In 1413 Bale was involved in another war and this time in a war between Venice and Hungarian King. He occupied Bale and other part of Istria in order to help the Aquileia Patriarchs. The year later Bale returned to Venice.

In 1420 the Aquileia Patriarchs lost their dominions in Istria and Bale continued to be part of the Venice Republic until its fall in 1797. During that period was involved in other wars between Austria and Venice. In particular in 1616, during the Uskoci war, Bale was attacked for six months.

At the time town had also several disputes with Rovinj and Vodnjan about the borders of the territories and suffered from the brigant activity that was stopped only during the Napoleon occupation of Istria.

With the fall of Venice in 1797, Bale became a part of the Austrian Empire and for a short period of time was under Napoleon domination. After the First World War and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Bale, 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 Bale 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 Bale is today part of Croatia.

In 2013 Bale 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.

MORE ABOUT BALE - VALLE

An art work video related to Bale's Jazz Festival... named the The Last Minute Journey to Bale and made by Gordan Nia

...and after the art jazz video just a little bit walk around Bale streets with Vito