Fonticus Gallery

Central & Eastern Istria


Housed in a 1597 building which once served as a court, prison and granary, the town's main gallery promotes recent works of mainly Croatian artists. Though it doesn’t have a permanent collection, it does have a small display of heraldic paraphernalia.


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