Motovun is a popular Istrian hilltop town. Located on a 280 m high hill above the Mirna River, this town and the surrounding area is famous for the black and white truffles you can find in the nearby forests. We passed by on the way to the Slovenian border.
Završje is the most mystical of all the Istrian hilltop towns. This is quite a big village, but it’s been mostly abandoned. Today, the majority of the houses are covered in creeping ivy. There is also interesting leaning bell tower. Not quite like in Pisa, but it leans 40 cm.
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| Water Well in the churchyard. |
Most of the ninety families who lived here, moved on at the end of World War II when the village became part of the Yugoslavian Republic.
Only 40 people live in the village now
Under the rule of the Austrian Empire and the Republic of Italy, there was a post office, a school, an mill, and other trade shops.
The majority of the buildings are intact, and the villagers were friendly, as were the cats.
Other parts of the village, the vegetation was taking over.
The bell tower of the Church is a leaning tower of 22 meters. It appears to lean about 40cm to the north. The tower was built in Venetian times as an observation tower and belfry.
The church had a fine chalice, made by Zuanne Frizz, 1476, and was gift by Pietro Funese. The church sold the chalice in order to finance the construction of a new parish church. The chalice is part of the Rothschild's collection , and found in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.
We wandered around looking at how nature was slowing taking over the village.
The old town walls are standing. Nature will take a while to conquer these.
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