Sightseeings Losinj - Recommendations for your Holiday in Losinj
The church of St. Martin
Built in 1450, situated in the town graveyard, where you can read the history of Losinj from the tombstones. The priests who used to serve in this church were Glagolitic monks. They also served as notaries and drew up testaments, contracts etc. for the local people.
The parish church of the Nativity of the Virgin and the piazza from 1696-1775
It is a three-nave church with relics of St. Romulus and a painting of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the altar.
Cikat
It is the church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Annuniziata). It was built in 1534 and extended in 1858.It stands on the spot where Losinj sailing ships were once seen off and awaited. Today, if a ship passing by the cape of Annunziata sounds a siren, it means the captain is from Losinj.
The parish church of St. Anthony the Hermit
It was originally built in 1480, in its present-day baroque form since 1774. Numerous works of art and the organ by Callido, a Madonna with Child and Saints, relics of St. Gregory.
The Tower
It is dating from 1445. It was built to defend the harbour from pirate attacks. The image of the Tower is the motif of Veli Losinj’s coat-of-arms. Today the Tower houses museum and gallery rooms, open to visitors.
