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OnthewalljusttotherightofthelaneleadingtothePeristyle,lookforthelife-sizerelief
of
St. Anthony.
Notice the creepy “mini-me” clutching the saint's left leg—depicting the
sculptor's donor, who didn't want his gift to be forgotten. Above this strange statue, notice
the smaller, faded relief of a man and a woman arguing.
Turn around and face the square. On your left is the city's grand old café,
Gradska
Kavana,
which has been the Old Town's venerable meeting point for generations. Today
it's both a café and a restaurant, with disappointing food but the best outdoor ambience in
town.
Across the square, the white building jutting into the square was once the
City Hall,
and now houses temporary exhibitions. The loggia is all that remains of the original Gothic
building.
At the far end of the square is the out-of-place
Naki
ć
House,
built in the early 20th-cen-
tury Viennese Secession style—a reminder that Dalmatia was part of the Habsburg Empire,
and ruled by Vienna, from Napoleon's downfall through World War I.
The lane on the right side of the Naki
ć
House leads to Split's
fish market
(Ribarnica),
where you can see piles of the still-wriggling catch of the day. No flies? It's thanks to the
