Istria County Prefect Valter Flego and the exhibition's director, Jasmina Bavoljak, today signed a letter of intent based on which the Culture Ministry and Istria County will finance the project with HRK 700,000 each over three years.
"This project is extremely important for Istria and has been recognised and endorsed by the Culture Ministry," Flego said, adding that after Zagreb and Pula, the plan was for the exhibition to be staged in every country with historical ties to the northern Adriatic peninsula of Istria.
"We must finish this exhibition by the end of this year so that next year, with EU funds, we can show it in other European countries," said Bavoljak.
Mladen Lucic, one of the exhibition's initiators, said this unique project included a four-language catalogue that would interest partners in Italy and Austria.
(EUR 1 = HRK 7.7)