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31 Vila Piranesi D4

Eating

32 Flora B1

33 Market D2

34 Pri Mari D7

35 Restaurant Neptune E5

36 Riva Piran B2

37 Skarabej E6

38 Stara Gostilna D3

Drinking

39 Cafe Teater D4

40 Caffe Tartini E2

41 Žižola Kantina E3

Shopping

Piranske Soline (see 20)

Sights

Sergej Mašera Maritime Museum
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( 671 00 40; www.pommuz-pi.si ; Cankarjevo nabrežje 3; adult/student & senior/child
€3.50/ 2.50/2.10; 9am-noon & 5-9pm Tue-Sun summer, 9am-5pm Tue-Sun winter)
Located in the lovely 19th-century Gabrielli Palace on the waterfront, this museum's fo-
cus is the sea, sailing and salt-making - three things that have been crucial to Piran's de-
velopment over the centuries. There are some old photographs showing salt workers going
about their duties in coolie-like straw hats, as well as a wind-powered salt pump and little
wooden weights in the form of circles and diamonds that were used to weigh salt during
the Venetian Republic. The 2000-year-old Roman amphorae beneath the glass floor here
are impressive.
The antique model ships upstairs are very fine; other rooms are filled with old figure-
heads and weapons, including some lethal-looking blunderbusses. The folk paintings are

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