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The Parish Church in Polcenigo, 'San Giacomo' (St James), so called after the Patron Saint of wayfarers and farmers, was erected by the ruling family of the time, the 'Signori' of Polcenigo in the 12th century, after a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, where the tomb of St. James was venerated. When the Republic of Venice ordered the closure of the nearby convent in 1769, also the Church was put up for auction and purchased by the 'Signori' and later donated to the people of Polcenigo. One year later 'San Giacomo' became the Parish Church. The building we can admire today is the result of long renovations that took place mainly in the 1750s, when also the 'Castle' on top of the hill was nearly completely rebuilt. The Church shows an austere facade culminating with a tympanum. The front portal is decorated with two stone bas-relief circles showing St Mark's lion and St James holding a model of the church. The inside of the church houses a great many works of art. Worth mentioning are the superb 14th century fresco of 'The Virgin Mary with Child', few 16th, 17th and 18th century paintings such as 'The Nativity of the Virgin Mary' by Egidio Dall'Oglio, an anonymous altar piece (Venetian School), showing St James adoring the Crucifix and a few outstanding marble altars and sculptures. The Church boasts a great organ, built between 1732 and 1733 by the well-known organ maker Giacinto Pescetti. The organ, which maintains its excellent sonority, was first meant for a church in Venice, in 1810 it was installed here.

The Convent, first mentioned in 1262 in the will of Guecello II from Prata that reported a donation to the 'fratibus minoris de Pulcinico', was annexed to a church previously erected on the same hill. The ruling family of the time, the 'Signori' of Polcenigo, strongly supported the construction of the convent that was later destroyed by a fire (1450) and rebuilt between 1483-1491. In 1769 the Venetian Republic ordered the closure of all the small convents in the area and the Friars were made to leave. The Convent was up for auction and regularly purchased by the Counts of Polcenigo who donated the whole place to the Parish.The Convent, now used as vicarage and vestry, preserves great pieces of furniture, good quality church furnishings and several finely crafted canonicals as well as medieval frescoes, painted coffered ceilings and 15th, 16th century metopes (small painted ceiling tables) showing coats of arms and curious human and animal-like allegorical figures. The north wall of the Convent shows an ancient grinding stone, fixed into the texture of the perimeter wall.

This elegant cylindrical structure was erected by the Franciscans in 1639 (see the date carved in the architrave). The friars inhabited the nearby Convent till 1769, when they were made to leave by the Republic of Venice. The structure had a portico and an octagonal vault culminating with an iron cross.The ancient statues, a specimen of which is probably the one preserved in the vestry, have been recently replaced with a wooden statue of St Francis. Devotees used to come here on pilgrimage and covered the steep path up to the shrine on bended knees to ask St Francis for favours.

The original medieval church was rebuilt and enlarged at the end of the 16th century when a Franciscan Convent was annexed. The Friars settled in the area to discipline the locals' intense wild devotion, fed by alleged miraculous healings and favours regarding fecundity and fertility. The Franciscans stayed on till 1769, when they were made to leave by the Republic of Venice. As a consequence the Convent gradually collapsed. The Sanctuary houses a few well-preserved works of art such as the superb wooden icon, representing 'The Holy Trinity' ,carved and painted by Domenico da Tolmezzo, dated 1494. In the 17th century the icon was inscribed within a sumptuous wooden altar. Excellent 16th and 17th century frescoes and paintings decorate the inside, together with valuable marble and wooden altars, a memorial plaque in memory of Count Giovanni Battista di Polcenigo (1642), ad a few interesting wooden heads from an ancient Piety, once housed in the Crypt, that now can be admired under the high altar.

Petar Jakov Leva (Veli Lošinj, 1769 - Veli Lošinj, 1879). He was one of the most famous Lošinj captains as he was the first master from the eastern part of the Adriatic who sailed round the Cape Horn. His great accomplishment took place in 1834 on a brig called Ferdinando V Re d'Ungheria for the benefit of the Austrian Llloyd. He was also the first sailor from the Austrian Empire to initiate trade relations between Trieste and Chile. Equally successful was his participation in supplying the allied army during the Crimean War against Russia in 1854. He was married twice. With his second wife, Marija Budinić, sister of Captain Marco Antonio Budinić, he had as many as ten children, five of which became captains. He was also known as the most elegant Lošinj captain as he was very handsome, tall and slender. He and his lovely wife were considered the most beautiful married couple of the Lošinj maritime community in the middle of the 19th century. He comes from the renowned Veli Lošinj Leva family (De Leyva) originating from Spanish Galicia. In appreciation of their maritime, trade and war accomplishments, the eastern cape of the entrance into the Port of Veli Lošinj, where the port light is situated, was named Punta Leva.

Rasos Cemetery (Lithuanian: Rasų kapinės, Polish: cmentarz Na Rossie, Belarusian: Могілкі Росы) is the oldest and most famous cemetery in the city of Vilnius, Lithuania. It is named after the Rasos district where it is located. It is separated into two parts, the old and the new cemeteries, by a narrow Sukilėliai Street. The total area is 10.8 ha. Since 1990 new burials are allowed only to family graves. The year 1769 is cited in many sources as the date when the cemetery was founded. However, some historians believe it is a typo and the real date should be 1796. On April 24, 1801, the new cemetery was consecrated. Two days later Jan Müller, the mayor of Vilnius, became the first person to be buried there. There are many famous Lithuanians, Poles, and Belarusians buried there, including over fifty Vilnius University professors.

This church is unique in North Europe because of its rich terracotta ornamentation - more than 1000 figurines - and the high-relief wall design. It is consecrated to John the Baptist and was first mentioned in historical documents in 1323. The basilica-like vaulted nave leads us to the choir with polygonal apse, adjoining the vestry. The church which was completed in the second half of the 14th century is dominated by the tower; the portal is crowned with a pediment with the Great Deesis group of the Judgement Day. The foundations of the nave and the tower were built on wooden raft structures. On the south side lies the chapel of Lübeck. In the area of the central nave, the remnants of a 12th or 13th century wooden building and a burial site were found. In the western part of the chapel of Lübeck, the chapel of Chr. W. von Münnich was built in 1746 and on the south side of the tower the chapel of E. von Münnich was erected in 1769. In the decade from 1820-1830, the interior was redesigned in the classical fashion and between 1899-1904 the exterior was restored. The church was partially destroyed in the Great Northern War and suffered fire damage in 1944. Restoration was completed in 2004; the terracotta sculptures on the outside were replaced with copies and the foundation was supported using concrete piles.

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