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Church of St. Eufemia - Rovinj
It is the most imposing structure and the patron saint of the town dominating the whole of the old town centre. It was built at the beginning of the 18th century while its façade in the Venetian-Baroque style was added in the middle of the 19th century. At the top of the sixty metre high bell tower stands the copper statute of St. Euphemia which turns according to the direction of the wind.
Basilika of Euphrasius - Porec
It dates from the 6th century and constitutes a monument of exceptional importance and was placed by UNESCO on its list of sites of the World’s cultural heritage in 1997. It is a complex of sacral buildings built during the Bishop Euphrasius. It consists of the basilica, baptistery, atrium, bell tower, dating back to the 16th century and the Bishop’s Palace which served its purpose until recently. The Basilica was built during the Byzantine rule and it is recognizable for its Byzantine architecture. The complex is the site of early Christian mosaics dating back to the period before the construction of today’s basilica. It is famous for its golden mosaics, which belong to the finest examples of this sort of art, as well as the capitals of various forms.
Church of St. Mary of the Stone Tablet - Beram
About 1,5 km to the north-east of Beram there is one of the most famous cultural and artistic monuments of Istria – the cemetery chapel of St. Mary of the Stone Tablet. It was built in the Middle Ages. The interior of the church is ornamented by the most significant Istrian mural cycle - frescoes painted by Vincent from Kastav in 1474. The forty painted areas show sequences from the life of Madonna and Christ, the figures of individual saints and symbolic scenes. Most space is occupied by a colourful procession, the Adoration of the Magi, on the northern wall, and the allegorical Dance of Death, on the western wall.
Cave of Pazin
Cave of Pazin is the most beautiful example of the evolution of karstic hydrography and morphology in Istria." Subterranean investigations have revealed galleries, siphons and lakes of great depth. The vertical walls reach the height of a hundred meters. The caves, created by nature, have interesting contents. During heavy rains, a lake forms around the opening of the Jama and the heaviest precipitation causes flooding. It inspired the French writer Julius Verne who placed a part of the plot of his novel “Mathias Sandorf” in this ambient.
Paulist Monastery of St. Peter in the Forest
The biggest monastery is located in Sveti Petar u Šumi (St. Peter in the Forest), (12th century) by one of the most beautiful Baroque churches in Croatia (the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul). The complex is unique for its inner yard (cloister) whose ground floor was built in the Renaissance style in the 15th century, while the elements of the old loggia of the Benedictine cloister dating from the 13th century along with the columns were transferred to the first floor and it is a rare example of reversed chronology. The church by the monastery is fitted with exceptional organs, a work by I.J. Eisl dating from 1770., beautiful Baroque leathers and gilt wall coverings containing flower motifs (Venetian work), altars carved in wood (the work of Pavel Riedl) and the well known painting of the Black Madonna of Jasna Gora (Crna Jasnogorska Gospa), who according to the legend burst into bloody tears in 1721. St. Peter is 35 km from Poreč.
