Experts' Choice Award Monastery and Church of St. Francis
What the experts agree on
This 14th-century Franciscan complex stuns with a rare gilded altarpiece and serene Gothic-framed garden, layered with Roman fragments that reveal centuries of history in one atmospheric space.
Lonely Planet "Built in 1285, Pula's Franciscan monastery has an extraordinary 15th-century gilded altarpiece behind the altar of its cavernous church – but that's not its only, or even its oldest, treasure." Full review
Frommer's "14th-century complex that includes a single-nave basilica and a tranquil garden framed by Gothic triumphal arches. Stone pieces and mosaic fragments here date from the Roman period on." Full review
