Župnijski muzej sv. Jurija

About the museum

The Župnijski muzej sv. Jurija was set up in 2000 at the initiative of the Piran Parish, with the participation of the Ministry of Culture, the Piran unit of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, the Restoration Centre of the Republic of Slovenia, and the association “Prijatelji zakladov sv. Jurija” (Friends of the Treasures of St George). It stands at the Baroque church of St George, which dominates Piran; together with the bell tower and the baptistery it is one of the most important Baroque sacred monuments in Slovenia.

The treasury displays church furnishings and vessels, including a silver statue of St George on horseback and a reliquary in the shape of a leg. In the space beneath the nave, in an archaeological pit, research uncovered the oldest remains of building structures from the Roman period, antiquity, the early Middle Ages, the Romanesque and Gothic periods. In the basement is a lapidarium with stone architectural elements from different periods of Piran's churches.

A special feature of the collection is the wooden model of the church of St George from 1590, the oldest wooden model in Slovenia, which shows the earlier Gothic church before the Baroque renovation. A short video shows the course of the restoration of the Baroque complex over the last twenty years. Visitors can also climb the bell tower for the view.

Highlights

• Treasury with the silver statue of St George on horseback and the reliquary in the shape of a leg
• Wooden model of the church from 1590
• Archaeological pit beneath the nave
• Lapidarium with stone architectural elements
• Bell tower of St George with a view

Permanent exhibitions

• Zakladnica, lapidarij in arheološka jama – Church furnishings and vessels, stone architectural elements and archaeological layers uncovered beneath the nave.
• Lesena maketa cerkve sv. Jurija – The oldest wooden model in Slovenia, showing the Gothic church before the Baroque renovation.

Founded

2000

Operated by

Župnija Piran

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The museum is next to the church of St George, on the hill above the old town centre of Piran.

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