According to legend, in the dawn 800th The church bells were rang excitedly. Citizens were plunged into the sea. The sea is like a stone ship sailed marble sarcophagus. Amazed at the Rovinj ox and horse carts trying to drag a stone tomb in the city, but in vain. They did not help nor wit, nor the powerful muscles of the human help is just a part of God. Saint appeared just a little boy told him: "I am Euphemia Chalcedon, which I promised in my blood of Jesus. You will get your body rock ark. "And indeed the mere boy was astonished harnesses its weak calf and dragged the sarcophagus from the shore to the church on the hill top town.

There he opened and saw the motionless body of a beautiful girl. Beside her was on a roll of parchment on which was written: Hoc est corpus Euphemiae Sancte! This is the body of St. Euphemia, virgin martyr of Chalcedon born in 16th Heaven September, the Lord's 304th Miraculously, the memories of the holy Euphemia and today, more than 1200 years after its creation begins every story of Rovinj. The church is a baroque Venetian style buildings and the largest monument in the city, was reconstructed in the time between the 1725th and 1736th Mr length of the church from the outside width is 51.11 MA 30.26 m high central aisle was 17.71 however the other two at 10.11 m.Na place where today is the impressive church, to 10 century, there was a church of  Sv. George, who remained konpatron parish and whose statue is located on the main altar of the parish church. When the 800th g in the city brought the sarcophagus containing the body of the Christian martyr Euphemia, residents of nearby pilgrimage sites at the tomb of St. Euphemia. The construction of the tower began on 3 prosinca 1651st Mr. Stone and the placing of the first draft of the Milan architect Alessandro Monopoli.

The bell tower was supposed to be like that of St.. Mark's in Venice. The construction lasted 26 years. A large copper statue of St. Euphemia, the brothers work Vallani from Maniago, set at the top of the tower 1758th the place of former wooden statues destroyed 1756th g of thunder. The statue is positioned so that the bearing rotates on its axis toward the direction of the wind. The bell tower 1834. Mr. was thoroughly repaired since lightning caused great damage.

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