"El Sento" – a Stone Bench for Sitting Brtonigla GET TOGETHER FEW WORDS ABOUT ”EL SENTO” El sento is an architectural element of a traditional house in a rural setting, built next to the entrance doors of houses or in squares. At the time they were used to sit and rest, talking about „this and…
The Church of Saint Lawrence Pavići, Brtonigla CHURCH FEW WORDS ABOUT THE CHURCH This very old church had been built on the remains of a pagan temple or close to it, as provedi t in two epigraphs seen by Giacomo Filippo Tommasini, Bishop of Novigrad (1640.-1655.). Nowdays, the epigraphs are kept in the Maffeino Museum…
The Church of Saint Joseph Fiorini CHURCH FEW WORDS ABOUT THE CHURCH The Church of St. Joseph was built in 1972 and decorated by the sculptor Aleksandar Rukavina. Behind the altar is a large bronze composition of Christ on the cross, with Our Lady on the left and St. Joseph on the right. Reliefs of…
Exhibition of Rural Tools and Customs St. Drušković, Brtonigla +385 52 774 313 info@agroturizamsterle.hr www.agroturizamsterle.hr TOOLS TRACTORS PARKING SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE EXHIBITION OF RURAL TOOLS AND CUSTOMS Exhibition “Povera Isrtia persa” in which Istrian rural life is presented through old agricultural machines and tools. MAP
Church of Saint Zenon Brtonigla CHURCH FEW WORDS ABOUT THE CHURCH OF SAINT ZENON The parish church in Brtonigla was named after St. Zeno, an early Christian bishop from Verona, who is also a patron saint of this Istrian town. St Zeno was built between 1859 and 1861 at the location of the similar older…
The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes Radini CHURCH FEW WORDS ABOUT THE CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES The church of Our Lady of Lourdes was built in 1929 at the urging of a resident, Marina Pirovich, claiming inspiration in 1922. Giorgio Radin’s family donated the land, and almost all locals contributed to the…
The Church of All Saints Brtonigla CHURCH FEW WORDS ABOUT THE CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS The Church of All Saints was rebuilt to its present shape, with its classicist facade with a rounded gable, a portal with a semicircular arch and a small niche with a crucifix, in 1858. Unfortunately, the bell tower has no…
The Church of Saint Rocco Brtonigla CHURCH FEW WORDS ABOUT THE CURCH OF SAINT ROCCO The church of St. Rocco stands along the main Brtonigla road, at the turn towards Marzari in the direction of the north exit. This small 14th-century sacral building was originally dedicat¬ed to St. John the Baptist, while the original church…
Ruines of the Castle St. George Nova Vas, Brtonigla CHURCH WALK CASTLE FEW WORDS ABOUT THE CASTLE OF ST. GEORGE Il castello di San Giorgio, detto anche Santi Quaranta, è un monumento culturale protetto del comune di Verteneglio, situato sopra la valle del fiume Quieto vicino a Villanova. Il castello è diviso da un muro…
Church of Saint Michael Nova Vas, Brtonigla CHURCH FEW WORDS ABOUT THE CHURCH The local parish church, until 1552, was the one in the cemetery near Serban (also St. Michael’s), but in the 16th century a new and larger building was built in the town itself. The first church of Nova Vas (built from 1540…