Lined with galleries and souvenir stores, this cobbled street leads uphill through the old town to St Euphemia. Windows, balconies, portals and squares are a pleasant confusion of styles 鈥 Gothic, Renaissance, baroque and neoclassical. Notice the unique fumaioli (exterior chimneys), built during the population boom when entire families lived in a single room with a fireplace.
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Top billing in Pore膷 goes to the 6th-century Euphrasian Basilica, a World Heritage Site and one of Europe鈥檚 finest intact examples of Byzantine art. Built鈥
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Pula鈥檚 most famous and imposing sight is this 1st-century oval amphitheatre, overlooking the harbour northeast of the old town. It's a huge and truly鈥
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Fronted by a high porch supported by six Corinthian columns, this small but perfectly proportioned temple was built sometime between 2 BC and AD 14. It鈥
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Built from 1725 to 1736, this imposing structure 鈥 the largest baroque church in Istria 鈥 dominates Rovinj from its hilltop location in the middle of the鈥
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This handsome neobaroque church was completed in 1800 but commenced 40 years earlier, when Venice was still the style-setter for Istria. With its 63m-high鈥
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Looming over the chasm, Pazin鈥檚 castle is the largest and best-preserved medieval structure in all of Istria. First mentioned in AD 983, the castle has鈥
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Pazin鈥檚 most renowned site is undoubtedly this 100m-deep abyss, through which the Pazin膷ica River sinks into subterranean passages forming three鈥
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Not just any fish tank, this extraordinary aquarium occupies an entire 19th-century military fort 鈥 one of 55 built to defend the Austro-Hungarian Empire鈥
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Built from 1725 to 1736, this imposing structure 鈥 the largest baroque church in Istria 鈥 dominates Rovinj from its hilltop location in the middle of the鈥
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This tiny museum is dedicated to the batana, a flat-bottomed fishing boat that stands as a symbol of Rovinj鈥檚 seafaring and fishing traditions. Although鈥
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Housed in a 17th-century baroque palace, this museum displays temporary exhibitions on the ground floor, 20th-century and contemporary art on the 1st鈥
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This elaborate arch was built in 1679 as the main town gate. The top of the arch is ornamented with a Turkish head on the outside and a Venetian head on鈥
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Covered in oak and pine groves and boasting 10 species of cypress, this verdant expanse was established in 1890 by Baron H眉tterott, an Austrian admiral鈥
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The island of Sveti Nikola lies just short of 500m south of the peninsula. From May to October small passenger boats make the crossing from the wharf on鈥
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One of the city's Venetian-era towers; it once guarded the southeastern section of the city.
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One of the Venetian towers, flanking the main entrance to the old town.