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offerings placed by sailors on the altar of the pilgrimage church at Strunjan for protection
against shipwreck.
MUSEUM
Museum of Underwater Activities
(Muzej Podvodnih Dejavnosti; 041 685 379;
www.muzejpodvodnihdejavnosti.si
;
Župančičeva ulica 24; adult/student & child €3/2; 9.30am-10pm Jun-Sep)
The Mu-
seum of Underwater Activities makes much of Piran's close association with the sea and
diving.
Tartinijev Trg
The
statue
of the nattily dressed gentleman in Tartinijev trg, an oval-shaped, marble-
paved square that was the inner harbour until it was filled in 1894, is that of local boy-
trg)
, which contains the wonderful 14th- century
Piran Crucifix
. Across from the
Kajuhova ulica 12; adult/child €1.50/1; 9am-noon & 6-9pm Tue-Sun Jul & Aug,
11am-noon & 5-6pm Tue-Sun Sep-Jun)
, the composer's birthplace and a popular concert
venue.
has two 17th-century doors, and the porticoed 19th-century
Municipal Hall
Offline map
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(Občinska Palača; Tartinijev trg 2)
housing the TIC are to the south. The two
15th- century
flagpoles
at the entrance to the square bear Latin inscriptions praising Piran,
the town's coat of arms, a relief of St George (the patron) to the left and one of St Mark
with the lion symbol on the right.
SQUARE
Venetian House
(Benečanka; Tartinijev trg 4)
One of Piran's most eye-catching structures is the red 15th-
century Gothic Venetian House, with its tracery windows and balcony, in the northeast of
the square. There is a story attached to the stone relief between the two windows of a lion
with a banner in its mouth and the Latin inscription
Lassa pur dir
above it. A wealthy
merchant from Venice fell in love with a beautiful local girl, but she soon became the butt
HISTORIC BUILDING
