Bale
Bale is a settlement and municipality in Istria County, Croatia. The origins of the settlement lie in the Roman stronghold of Castrum Vallis, built by Caius Palcrus to protect the salt-pan road from Pula-Pola to Poreč-Parenzo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 936 residents
- Description: municipality and settlement in Istria County, Croatia
- Also known as: “Bal”, “Bale - Valle”, and “Bale, Croatia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Parish church of Visitation of Blessed Virgin Mary to St. Elizabeth and Church of Holy Spirit.
Parish church of Visitation of Blessed Virgin Mary to St. Elizabeth
Church
Photo: Psittacuso, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of Holy Spirit
Church
Photo: ThomasPusch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holy Spirit Church is a small church in Bale, a small hilltop town in the inland of Istrian peninsula in north-western Croatia. The church is remarkable for its colourful frescoes on the ceiling and walls.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Golaš and Gajana.
Gajana
Village
Gajana is a village in the municipality of Vodnjan-Dignano, in Istria, Croatia. Gajana is situated 5 km southeast of Bale.
Bale
- Categories: municipality of Croatia and locality
- Location: Municipality of Bale - Valle, Istria County, Croatia, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
45.04105° or 45° 2′ 28″ northLongitude
13.78664° or 13° 47′ 12″ eastPopulation
936Elevation
134 metres (440 feet)United Nations Location Code
HR BALOpen location code
8FQM2QRP+CMOpenStreetMap ID
node 275677480OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Waray—“Bale” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Bale, Kroaci”
- Basque: “Bale (Kroazia)”
- Basque: “Bale”
- Bosnian: “Bale”
- Catalan: “Bale”
- Cebuano: “Bale”
- Chinese: “贝尔”
- Croatian: “Bale”
- Czech: “Bale”
- Dutch: “Bale”
- French: “Bale”
- Galician: “Bale”
- German: “Bale”
- Hungarian: “Bale”
- Italian: “Valle d’Istria”
- Italian: “Valle”
- Latin: “Castrum Vallis”
- Lombard: “Valle (Croazzia)”
- Lombard: “Valle”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bale”
- Persian: “بیل (کرواسی)”
- Persian: “بیل”
- Polish: “Bale”
- Polish: “Gmina Bale”
- Portuguese: “Bale (Croácia)”
- Portuguese: “Bale”
- Romanian: “Comuna Bale, Istria”
- Romanian: “Comuna Bale”
- Russian: “Бале (Хорватия)”
- Russian: “Бале”
- Serbian: “Бале”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bale”
- Slovak: “Bale”
- Slovenian: “Bale”
- Spanish: “Bale”
- Swedish: “Bale, Kroatien”
- Swedish: “Bale”
- Turkish: “Bale”
- Turkish: “Valle”
- Ukrainian: “Бале (Хорватія)”
- Ukrainian: “Бале”
- Venetian: “Vałe d’Istria”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bale”
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