Gračišće

Gračišće (Italian: Gallignana) is a village and municipality of Istria County in Croatia.

Key facts

Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.official_name: Gračišće
Settlement.other_name: Gallignana
Settlement.image_skyline: Gvozden Rovina.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Gračišće
Settlement.image_map: Gračišće map.GIF
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Gračišće in Istria
Settlement.pushpin_map: Croatia
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: County
Settlement.subdivision_name1: border|23px Istria
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.leader_party: Independent
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Ivan Jeromela
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: municipality of Croatia
Country: Croatia
Located in: Istria County
Population: 1312
Area: 15.6
Elevation: 457
Official website: www.gracisce.hr
Image: Gvozden Rovina.jpg
Patron saint: Vitus

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Commons category: Gračišće
contains settlement: Škopljak
postal code: 52403

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Gračišće (Italian: Gallignana) is a village and municipality of Istria County in Croatia.

==Geography== The municipality is located in the interior of the Istrian peninsula. The Gračišće village which is also the administrative centre of Gračišće municipality is located about east of the county seat Pazin, on the road to Kršan and Vozilići. It is seated on the top of the hill at an elevation of and has the overall appearance of a typical medieval Istrian town. The village stands completely under monumental protection. The old cemetery which is located in front of St. Vitus Church offers a panoramic view of inner Istria up to the Učka mountain range () in the east, as well as to the Julian Alps and the Dolomites in the north.

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