On your left side there is a round defence tower and part of the old town walls.

Opposite to the defence tower there are the ruins of the old Municipal palace. Behind the church only ruins of a defence tower of the old town have been preserved.

Lindar was involved in a battle between Austria and Napoleon army in 1813 and the old cannon that you will see in the round defence tower stands there in memory of the victorious battle led by captain Josip Lazaric with his company of volunteers against Napoleon army.

The Lindar’s old castle was located from the round defence tower till the north eastern end of the village behind the Parish Church while the town walls were ending near the Church of St. Catherine.

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LINDAR – HISTORICAL OVERVIEW

Like many other Istrian towns and villages also Lindar has been a prehistoric hill fort settlement. It is assumed that the name of the town has Celtic origin. In the Middle Ages was ruled by the Aquileia Patriarchs and later on by Counts of Gorizia. Lindar was part of Pazin’s County.

During the Middle Ages Lindar was part, together with Gracisce and Pican, of Pazin’s defence system. In 1421, 1508, 1511, 1615 when Venetians were in wars with Austria also Lindar was involved on Austrian side.

Lindar was for centuries part of Austrian dominions in Istria and in 1813, Captain Josip Lazaric was able to organize a volunteer army among Pazin’s peasants.

Lazari’c army was made of 47 Austrian soldiers and the peasants. With this army he faced and obtained the surrender of the Napoleon army of 29 officials and 900 soldiers that were going trough Istria with aim to attack Austrian General Nugent army that was based in Rijeka. For this act Maria Tereza of Austria named Josip Lazaric: the Baron of Lindar.

Like many other Istrian towns and villages after the First World War Lindar became part of Italy and after the Second World War part of Yugoslavia (Croatia).

During the Italian Fascist period in Istria many Istrian families suffered from the regime or had to leave Istria. Fascism in Istria applied various repressive measures mostly towards Slav populations and this created the Antifascist Movement.

The Second World War was a very painful experience for the Istrian population and many innocent Istrians, both Slav and Latin, died during that war.

After the second World War Lindar became part of Yugoslavia (Croatia). There were three agreements between Yugoslavia and Italy which established that Istria would become a part of Yugoslavia: Paris Agreement of 1947, London Memorandum of 1954 and the Osimo Agreement reached in 1975.

In the first decade after the Second World War many Istrians, especially those living in towns and villages that for centuries were part of the Venice Republic, decided to leave Istria.

In 1991 with the fall of Yugoslavia and the founding of the Republic of Croatia, the internal republic boundaries were recognised as the state boundaries and Lindar is today part of Croatia.

In 2013 Lindar became part of the European Union. You can not change the past but you can try to learn from it. The main aim of the European Union founders was to build a system that could avoid future wars and future refugees in Europe as I explain in COSMOPOLITE.