St. George's Parish Church (Piran)

St. George's Parish Church viewed from Piran town walls

St. George's Parish Church in Piran (Slovene: župnijska cerkev sv. Jurija v Piranu) is a Roman Catholic church located on the hill above Piran, a port town on the coast of the Adriatic Sea in southwestern Slovenia. It was built in the Venetian Renaissance architectural style and has been dedicated to Saint George.[1] It was the life work of the stonemason Bonfante Torre from Venice.[1]

  1. ^ a b Kovač, Mojca Marjana (2010). "Parish Church of Saint George in Piran. New Findings of the Church Renovated or Newly-Built Between 1580 and 1637" (PDF). Annales, Series Historia et Sociologia. 20 (2): 385–408.