September 2019 » Pepper Urbex

Coal Factory Tito 🇭🇷 – Abandoned coal mine transshipment facility

October 18, 2022September 28, 2019 by Pepper

The Istrian coal mines, had by far the most important and economically the most valuable deposits of the anthracite coal reserves in Croatia since the 18th century until the year 1999, when their excavation and use in the coal-fired power plant Plomin ceased.

The coal is found within the Palaeocene Kozina limestone beds. Four coal basins, Karojba, Sveti Martin, Pićan, and the Labin basin, hosted seven coal mines, e.g. Tupljak, Potpićan, Kozljak, Štrmac, Raša, Ripenda, and Krapan. The coal has been generally known under the name of Raša coal.

Haludovo Palace Hotel 🇭🇷 – The Adriatic Palace of Sin

October 18, 2022September 26, 2019 by Pepper

Meet Haludovo Palace, the original palace of sin and often called the most extravagant resort on the Adriatic ever.

Katarina Naval Base 🇭🇷 – A huge navy base in northern Croatia, abandoned at the time of the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s

October 18, 2022September 12, 2019 by Pepper

On the northern side of Pula bay stretches out the former Naval Base Katarina, originally built as part of the Austro-Hungarian defence system of the city of Pula and further extended during Italian rule.