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About the Aquarium |
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Aquarium Pula is located in the Austro-Hungarian fortress Verudela,
which was built in 1886 on the peninsula 3 km from the centre of the
city of Pula. Transforming the fortress into the aquarium has been in
progress since 2002. The installation has been set in about 60 tanks on
the ground floor, the moat, and the first floor of the fortress. In an
area of approx. 2000 m2 visitors can get acquainted with inhabitants of
Northern and Southern Adriatic Sea, tropical marine and freshwater fish
and with representatives of European rivers and lakes. From the roof of
the fort, a unique view of the entire city of Pula and Istria stretches
to the distant horizon, while in the moat you can enjoy refreshments on
our summer terrace.
Content
Fortress Verudela:
• Fortress with preserved rooms, tunnels and a moat
• Roof: Belvedere
• Moat with caponiers
• Exhibition of photographs with fortresses from Pula
• Exhibition of works from the International Fortification Architecture
Workshops
Aquarium:
Central part
• Central aquarium of 300 m3 for sharks IN CONSTRUCTION
Ground floor
• Northern Adriatic flora and fauna
• NW caponier: Evolution exhibition, with living fossils and reptiles
• SE caponier: fish from European rivers and lakes, shelter for
red-eared slider turtles, summer terrace, interactive exhibition “The
Park of Physics”
1st floor
• Southern Adriatic and Mediterranean flora and fauna
• Tropical marine and freshwater fish
• Marine Turtle Rescue Centre
• Projection of short educational movie “Posidonia oceanica“
• Marine chemistry and biology laboratories
• Sea horses room
Source: official site of
Akvarij Pula (2012)
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