Groznjanf

The small medieval fortified town on the hill (257 m) above the river Mirna, about 6 kilometers from Buje. The medieval fortifying walls (renewed in 1360 and 1367) and the main town gates from the 15th - 16th century with the drawbridge are partly preserved. The Renaissance town loggia is from 1587. The Baroque parish church of St. Mary, SS Vid and Modest from 1770 has valuable Baroque choir benches and the late Baroque altars and paintings. The chapel of SS. Kuzma and Damjan from 1554 is at the entrance in Grožnjan. It was reconstructed in the 19th century and renovated in 1989, when the contemporary painter Ivan Lovrencic painted the inside walls. Today, Grožnjan is the cultural center and gathering place of the young musicians from the whole world that every year, from June to September, come there to participate in the master courses of the summer music school that is organized by the International Association of the Music Youth.