- Pićan
Pićan ( _it. Pedena) is a village and municipality in the central part of
Istria ,Croatia , 12 km southeast ofPazin ; elevation 360 m. Chief occupations are farming and livestock breeding. Situated on the regional roadPazin -Kršan - Vozilići. Railway station on the railway route Divača -Pula is in Podpićan.In the Roman times, a military stronghold called Petina, bishop's residence (5th-18th c.), the mediaeval commune with governors and officers. The town gate has been preserved (14th-15th c.). A three-nave church was erected in
1738 on the location of an earlier cathedral; the main altar is adorned with a painting presenting The Annunciation, made by Valentin Metzinger. The treasury safeguards chalices from the 15th and an ostensorium from the16th century .External links
* [http://www.pican.info Pićan info]
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