Tartini's square, Piran

The heart of Piran is the beautiful polished marble Tartini Square. It is named after Guiseppe Tartini, Piran's well known composer & violinist. There is a bronze statue of him on the square.

The main building on the square is the Town Hall, with its four pillars & stone statue of a lion with an open book.

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Just outside the Hotel Tartini is Tartinjev trg (Tartini Square), named after Giuseppe Tartini, a violinist who has a statue in the square. Around the square you can see:

Town hall-late 19th century, it's the building with the four pillars and the relief of a lion reading an open book which symbolizes peace

Old court house, adjacent to the Town Hall

Venetian House at no. 10-ruby red in color, the oldest building on the square dating to the 15th century

Tartini's house-where the musician was born in 1692 (open to visitors for a small fee)

St. Peter's Church, we didn't go inside, you can visit and see one of the three Crucifixes of Piran (the others are in Split Croatia and Kotor Montenegro)

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Since Piran is a small and compact town, I was not surprised that the main square was also small and not interesting. You can walk around the whole area in 10 minutes. Anyway, you can find little shops and restaurants nearby.

Tartinijev Trg (Tartini Square) is the main square of Piran, and one one the few places in town where you will see cars. The square is adjacen to the harbor, and features some of Piran's largest buildings, including the St. Peter Curch, the Town Hall, the Venetian House, and the Tartini Hotel.

Tartini Square was named after Giuseppe Tartini, the Italian composer and violinist, who was born in Piran in 1692. A statue of him is featured in the middle of the square.

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The original church was built in 1272 and used to stand outside the town walls. Its present look was achieved by the architect Pietro Nobile in 1818. Above the entrance there is a relief made by the sculptor Antonio Bossi, which represents the handing over of the keys to St. Peter. The interior features the Piran Crucifix that dates from 1370.

These flagpoles were originally erected in the 15th century in front of the old town hall before being moved to their current location at the entrance into Tartini Square when the square was built at the end of the 19th century. On the first pole there is a relief of the winged lion of St. Mark whilst the second pole features a relief of St. George, the town protector, on a horse.

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This monument in front of the Town Hall is dedicated to Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) who was a violinist and composer and who wrote around 130 concertos and over 170 sonatas and stands in a square that is also dedicated to him. He was born in Piran and attended the academy "I virtuosi" in Piran, which gathered all Piran scholars, to discuss music, art and literature before continuing his studies at the Law Faculty of the Padova University. In 1721 he was invited to play first violin and be concert master in the St. Anthony Cathedral in Padova. He was appointed without any audition, the fact confirming the great reputation he already achieved as virtuoso and carried on performing and writing music. This monument was erected in 1896 and is the work of Venetian Antonio dal Zotto.

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Tartini Square was once the inner harbour for the fishing boats of the town. In the year 1894 the harbour was filled in, due to bad smell, filth and for health and sanitary reasons, and a large square was built in front of the new Town Hall, (built between 1877-79 by Givanni Righetti), and the Court House (built between 1885-91). The square is named after Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) who was a violinist and composer and who wrote around 130 concertos and over 170 sonatas. Other notable buildings on the square include the red Venetian Gothic gem building in the corner dating from the 15th century and the 13th century St Peter’s Church.