In the mid-18th century (1776), this was the site of the road (Via Delfina) that linked Koper under the Venetians and Trieste under the Habsburgs. The route was different to that of the modern-day road, which was built in the interwar period and called Via Flavia after the erstwhile Roman road. From 1902 until 1935, the narrow-gauge railway known as Parenzana led through Škofije, connecting Trieste and Poreč. The wider Škofije area was settled even in Roman times. One of the few archaeologically explored sections of Roman roads in this part of Istria is situated at Križišče near Spodnje Škofije. Paved with red gravel, the road led towards Rižana, where we could probably expect to find the remains of a Roman bridge. The burial ground at Križišče also indicates that the area was populated by Romans, as evidenced by the burial practice and objects, as well as the division into fenced-in burial plots positioned along the Roman road not far from the villa rusticae discovered at Školarice. The Church of St. Matthew and the Church of the Sacred Heart is dedicated to the Apostle and Evangelist Matthew. The church was built by inhabitants of three villages in 1673 and consecrated by Bishop Francesco Zeno. It can also be found in Paolo Naldini's Ecclesiastical Chorography (1700). In the 1930s, the church of the Sacred Heart with a simple facade, tympanum and stone portal was built close to the old church of St. Mathew. The single-nave church with a flat ceiling ends with a chancel that is somewhat lower than the nave; the two are separated by a barrel vault. The bell tower (16.09m) is attached to the chancel. Featuring large, semi-circular windows, it is topped with a gable roof. 

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