Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Pellegrino, Umag

The old church tower of Umag is visible from afar, it shapes the old town and at its feet there is a real hustle and bustle every evening. It is wonderful as a photo motif or just to look at and enjoy.

Leaning against the church tower is an old, large anchor that is also ideal as a photo motif.

The church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of San Pellegrino is a building of Catholic worship located in the Liberty square in Umag. It was built between 1730 and 1757 on the remains of the pre-existing church of S. Maria Maggiore (destroyed in 1651 during a storm) and for this reason it was dedicated to both the latter and to S. Pellegrino, patron saint of the city.

The church has a late Baroque facade. The interior, with a single nave, houses a fragment of a fifteenth-century wooden altarpiece with Saints Peter, Martino and Antonio, a seventeenth-century crucifix and a canvas by Palma il Giovane. On the vault there is a fresco attributed to Giuseppe Bernardino Bison. The precious organ from 1776 was instead built by the Venetian Francesco Dacci. Separated from the church building stands the 33 m high Venetian-style bell tower restored in 1691.

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