In 1900, construction began on the 123-kilometer narrow-gauge railway line from Trieste to Poreč. On December 15, 1902, the line was officially opened. People gave it three names: La Parenzana, Porečanka, and Porečka. In 1935, Italy shut down the railway and sold it off. The tracks were loaded onto a ship for wartime needs and taken to Abyssinia. Somewhere in the Mediterranean, the ship sank with all its cargo. Along the route of the former railway, only the stations remain. Some now stand in one country, some in another, while people continue to tell stories about the Porečanka.
