This eco friendly apartment is located on the ground floor and can accommodate 4 guests. One double room, living room with dining area and kitchen, bathroom, garden, spacious terrace, BBQ. parking.
Surrounded by old woods and located on a hilly plateau, S. Petar u Šumi, the seat of the smallest municipality in Istria, is the most unusual Istrian town. A typical Istrian architecture is less frequent here, but the northern impact is noticeable in its construction. Houses scattered throughout Sveti Petar are still covered with stone shutters, grey because of the time passing.
The town is widely known for its beautiful baroque church of St. Peter and Paul and Pauline monastery, with stone walls and surrounded by gardens and a large square in front of the church and monastery. Here one of the oldest Glagolitic monuments was found- the Fragment from Supetar (Supetarski ulomak).
The Sv.Petar u šumi area has been inhabited since antiquity and the foundings from those ancient times are stored in a museum in Trieste.
This area is located in the territory of St.Tommaso, where once stood the fort of the ancient civilization Histri at an altitude of 300 meters. After that, a castle existed from which no trace can be found. It was first mentioned in 1102. Its name was Vicinato, while in the Middle Ages, specifically in 1443, it was mentioned as Castrum Vicinatus or Vicini and also Vicino San Pietro. It was located in an area that was later occupied by the church of San Tommaso, now gone. In 1134, the Benedictine monastery was founded which, in 1459, became Pauline. The name "Pauline" was given to the order by St. Pavao Tebanski who is considered the first hermit (he lived at the turn of the 4th century) later becoming a model and patron of the future order of the Pauline. They call them "white monks" because they wear white clothing. The small cemetery is located in the old church of San Rocco, a former parish church until 1783. The church has maintained its grey appearance and is still covered with stone shutters.
Sv. Petar u Šumi is located within the centre of the Istrian peninsula near the regional capital Pazin, about 6 km (3.7 mi) northwest of Žminj.
Distances:
Poreč 25km
Rovinj 25km
Pula 50km,
Umag-50km