ACI Rovinj Rovinj: The Purple Twilight

The Purple Twilight

It is said that nowhere at twilight the sun blood does colour the sea with such an intensive purple glitter as in front of Rovinj. In those short moments, at the close of a day, the whole of Rovinj shimmers in the purple shade, together with the church of St. Euphemia and its 60 meter high bell tower with the statue of the saint on top of it, located as a citadel at the insular hilltop, where the town originated from. Its first records go back to the 7th century, although there was probably a settlement on the islet even before the 5th century. This, however, does not diminish the historical value of Rovinj, because as far back as 1963, the whole town was proclaimed a historical monument.

Rovinj – an ancient monuments town, a town of love and romance, as some would probably say due to that purple twilight - is also a town of artists who love it especially in summer when its streets turn into open-air art galleries. Rovinj is a town of renaissance and baroque palaces, but also of colourful houses soaking their foundations deep in the sea. Rovinj are also the batane, flat-bottomed square-sterned rowboats that were recognized and protected by UNESCO. Rovinj is a tourist pearl with a number of hotels located in the town, on the islets off the town port or in the surrounding area.

But, Rovinj is, first of all, represented by its inhabitants, its fishermen, its people of the sea - ‘’Gente di mare’’. Rovinj represents their heartiness, kindness, frankness, and most of all their cosmopolitanism.

Rovinj is the purple heart of Istria.

Source: ACI

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