Apotropaic Figures
Architecture


Katun / Cattuni (Poreč / Parenzo)

There are two heads on this particular building, a female (top and middlee) and a male (bottom). This female head is the first one I've ever come across! The female is on the right end of the building, the male on the left, both under the eaves. They both look like they came from another building, perhaps a gothic church.

Sources:

  • Text and color photos by Mirko Gabler
  • Black and white photo - Roberto Starec, Mondo Popolare in Istria, Collana degli Atti No.13, Centro di Ricerche Storiche di Rovigno (Trieste-Rovigno, 1996), p. 61. All right reserved.

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