Gravisi-Barbabianca Palace - Location

Location

The palace is packed in among other houses in a densely built area of the old town but the Baroque facade is visible at the end of a blind alley, a typical arrangement for the period. Its facade fronts on the narrow Gallusova Street, with the north end jutting into the south of the roughly triangular Brolo square, once the center of medieval Koper. The square contains a large cistern fed by rainwater that supplies two stone fountains from the 15th century. Other buildings around the square are the Fontico (1392), formerly the city granary, the 14th century St. Jacob's Church, the Vissich-Nardi Palace, the Diocese Palace (Škofijska palača) and the Brutti Palace. After World War II the square was converted into a park. From 2010 the square has been the venue for the Baladoor Jazz Festival.