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The aquarium is hosted inside a fort built by [[Austria-Hungary]] in 1886. In 1918, the fort was obtained by [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]]; it was occupied by [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] in 1943 and then awarded to [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] two years later. From the 1950s, it was demilitarised and used as a hotel, then abandoned in the late 1980s until being made into the aquarium in 2002.<ref name=pag>{{cite news |title=Aquarium Pula |url=https://pag.si/aquarium-pula/ |access-date=5 October 2022 |publisher=Pag.si |date=2 March 2020 |language=Slovenian}}</ref> |
The aquarium is hosted inside a fort built by [[Austria-Hungary]] in 1886. In 1918, the fort was obtained by [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]]; it was occupied by [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] in 1943 and then awarded to [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] two years later. From the 1950s, it was demilitarised and used as a hotel, then abandoned in the late 1980s until being made into the aquarium in 2002.<ref name=pag>{{cite news |title=Aquarium Pula |url=https://pag.si/aquarium-pula/ |access-date=5 October 2022 |publisher=Pag.si |date=2 March 2020 |language=Slovenian}}</ref> |
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Milena Mičić, [[Doctor of Science|doctor of science]] since 1999, received the award for Entrepreneur of the Year for the conversion of the fortress into an aquarium. In 2020, the aquarium received 150,000 visitors, up from 125,000 in 2019 and 97,000 in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |title=Aquarium Pula – moderni akvarij u staroj utvrdi|trans-title=Aquarium Pula – modern aquarium in an old fortress |url=https://privredni.hr/aquarium-pula?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp |access-date=5 October 2022 |work=[[Privredni vjesnik]] |date=8 April 2021 |language=Croatian|first=Jozo|last=Vodoljak}}</ref> In June 2022, the aquarium received the [[Friend of the Sea]] award.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Simmonds |first1=Lauren |title=Friend of the Sea Certificate to be Given to Beloved Pula Aquarium |url=https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/63538-pula-aquarium |access-date=5 October 2022 |publisher=Total Croatia News |date=12 June 2022}}</ref> |
Milena Mičić, [[Doctor of Science|doctor of science]] since 1999, received the award for Entrepreneur of the Year for the conversion of the fortress into an aquarium. In 2020, the aquarium received 150,000 visitors, up from 125,000 in 2019 and 97,000 in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |title=Aquarium Pula – moderni akvarij u staroj utvrdi|trans-title=Aquarium Pula – modern aquarium in an old fortress |url=https://privredni.hr/aquarium-pula?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp |access-date=5 October 2022 |work=[[Privredni vjesnik]] |date=8 April 2021 |language=Croatian|first=Jozo|last=Vodoljak}}</ref> In June 2022, the aquarium received the [[Friend of the Sea]] award.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Simmonds |first1=Lauren |title=Friend of the Sea Certificate to be Given to Beloved Pula Aquarium |url=https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/63538-pula-aquarium |access-date=5 October 2022 |publisher=Total Croatia News |date=12 June 2022}}</ref> |
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Aquarium in Pula, Croatia
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Aquarium Pula is an aquarium in Pula, Croatia. The aquarium has 211 species of animal, including blacktip reef sharks, caimans and a centre for the rehabilitation of turtles.[1] As of the start of 2020, it had rehabilitated 160 loggerhead turtles and returned them to the sea.[2]
History
The aquarium is hosted inside a fort built by Austria-Hungary in 1886. In 1918, the fort was obtained by Italy; it was occupied by Germany in 1943 and then awarded to Yugoslavia two years later. From the 1950s, it was demilitarised and used as a hotel, then abandoned in the late 1980s until being made into the aquarium in 2002.[1]
Recognition
Milena Mičić, doctor of science since 1999, received the award for Entrepreneur of the Year for the conversion of the fortress into an aquarium. In 2020, the aquarium received 150,000 visitors, up from 125,000 in 2019 and 97,000 in 2016.[3] In June 2022, the aquarium received the Friend of the Sea award.[4]
References
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