Editing Istria (section)

===Venetian era===
{{Main|History of the Republic of Venice}}
[[File:Serenissima.png|thumb|center|1000px|Map of Istria and [[Dalmatia]] with the ancient domains of the [[Republic of Venice]] (indicated in fuchsia. Dashed diagonally, the territories that belonged occasionally).]]
[[File:Poreč005.jpg|thumb|Venetian [[Lion of Saint Mark]] on the Pentagonal Tower of [[Poreč]].]]

Under [[Pietro II Candiano]], who was [[Doge of Venice]] between 932 and 939, Istrian cities signed an act of devotion to the Venetian rule. On [[Ascension Day]] in 1000, a powerful fleet sailed from Venice to resolve the problem of the Narentine pirates.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/pietro-ii-orseolo_(Dizionario-Biografico)/|title=ORSEOLO, Pietro II in "Dizionario Biografico"|website=www.treccani.it|language=it-IT|access-date=2017-09-15}}</ref> The fleet visited all the main Istrian and Dalmatian cities, whose citizens, exhausted by the wars between the Croatian king [[Svetoslav Suronja|Svetislav]] and his brother [[Krešimir III of Croatia|Cresimir]], swore an oath of fidelity to Venice.<ref name=":0" /> In 1145, the cities of Pula, [[Koper]] and [[Izola]] rose against the [[Republic of Venice]] but were defeated, and were since further controlled by Venice.{{sfn|Istra-Istria.hr|loc=VARIOUS RULERS}} During the 13th century, the Patriarchate's rule weakened and the towns kept surrendering to Venice – [[Poreč]] in 1267, [[Umag]] in 1269, [[Novigrad, Istria County|Novigrad]] in 1270, [[Sveti Lovreč]] in 1271, [[Motovun]] in 1278, Kopar in 1279, and [[Piran]] and [[Rovinj]] in 1283.{{sfn|Istra-Istria.hr|loc=VARIOUS RULERS}} Venice gradually dominated the whole coastal area of western Istria and the area to [[Plomin]] on the eastern part of the peninsula.{{sfn|Istra-Istria.hr|loc=VARIOUS RULERS}} The wealthier coastal towns cultivated increasingly strong economic relationships with Venice and by 1348 were eventually incorporated into its territory, while their inland counterparts fell under the sway of the weaker Patriarchate of Aquileia, which became part of the [[House of Habsburg|Habsburg Empire]] in 1374.

On 15 February 1267, Parenzo was formally incorporated with the Venetian state.<ref>John Mason Neale, [https://archive.org/details/notese00neal/page/76 ''Notes Ecclesiological & Picturesque on Dalmatia, Croatia, Istria, Styria, with a visit to Montenegro''], pg. 76, J.T. Hayes - London (1861)</ref> Other coastal towns followed shortly thereafter. [[Bajamonte Tiepolo]] was sent away from Venice in 1310, to start a new life in Istria after his downfall. A description of the 16th-century Istria with a precise map was prepared by the Italian geographer [[Pietro Coppo]]. A copy of the map inscribed in stone can now be seen in the Pietro Coppo Park in the center of the town of [[Izola]] in southwestern [[Slovenia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://revitas.org/en/tourist-itineraries/historic-urban-cores/izola,18/izola,63.html |title=Historic Urban Cores: Izola |publisher=REVITAS – Revitalisation of the Istrian hinterland and tourism in the Istrian hinterland |access-date=1 June 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117024533/http://revitas.org/en/tourist-itineraries/historic-urban-cores/izola,18/izola,63.html |archive-date=17 November 2015}}</ref>

During the history of the coexistence of Slavic and Roman communities in Istria, the Slavs mostly lived in the interior, while the coast was Roman.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ivetić |first=Eđidio |title=GRANICA NA MEDITERANU. ISTOČNI JADRAN IZMEĐU ITALIJE I JUŽNOSLOVENSKOG SVETA OD XIII DO XX VEKA |publisher=Arhipelag |year=2015 |pages=99}}</ref>