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Church of St. Mary
The Church of St. Mary and the Bell Tower
The Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in 1882. Its construction is a result of the efforts of Monsignor Paolo de Paris. The church was built in three construction phases: the first was an early medieval single-nave church with three semicircular apses, which was then turned into a trapezoidal three-nave church, which was afterwards demolished and built from the ground up. The church keeps valuable possessions such as liturgical vestments and equipment from the 15th to the 19th century, a stone sarcophagus from the 8th century, and the like. The legend has it that, during a certain dry year, the locals began to pray before the statue of the Virgin and it was then that it started to rain, so the place was saved from destruction. In front of the church is a bell tower which served as a defense tower during the Middle Ages.
Category: Temple- church- mosque, Must visit,
Tomas Bembo Square (old town), Bale 52211
45.041040, 013.787038 (45°02’27.7″N, 013°47’13.3″E)
Medium
Mon-Sun 10:00-20:00h
Free entrance
25 min
GPS coordinates: 45.041040, 013.787038 (45°02’27.7″N, 013°47’13.3″E)
Address: Tomas Bembo Square (old town) Bale 52211
The Church of St. Mary and the bell tower are located in the old town of Bale at the top of the hill, come to the Grota Street and you will see the church from the back (here you also see the Church Lapidary Museum)
Translations:
If you are driving with a car show this translation to the taxi driver:
Molim Vas da me odvezete do crkve sv. Marije i zvonika u Balama (to je glavna crkva u Balama, a nalazi se u starom dijelu grada. Ostavite nas u ulici Grote, to je ulica iza same crkve). Hvala!
You must also show to the taxi driver that he must turn on the taximeter:
Molim Vas uključite taksimetar. Hvala!
Additional translation:
Please can you tell me how to find this sight:
Molim Vas da me uputite prema crkvi sv. Marije i zvonika u Balama (to je glavna crkva u Balama, a nalazi se u starom dijelu grada). Hvala!
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