{"id":812,"date":"2011-09-08T13:18:29","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T13:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/croatiatraveller.com\/blog\/porec\/2011\/09\/08\/"},"modified":"2018-08-22T15:26:05","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T15:26:05","slug":"porec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/croatiatraveller.com\/blog\/porec\/","title":{"rendered":"Porec: The Euphrasian Basilica"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_849\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-849\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-849\" title=\"euphrasian\" src=\"https:\/\/croatiatraveller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/euphrasian-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/croatiatraveller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/euphrasian-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/croatiatraveller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/euphrasian.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mosaics in the Euphrasian Basilica<\/p><\/div><div id=\"croat-3224529698\" class=\"croat-content croat-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4787844071747328\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4787844071747328\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7926307719\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Busy, busy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.croatiatraveller.com\/Istria\/Porec.htm\">Porec<\/a> buzzes with tourists from spring through fall which makes it one of the least tranquil of<a href=\"http:\/\/www.croatiatraveller.com\/Istria\/Istria.htm\"> Istria<\/a>&#8216;s coastal towns. With souvenir stands everywhere, it&#8217;s hard to imagine that it was once an important Roman town and now boasts one of Croatia&#8217;s seven <a href=\"http:\/\/www.croatiatraveller.com\/Heritage_Sites\/HeritageSites.htm\">World Heritage Sites<\/a>, the <strong>Episcopal complex of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.croatiatraveller.com\/Heritage_Sites\/EuphrasianBasilica.htm\">Euphrasian Basilica<\/a><\/strong>. The 5th century <strong>mosaics<\/strong> are stunning and a recent renovation has highlighted the rest of the complex. You can even <strong>climb the bell tower <\/strong>although the narrow wooden staircase couldn&#8217;t comfortably handle the stream of ascending and descending visitors. 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