoral]]. After World War I and the dissolution of Austria-Hungary, Istria including Rozzo  was partitioned to Italy in the Treaty of Rapallo (1920). After the end of World War II, Istria including Rozzo was ceded to Yugoslavia. After the breakup of [[Yugoslavia]] in 1991, most of Istria (including Roč) became part of present-day [[Republic of Croatia]].