Croatia 2018 - Tuesday, May 8, 2018 - Opatija Riviera. Day trip to Croatian Istria


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IMG_3735 - An ancient stone icon of St Euphemia, preserved on the external wall of her cathedral. She was 15 when martyred.
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IMG_3736 - View from the Church of St. Euphemia, sometimes with "and St George", as he is the co-patron of the parish.
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IMG_3737 - The Church of St. Euphemia was built in 1736 over an earlier Chapel of St George.
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IMG_3739 - St George and the dragon, on the main altar.
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IMG_3740 - St. Euphemia. One story is that her marble coffin and body floated towards the Rovinj shoreline at dawn, July 13, 800 AD.
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IMG_3741 - Sarcophagus of relics of St. Euphemia.
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IMG_3742 - St Francis of Assisi.
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IMG_3745 - An old stone lighthouse, below the church, on the walkway down to the shoreline and the old town.
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IMG_3747 - Many barren, street-side, stone house walls hide a sunny, comfortable, inner courtyard.
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IMG_3748 - This one has a fountain and many windows into the house.

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