| 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.
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