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Novigrad Istria |
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The ancient town of Emonia, Neapolis, Novigrad lies on a peninsula with well protected harbour. It says that here the Greek sailors had established their colony and the Romans the fortification called Civitas Novum. Once the seat of the diocese (520-1831), nowadays it is an urbanized green peninsula, tourist resort on the westen coast of Istria. The town has developed on an island which was connected to the land in the 18th century. Novigrad has preserved its medieval streets, the old town walls and towers. In the old town there are a few gothic houses, the Municipal Loggia and residential palaces. Although the parish church bearing three names – St. Mary, St. Maximilian and St. Pelages had been restored in the baroque style, it has retained its Romanesque, as well as Early Christian fragments. Underneath the shrine there is a three-nave Romanesque crypt – a very precious sacral treasury. The basilica of St. Pelages, dating back to the 13th century and the three-nave church of St. Agatha from the 10/11th century also count as significant monuments. To the north of the town, on the peninsula called Karpinjan, there are of the late baroque palace the remains of the Rigo family.This was only a fragmentary historical framework of Novigrad, the town the existence of which has always been based on tourism. That is why every guest is welcome here. In Novigrad he can refresh his body and soul. In the evening he will probably fall asleep peacefully in a comfortable bed after he had spent his day on the beach, enjoying himself in sports centres or tasting delicious fruits of the earth and sea, having fun in this Mediterranean town where in every street the traces can be found that people have always liked it here. Rested and relaxed, he will be prepared to start a new sunny day. In Novigrad. And all these gifted days will be magnificent and exceptional as life itself.
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