Sources & credits
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Sources & photography
ParenzanaTrail.com separates official historical facts, current route data and editorial planning advice. Route conditions can change; current local notices and official route information take priority.
Primary route sources
- Istria Bike — Trail 19 Parenzana: current Croatian route metrics and official GPX.
- Istria Tourist Board — Parenzana, the trail of health and friendship: historic railway statistics.
- Official Parenzana project — Grožnjan to Livade: tunnels, viaducts and section description.
- Official Parenzana project — Vižinada to Motovun: Motovun tunnel and route landmarks.
Photography
Motovun aerial — Ekaterina Polischuk, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Used as a landscape/hero image; crops may vary responsively.
Parenzana tunnel cycleway — Cascafico, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Freski tunnel — Kiki273, Wikimedia Commons, free-license file on Commons.
Parenzana D8 in Sečovlje — Petar Milošević, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.
Valeta tunnel — Isiwal, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grožnjan aerial — Arne Müseler, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE; where displayed, attribution and license requirements apply.
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