Izola鈥檚 most beautiful building 鈥 albeit looking a little worse for wear 鈥 is this late-baroque palazzo below the Parish Church of St Maurus. Built between 1775 and 1781, the mansion has windows and balconies adorned with stuccos and wonderful wrought-iron grilles painted light blue. It is now a music school.
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What attracts most people to this little church is the famous Dance of Death or Danse Macabre, a fresco that shows 11 skeletons leading the same number of鈥
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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
Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta
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The entire floor of the Latin cross-shaped basilica, rebuilt after an earthquake in 1348, is covered with one of the largest and most spectacular Roman鈥
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Touring the huge, spectacular subterranean chambers of the 6km-long 艩kocjan Caves is a must. This remarkable cave system was carved out by the Reka River,鈥
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Predjama Castle, 9km from Postojna, is one of Europe's most dramatic castles. It teaches a clear lesson: if you want to build an impregnable fortification鈥
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The stud farm can be visited on very popular, 50-minute guided tours. The interesting, informative tours are available in a number of languages; a tour鈥
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Sitting on a rocky outcrop 7km from Trieste, Castello di Miramare is the city's elegiac bookend, the fanciful neo-Gothic home of the hapless Archduke鈥
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This extraordinary house-museum was the home of wealthy Triestini merchant Pasquale Revoltella, who made his fortune in the timber industry and had a hand鈥
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This renovated, salmon-coloured, 16th-century church and its detached bell tower are on the hill above the town. The views are the main reason to climb up鈥
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The Venetian Gothic Manzioli House was built in 1470 and was the residence of an Istrian chronicler in the 16th century. Today it houses the bureau鈥
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On Veliki trg is the Municipal Palace, which now houses offices of the local council. It was built in Gothic style in 1325; but the present baroque facade鈥
4. Church of St Mary of Haliaetum
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This central church dates from around the latter 11th century and has been lovingly restored. It has no set opening times, but is generally left open鈥
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The best beach close to Izola is at Simon鈥檚 Bay, about 1.5km to the southwest. It has a grassy area for sunbathing.
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For centuries the people who lived at Strunjan, a peninsula halfway between Izola and Piran, were engaged in salt-making. Today the old salt-pan area is鈥
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The western edge of Carpacciov trg is marked by the large arched Taverna, a one-time salt warehouse dating from the 15th century.
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One of the most colourful streets in Koper, Kidri膷eva ulica, starts at Carpacciov trg, where the Column of St Justina commemorates Koper鈥檚 contribution 鈥撯