Umag

Umag is a coastal town in Istria, Croatia. The city hosts a yearly ATP tennis tournament on clay courts. It is the westernmost town of Croatia, and the municipality consists of Basanija, the westernmost point of Croatia. Umag changed into referred to for the primary time within the 7th century with the aid of an nameless citizen from Ravenna, however it already existed in Roman times. Proof of that is discovered in the numerous stays of Roman villas, the so-known as villa rustica uncovered all alongside the coast. The city's records is carefully related to the settlement of Sipar, whose ruins may be found on a slender cape four kilometres north of Umag.

In the 9th century, the fortified settlement of Sipar was devastated by using invaders, the Neretva pirates. However, after this unlucky incident Umag grew in importance thanks additionally to its place, a small islet separated from the mainland by using a slender channel. It turned into clearly this location that safeguarded the agreement from the non-stop invasions down through the centuries. The Roman period of relative prosperity become interspersed with considered one of lack of confidence brought on mostly through common invasions, outbreaks of plague, cholera, and malaria.