In Vizinada area were found the rests that proves that there were few prehistoric hill fort settlements in the area. It is known that Vizinada was the Roman settlement named Vicinales where the old Consular road, via Flavia, Trieste (Tergeste) - Pula (Pola) was passing trough this Roman settlement.

Later on Vizinada is mentioned for the first time in a written document in 1177. At that time was part of the County of Pazin that was ruled by Count Mainardo. Count Mainardo obtained Vizinada from Porec’s Bishops. It is not clear if Vizinada was donated in 1077 by Porec’s Bishops to Marquis of Istria Enrico of Eppenstein and if in 1102 was donate by Marquis of Istria Ulrich II with other Istrian territories to the Aquileia Patriarchs. Count of Gorizia owned Vizinada before 1177. As feud, Vizinada, was part of the territories owned by Lord of Zavrsje until 1523 when Vizinada passed to Venetians.

In 1200 the feud was run by Count Albert of Wieselberg or Weichselberg who was the son of the Lord of Roc. In a document that dates back into 1368 we learn that the name of Vizinada at that time was Vicinatus.

In 1374, when Count Albert IV died, all the territories part of the County of Pazin passed to the Austrian Hapsburg family.

In 1421 Venetians occupied Vizinada for short period of time and than returned it to Lord of Zavrsje that was still part of the Austrian dominions in Istria.

In 1506 Venetians and Austrians were again in a war and Vizinada was occupied in 1508 and in 1523 became part of the Venetian Republic.

In 1530 Girolamo Grimani bought Vizinada and this family continued to own Vizinada even after the fall of the Venice Republic in 1797. They sold it to the Noble families Molin and Bragadin in 19th century.

As most other Istrian towns and villages also Vizinada suffered from plague and wars between Venice and Austria at the beginning of the 17th century and after every plague there was a need for new immigrants to maintain the economy and the life of the village.

With the fall of Venice, Vizinada became a part of Austrian Empire and for a short period of time was under Napoleon domination (1806-1814). After the First World War and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy was part of Italy and after the Second World War became 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 Vizinada 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 Vizinada is today part of Croatia.

In 2013 Vizinada 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.