Until the Second World War, this was one of the richest sacral buildings far and wide. It had a rich library and a collection of paintings by famous masters like Benedetto Carpaccio, Girolamo Santacroce, Vivarini and Palma Jr., which were displayed in the monastery church. In the presbytery, there was a big renaissance triptych [...]
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The Monastery Church of St Anna
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 23rd 2015
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Loggia Palace – Koper
The Loggia Palace is a Venetian Gothic palace, the only preserved Gothic town hall in Slovenia.
The earliest part of the existing building dates from 1462, when building work began on a replacement for an earlier Loggia that had stood in the same position on the north side of the main square of Koper, opposite the Praetorian [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 18th 2015
The Cathedral stands in the nucleus of Koper and dominates the area between the east side of the main square, Tito Square (Titov trg), and Brolo Square (trg Brollo). The three-nave Romanesque space with three apses was built in the second half of the 12th century. The Romanesque construction is especially preserved on the south [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 17th 2015
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Praetorian Palace – Koper
Koper is one of the oldest and most (unjustifiably) overlooked Slovene towns. The majority of people speeding past Koper on their way to Piran and Portorož only see the unattractive cranes of the Koper port from the road. But they do not know that a wonderful and lively old town center hides there. The long-standing [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Dec 16th 2015
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Music in Tartini Square
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4 Comments CherryPie on Dec 15th 2015
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repent.
Mark 2:17
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 13th 2015
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Rain in Piran
This is what happened when when the wind changed direction and the light rain turned into a torrential downpour. You can now see why we left the breakfast table in a hurry…
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14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 13th 2015
