Skitača

Skitača (Italian: Schitazza) is a small hamlet in west Croatia, in the eastern coast of Istria County, and is one of many settlements scattered in the County. These small settlements started to form in the 13-14th century continuing into the 19th century when Napoleon occupied the area. Even later when the Austria-Hungary got this region. During the early centuries most of the people came from the eastern parts of Europe as workers imported by rich landowners. Later, some came as refugees from territories taken by the Tatars and Turkish. Some of people which took refuge were Croats, Montenegrins, Serbs, Romanians, Bosnians, Albanians, Greeks, and other Eastern Europeans.

==Skitača== In the Cerovica (Istria) contrada (Parish, Precinct, Country), of the Labinština peninsula, there are many such settlements some of which are now deserted. Skitača is one of these settlements. , is located on the mount by the same name on the Labinština peninsula in Istria County, Croatia. It is located at the highest point of the commune of Albona, about 2 km north-east of the hamlet of Brovinje and 3 km. from the Koromačno cement factory. Skitača overlooks the Kvarner and the island of Cres. During the re-population of Istria, settled people which were called Romanian were brought with other Slavs from the southern provinces of Croatia to reclaim the land which was destroyed by the wars between the Venice Republic and Austria-Hungary. In the village of Skitača north of or there are some which still speak the Istro-Romanian language, although it is now mixed with Croatian language. Today all of the people are gone and new people have started to settle there in the summer months.