Monument sights in Koper

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   Column of St Justina

   • Koper, Slovenia
   • Sights › Monument

   One of the most colourful streets in Koper, Kidričeva ulica starts at Carpacciov trg, where the Column of St Justina commemorates Koper's contribution - a galley - to the Battle of Lepanto in which Turkey was defeated by the European powers in 1571. Nearby is a large Roman covered basin that now serves as a fountain.

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   Rotunda of John the Baptist

   • Koper, Slovenia
   • Sights › Monument

   Behind the cathedral to the north is a circular Romanesque Rotunda of John the Baptist, a baptistery dating from the second half of the 12th century with a ceiling fresco.

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