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Filed under Holidays, Piran & Ljubljana 2015
Music in Tartini Square
4 Comments CherryPie on Dec 15th 2015
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Piran & Ljubljana 2015
Hotel Tartini – Piran
Hotel Tartini is perfectly situated with a choice of a view over Tartini Square or a balcony view towards the harbour and the sea beyond. On arrival at the hotel we found we had a room with a birds eye view of the square, a perfect room with a perfect view. During our stay we [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 11th 2015
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Giuseppe Tartini
Tartini Square is named after Giuseppe Tartini, a violin virtuoso and composer of music. He was born in Piran on 8th April 1692.
Tartini’s achievements in the sphere of violin virtuosity became a basis and stimulation for the later Paganini’s virtuosity and his unique violin technique.
Tartini created mostly instrumental music. He adored violin, and this is [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 23rd 2015
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Piran & Ljubljana 2015
Tartini Square
Tartini Square became the central square of Piran at the end of the 13th century, but it acquired its present appearance only in the 19th century. When the harbour (mandrač) was filled, the inhabitants of Piran made a large square around which they built all the major municipal institutions (Town Hall, Court House, etc.) and [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Oct 21st 2015
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Piran & Ljubljana – Day Five
The warmth of the early morning sunshine made it possible for us to eat breakfast outside on the hotel terrace. We lingered a while enjoying the atmosphere even after it had started to rain. After a while the wind changed direction and drove the rain underneath the covered area, in our direction. We beat a [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 1st 2015
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Piran & Ljubljana – Day Three
We had a leisurely breakfast before walking up the steep hill to the remains of the town walls. Unfortunately we didn’t have the correct change to be able to access the walls so we viewed them from outside the fence before making our way back down the hill for a refreshing mid-morning drink. On our [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Sep 29th 2015
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Piran & Ljubljana – Day Two
I woke up feeling refreshed after the long journey and transfer the previous day. I had a quick shower and got ready to go down for breakfast whilst Mr C hopped in the shower. Unfortunately Mr C had a problem with the water which was scalding hot and we could find no way to turn [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Sep 28th 2015
