Motovun

Motovun (Croatian pronunciation:, Italian: Montona or Montona d'Istria) is a village and a municipality in central Istria, west Croatia. In ancient times, both Celts and Illyrians built their fortresses at the location of present-day Motovun. The name of the village is also of Celtic origin, derived from Montona, meaning "a town in the hills". The Parenzana, a narrow-gaugerailroad that ran from Trieste to Poreč between 1902 and 1935, passed below the town.