In this opening shot, you can see the main square and the most iconic piece of architecture in Premantura, a relatively new church tower that was built in the 19th century. I know that the 19th century doesn't sound like something new, but ... ... but since the church was built in 1632, the tower across the square is a bit of a newcomer. Here you can see a lovely detail on the front facade of The Church of St. Lovro, the biggest church in the village. I'll show you the entire church later. Here you can see some pink buildings that appeared in Premantura about a decade ago. A car passed by at the right moment to add a bit of action and more substance to the foreground of this shot. When this photograph was taken, I was very near the square. I can't tell you much here. These are some ordinary contemporary buildings that form an ordinary neighborhood near the main square. In this triptych, you can see, from left to right: A chimney of one of the pink buildings shown earlier in the post. A bigger stretch of the church's front facade. And five types of bread offered by the local bakery. While standing on the main square, I zoomed in on two of the adverts on the buildings around me. A restaurant that shares the name with the village in the upper photograph. And the telephone numbers of a real estate agency in the picture below. This is the entrance to the church tower. I have to climb up there one day and take some photographs from that elevated point. Now, in autumn and winter, the tower is closed. Here you can see just some ordinary buildings. Near the church and under the cloudy sky. The large door of the building shown in the foreground of the previous photograph has six mirrors which tend to deform things that are in them reflected, so I was able to get a slightly deformed autoportrait out of this encounter. Here you can finally see The Church of St. Lovro in its entirety. You can also take another look at the church tower. And not only that. You can also see the church and the tower together. But that isn't all. You can see people working on the main square.
Today I drove to Premantura, just to take a walk and get something to post about. Premantura is a village across the bay from where I live. Since I took the firm land route, I had to drive a little less than twelve kilometers. If my car could drive on water or if I could be in the mood for swimming at this fairly cold time of the year, I'll have only two kilometers to the village across the bay. The weather was cloudy and gray, the colors were muted, and the ambient light wasn't helping to make things look attractive. But since Premantura is a good-looking village with an old center, I still found some cool things to photograph.
The area on which the village as we know it today was built, has a long history of human activity. Traces of Bronze age settlements and Roman fortifications were found in the surrounding fields. During the Middle Ages, there was a settlement that was abandoned after the devastating epidemics in the 15th century. In the second half of the 16th century, the Venetian Republic started repopulating the place with people from the rural areas around Venice and from the city of Zara (now Zadar) on the Dalmatian coast. That was the start of Premantura as we know it.
AS ALWAYS IN THESE POSTS ON HIVE, THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE MY WORK. I HOPE YOU'LL ENJOY THE AUTUMNAL ATMOSPHERE ON THIS QUICK WALK AROUND THE CENTER OF PREMANTURA.
Some of the photographs can reveal many details if seen in their original size. I wasn't able to show them that way in Liketu, so I'm about to re-upload them here in Ecency now, where you can enlarge those pictures by clicking on them.
