Description of the attraction
The historic center of Porec has survived to this day without any significant changes. It is crossed by the wide Decumanus Avenue, which is decorated with the most interesting and beautiful buildings of the city. Here, for example, is a Romanesque house with a wooden balcony.
From the middle of the 13th century, Porec became one of the colonies of the Venetian Republic. In the XIV century, it turned into a city of merchants who wanted to live in comfort, so they began to build their own rich houses. In the 15th century, 37 Gothic palaces appeared in Porec. All but one are built of stone and decorated with elegant double and single windows (biphores and monophores). Hundreds of houses in Venice, which appeared in the same period of time, have a similar design.
The most luxurious Gothic palace was built in Porec at the beginning of Decumanus street. This is Lyon Palace, named after its last owner. Many guidebooks simply call it "Gothic House". On its facade you can see the date of its construction - 1474. A feature of this mansion is the presence of triple lancet windows (trifor). They are located on each floor one below the other. Triforos decorated with flowerpots are not the only windows of the palace. On either side of them are double windows, separated by a slender, graceful column. Such windows were supposed to make the stone palace lighter and more airy. And the architects succeeded.
The interior of the Gothic house has been preserved from past centuries. True, it is now impossible to see it, since the palace is a private residence, and its owners do not let tourists into their house.
