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o Mošćenice p Lovran
Map B2. * 330. k Rijeka, 53 km Map B2. * 4,000. k Rijeka, 50 km
(33 miles), on the island of Krk. (31 miles, island of Krk). £ Rijeka,
£ Rijeka. n Aleja Slatina bb, 20 km (13 miles). @ Opatija, 6 km
Mošćenička Draga, (051) 739 166. (4 miles). n Trg slobode 1, (051) 291
∑ tz-moscenicka.hr 740. _ Asparagus Festival (Apr);
Cherry Days (Jun); Marunada,
This small village was founded chestnut festival (mid-Oct).
by the Liburnians on a small ∑ tz-lovran.hr
hilltop. The structure of the
medieval town is still evident, The town of Lovran (whose
with houses pressed against name derives from the laurel
the walls, narrow streets, small trees which are common
alleys and courtyards. There are throughout the area) extends
lovely views over the Kvarner along the coast until it meets
Old Town square of Plomin, surrounded by Gulf from the village. the long seafront at Opatija (see
lush green trees In the main square is p69). The old part of the town
the Church of St Andrew is situated on a small peninsula
i Plomin (Sv. Andrije), a building of along the coast. The houses in
medieval origin which the ancient fortified town lean
Map B3. * 140. k Pula, 54 km
(34 miles). £ Rijeka, 55 km (34 miles). was rebuilt in the against the enclosing walls,
n Vozilići 66, Vozilići; (052) 880 155; Baroque style in the of which only a very few
Regional: Pionirska 1, Poreč, 17th century. Inside parts and sections remain:
(052) 452 797. are some statues by just a tower and the
the Paduan sculptor Stubica Gate. In the main
An ancient fortified town once Jacopo Contieri. Just square, as well as a
stood here on the site of the outside the walls are medieval tower there
Roman town Flanona, which the small Church of are several houses with
was destroyed by the Avars in St Sebastian from the Venetian Gothic façades
the 6th century. It was rebuilt 16th century, and the and also the Church of
after 1000 AD and took on its 17th-century Church St George (Sv. Juraj), built
present look in the 13th century of St Bartholomew. in the 12th century and
after it had become Venetian The history of the area rebuilt in the Baroque
territory. Plomin, built on a is documented in the period, along with
sheer cliff 168 m (550 ft) above Ethnographic Museum a Romanesque bell
the bay of the same name, was (Etnografski Muzej). tower. Inside the
once densely populated. Statue by Contieri, church church, on the vault
Houses take up nearly all E Ethnographic of St Andrew, Mošćenice and the arch of the
the space inside the walls Museum apse are some late-
(from the 13th–14th centuries Tel (051) 737 551. Open summer: Gothic frescoes (1470–79)
and only partially preserved). 9am–1pm, 6–9pm daily; winter: depicting the life of Christ and
Worn, narrow roads climb 11am–3pm daily. Closed Jan & Feb. several saints. A building with a
towards the centre, where figure of St George stands in the
the 11th-century Romanesque Environs main square and is worth a visit.
Church of St George (Sv. Juraj) A series of steps leads down Along the coastal promenade,
stands. Inside is a tablet in to Mošćenićka Draga which extends between
Glagolitic script also dating (2 km/1 mile), where there Lovran and the village of Ika,
from the 11th century, one is a large pebble beach. stand several beautiful early
of the oldest documents
in this ancient Slavic script
extant in Croatia.
The Church of the Blessed
Virgin Mary (Crkva Blažene
Djevice Marije) also contains
treasures of artistic merit. The
church was consecrated in
1474, but was greatly altered
in the 18th century. There are
three Baroque altars in carved,
painted wood and a rich
church treasury. A fresco by
Albert, a German painter from
Konstanz, was found on the
wall during restoration work. Old mill at the Ethnographic Museum, Mošćenice
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp226–8 and pp238–40

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