Legendary
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Euphrasian Basilica
A 6th-century Byzantine basilica glowing with golden mosaics.
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Why it is worth your time
Stand on the worn flagstones where the citizens of Parentium once gathered, debated and traded. At the square's edge rise the remains of the Temple of Neptune and the Great Temple, their columns half-swallowed by time. At dusk the old stones turn honey-gold and the crowds melt away.
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