The Municipal Palace in Motovun is the best-preserved Romanesque public building in Istria and Croatia, dating back to 1248 and serving both as a town hall and a defensive structure.
Municipal palace - The best preserved Romanesque public building in Istria, but also in Croatia. The palace was mostly built in 1248, and in that period, in addition to its public function, as a town hall, it also served as an important part of the city's defense. Although it has undergone numerous architectural changes over the centuries, original Romanesque bifores can still be seen on its façade. Today, in addition to the local self-government, the communal palace houses the Art gallery "Pet kula", the cinema "Bauer", the medieval printing house "Antico", the tourist information center etc.
The City Printing House Antico offers unique, hand-printed Motovun souvenirs created on a medieval Gutenberg press replica using artisanal paper.
The Parish Church of St. Stephen the First Martyr in Motovun is a historic 16th-century church designed by Andrea Palladio, known for its rich sacral inventory including the Altariolo Colleoni and a relic of the Holy Thorn.
The Tower „New Gate” in Motovun is a 17th-century fortification featuring historical defensive architecture and a lapidary collection of Roman tombstones and coats of arms.
Gradiziol is a historic suburb of Motovun that developed during the 14th and 15th centuries, featuring the church of St. Margaret and 18th-century architecture.
The Main City Gate in Motovun is a 14th-century structure featuring Gothic and Romanesque elements that served as the primary defensive entrance to the city.
The Church of St. Anthony of Padua and St. Cyprian in Motovun is a 15th-century structure originally dedicated to St. Cyprian, a protector against the plague, and later reconstructed in the 19th century.