Country Croatia Elevation 40 m (130 ft) Local time Tuesday 3:58 PM | County Istria Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 1,158 (2011) | |
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Weather 17°C, Wind W at 14 km/h, 50% Humidity | ||
Vižinada (Italian: Visinada) is a village and municipality in the interior of the western part of Istria, Croatia. It is 17 km northeast of Poreč, with an elevation of 400 m. The economy is agriculture-based.
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Demographics
The total municipality population is 1,155, distributed in the following settlements:
History and culture
The parish was first mentioned in 1177, in the papal document granting a privilege to the bishop of Poreč. Vižinada is located at the intersection of the main road Buje - Pula (M2, E751) and a local road toward Poreč.
Traditional events are: Versi na sterni, festival of poetry, as well as folk feasts Krostulijada, St. Mary and St. Valentine.
In popular culture
The town of Vižinada was used in the filming of Kelly's Heroes in 1969. In the film, the village is used as Clermont, 10 miles from Nancy, in which a German-held bank contains $16,000,000 in gold bars. The town is mostly the same as it was in the production, as seen in the photograph of the church square, in which the confrontation with the Tiger Tank takes place.
The photograph (right) shows Vižinada as seen in the film. The church tower is where the characters Cowboy (Jeff Morris) and Gutowski (Richard Davalos) are positioned, overlooking the town square, and the bank. To the right of the photograph, where the gentleman is standing, the Tiger Tank was sat, as the three men (Kelly, Oddball and Big Joe) approached it to confront the commander.