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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Grožnjan
| official_name      = Grožnjan Municipality<br>''Općina Grožnjan - Comune di Grisignana''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.groznjan-grisignana.hr/index.php/hr/sluzbene-novine/item/download/413_20f73592eaca1e27fcc95675e02ea0d6|title=Statut Općine Grožnjan|website=Grožnjan - Grisignana|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref>
| other_name         = Grisignana
| settlement_type    = Municipality
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| image_caption      = View of Grožnjan
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| nickname           = The town of artists
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| subdivision_name   = {{CRO}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[Counties of Croatia|County]]
| subdivision_name1  = {{flag|Istria County}}
| subdivision_type2  = [[Municipalities of Croatia|Municipality]]
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| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Claudio Stocovaz
| unit_pref          = Imperial
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| area_total_km2     = 67.8
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| area_urban_km2     = 8.7
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| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2021">{{Croatian Census 2021|S}}</ref>
| population_as_of   = 2021
| population_total   = 656
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| population_urban   = 142
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| timezone           = [[Central European Time|CET]]
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'''Grožnjan''' ({{langx|it|'''Grisignana'''}}; {{langx|vec|Grizinjana}}) is a settlement and municipality in [[Croatia]]. It is part of Croatia's [[Istria County]], which takes up most of the [[Istria]]n peninsula. Around 36% of the municipality's population is [[Italians of Croatia|Italian]].
==History==
===Early history===
In Grožnjan are found ancient Roman artifacts and near Grožnjan is the remains of a Roman house, but the first mention of Grožnjan dates from 1102, when [[Margrave of Istria]] [[Ulric II, Margrave of Carniola|Ulric II]] and his wife Adelaida granted their land to [[Patriarch of Aquileia]]. In this document the fort is called ''Castrum Grisiniana''. In 1238 Grožnjan was the property of Vicardo I Pietrapalosa. In 1286, Grožnjan fort was lent to the Aquileian patriarch during war with [[Venice]] but changed sides in 1287, and Grožnjan was given to Venice.<ref name="tz-groznjan">{{cite web|url=https://www.tz-groznjan.hr/index.php/en/povijest/povijest-minula-stoljeca|title=History: Past Centuries|access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref>
Vicardo's son Pietro inherited Grožnjan after his father's death in 1329, and when he died in 1339 it again became the patriarch's property. The patriarch rented it to a [[Friuli]] noble family, de Castello. In 1354 Grožnjan's new owner became Volrich, or Ulrich, Reifenberg, who in 1358 sold it to Venice for 4,000 ducats in order to pay his debts. Volrich was a son of Deitalm, a descendant of Aquileian patriarch Volcher, and in 1356, during the war between Venice and [[Hungary]], his army, entrenched in Grožnjan, strongly resisted the Hungarian army. Yet it seems that at the same time Volrich negotiated the surrendering of Grožnjan in Venice.
===Venetian Republic===
Venice took Grožnjan over in 1358 and ruled until the demise of the Venetian Republic in 1797. In 1359 the [[Umag]] captain Pietro [[Delfin (family)|Dolfin]] moved to his new residence in Grožnjan, and in 1360 and 1367 he fortified the town walls and renovated the palace.
Captain's Office moved from Grožnjan to Raspo in 1394, when a central rule was established for the whole area. Since then Grožnjan was governed by Venetian noblemen who were given the title of "[[Mayor]]". From the early 16th century Grožnjan's mayors were chosen among [[Koper]] noblemen. In the 15th century judicial duties were performed by the Pietrapelosas, and in 1446 the town walls were fortified in order to protect it from possible Turkish attacks. After the terrible plague in 1630 the Grožnjan area became almost completely deserted. In order to revitalize the area the St. Mark's Republic brought Italian families from [[Veneto]] and [[Friuli]]; these were mostly tradesmen who settled in towns. Settlers were invited by the [[Republic of Venice]] to cultivate the abandoned land in some hamlets around Grožnjan. Most of the settlers were [[Morlachs]] from [[Dalmatia]], but also Slavic people, [[Albanians]] and [[Greeks]], all refugees of the [[Ottoman Empire]].
All settlers in Istria were given free land and were exempt from fiscal duties and work obligations for twenty years; the only condition was to cultivate the land within five years. The economic success of the colonization of villages was reflected in the towns as well: trade and transportation developed and demographics improved.
===Austrian Empire===
After the fall of [[First French Empire|Napoleon's Empire]] in 1813, his [[Illyrian Provinces]], including Grožnjan, became part of the [[Austrian Empire]]. In 1816 the Austrian Emperor [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor|Francis II]] visited Grožnjan on his tour through Istria and met with the local clergy and population.
During Austrian rule, the Grožnjan area flourished. The building of the [[Parenzana]] railroad in 1902 enhanced the development of trade and agriculture. Wine, olive oil, eggs, and other produce were sold in [[Koper]] and [[Trieste]]. According to the 1910 census, the settlement of Grožnjan had 1,658, and the municipal area had 4,028 inhabitants. The town had a doctor, a post office, a school, a lawyer, a notary public, an oil processing plant, a bakery, groceries and clothing stores, two butchers, several inns, and various trade shops (shoemakers, blacksmiths, tailors, carpenters, etc.).
===Kingdom of Italy===
The dissolution of the Austrian Empire, the subsequent Italian rule and the [[Great Depression]] had its consequences. In the 1920s people started to emigrate, looking for work in [[Trieste]] and overseas. During the rule of the [[Italy|Kingdom of Italy]] Grožnjan attained waterworks, the area was electrified, and the [[Mirna (Adriatic Sea)|Mirna]] river valley was reclaimed.
===SFR Yugoslavia===
{{see also|Istrian–Dalmatian exodus}}
After the [[World War II|Second World War]], Istria was divided into two parts, the Yugoslav one and the [[Free Territory of Trieste]], which was divided into Zone A, controlled by the US Army, and Zone B, controlled by the [[Yugoslav People's Army|Yugoslav Army]]. Grožnjan becomes a part of Zone B. On October 5, 1954, the [[Treaty of Osimo|London Memorandum]] was signed and Zone A was assigned to Italy, and Zone B to the [[People's Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]. In 1975 the [[Treaty of Osimo]] divided the Free Territory of Trieste and Grožnjan became part of Yugoslavia.
The London Memorandum provided the population with the option of emigration to Italy. The new Yugoslavia's emergent communist system and its application, along with lingering hostilities between Italians and Yugoslavs (like the murder of priest [[Francesco Bonifacio]]), contributed to a large wave of emigration (part of the [[Istrian–Dalmatian exodus]]). By April 1956, 2/3 of the population emigrated from the area to Italy.
In 1955 Grožnjan lost its municipality status and became part of the municipality of [[Buje]]. In 1965, when the Town of Arts was founded, some of the housing was given to artists from Croatia, Slovenia, and Vojvodina, and some were assigned to the Cultural Centre of the International Music Youth Federation in 1969. In 1993 Grožnjan got its municipality status again.
==Demographics==
In the 2001 census, the municipality of Grožnjan had 785 inhabitants, of which 51,2% were Italians.<ref>{{Croatian Census 2001|E|18|1384}}</ref> This made Grožnjan the only municipality with a majority share of ethnic Italians in Croatia.
In the [[2011 Census of Croatia|2011 census]], the whole of Grožnjan Municipality had 736 inhabitants, while the settlement of Grožnjan itself had 164 inhabitants.<ref name="Census 2011">{{Croatian Census 2011|S|18|1384}}</ref> The ethnic composition of the municipality in 2011 was 39.40% [[Italians of Croatia|Italians]], 29.62% [[Croats]], 18.21% regionally declared, and 2.17% [[Slovenes of Croatia|Slovenes]].<ref>{{Croatian Census 2011|E|18}}</ref> The native language in the municipality was 56.52% [[Italian language|Italian]], 37.36% [[Croatian language|Croatian]], and 2.72% [[Slovene language|Slovene]].
In the 2021 census, the whole of Grožnjan Municipality had 656 inhabitants, while the settlement of Grožnjan itself had 142 inhabitants.<ref name="Census 2021" /> The ethnic composition of the municipality in 2021 was 50% [[Croats]], 35.82% [[Italians of Croatia|Italians]], 6.25% regionally declared, and 1.83% [[Slovenes of Croatia|Slovenes]]. The native language in the municipality was 49.24% [[Croatian language|Croatian]], 44.51% [[Italian language|Italian]], and 2.59% [[Slovene language|Slovene]].<ref name="Census 20121">{{Croatian Census 2021|EO|18|1384}}</ref>
The municipality consists of following settlements (population numbers from 2021):
* [[Antonci, Grožnjan|Antonci]] - Antonzi, population 49
* [[Bijele Zemlje]] - Terre Bianche, population 70
* '''Grožnjan - Grisignana''', population 142
* [[Kostanjica, Croatia|Kostanjica]] - Castagna, population 61
* [[Kuberton]] - Cuberton, population 22
* [[Makovci]] - Macovzi, population 92
* [[Martinčići]] - Martincici, population 111
* [[Šterna]] - Sterna, population 70
* [[Vrnjak]] - Vergnacco, uninhabited
* [[Završje, Istria County|Završje]] - Piemonte d'Istria, population 39
==Culture==
Grožnjan is today known as "Town of artists". It has about 20 art galleries, it hosts summer film school, and it has become an international center of Croatian music youth. Grožnjan has an annual jazz festival "Jazz is Back-BP", that was started by [[Boško Petrović (musician)|Boško Petrović]], attracting international musicians, such as [[Georgie Fame]] in 2007, [[Mike Sponza]]. In 2008 it won the European award for best small jazz festival. It is held for two or three weeks, in the second half of July. Grožnjan also has an annual painting festival, the Ex Tempore, hosting more than 300 artists from the whole Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glasistre.hr/multimedija/foto/u-nedjelju-u-groznjanu-krece-festival-jazz-is-back-bp-459877|title=U nedjelju u Grožnjanu kreće festival Jazz is Back!BP|work=[[Glas Istre]]|language=hr|access-date=19 October 2015}}</ref>
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Grožnjan–Building-02.jpg|Houses in Grožnjan
File:Groznjan shop.jpg|Shop in Grožnjan
File:Ballet Course 01.jpg|Ballet Course in Grožnjan
File:Grožnjan1.jpg|Typical alley
File:Summer School Grožnjan-Croatia.jpg|Summer School
File:Wine Exhibition.jpg|Wine Exhibition
File:Grožnjan, view to the Saint Vitus church.jpg|Olives near Grožnjan
File:Croatia Grožnjan Loggia Trg Lode-1577.jpg|Loggia of Grožnjan
</gallery>
==See also==
*[[List of Glagolitic inscriptions (16th century)]]
==References==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.groznjan-grisignana.hr/ Grožnjan Municipality Official Website]
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