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History

The town is situated on the coast of the Lima bay, so-called Lima fiord. The old part of the town with the most significant sights was gradually colonized from the top of the 54m high hill to neighbouring hillsides towards the coast.

The name Vrsar originated according to linguists from the name of the coast Ursaria (in Italian Orsera). The Greek ships with amber cargoes anchored in the port of Vrsar since the ancient ages and that gave the rise of fortified dwellings on the coast. The real history dates from the reign of Romans in Istria.