In the area of Kvarner slopes on Učka, there is situated Veprinac as one of the highest settlements, on a topographically secure position for a medieval fort. The surrounding places are familiar with prehistoric and late-antiquity refugia, and the town itself is first mentioned in the will of Hugo Devinski in 1374. In the 15th c. the town is administratively tied to manorial estate with Kastav and Mošćenice.

In 1500 it gains its own statute in Croatian language. Glagolitic judicial acts and registers of births, marriages and deaths dating from 1500-1750 are preserved.

Only the unusual town`s gate with three apertures is preserved from the former town`s fortifications. A wide, stone-paved path leads from the gate to the highest point of the settlement where the parish church with a bell tower is situated. Parochial church of St. Marc is a medieval structure (the year of 1572 is carved above the main entrance) with a separate bell tower. It is situated on a small elevated plateau. the church was completely reconstructed in the baroque period. The church holds renaissance-baroque choire benches, a significant Zirer`s example of wood-carving.

Under the walls there is a Municipal Loggia and a gothic chapel of Sta. Anna (1442) with a poritco, later remodelled in a baroque style with wall paintings, and by the road leading to Učka there is a baroque chapel of Sta. Helen.

Significant Buildings Of Veprinac

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