MEDIEVAL ISTRIAN TOWNS MOTOVUN Settlement in the central region of the Istrian Peninsula on the south side of the Mirna River Valley. Economy is based on agriculture, wine and ranching. The oldest core of the town is belted with well preserved city walls from the 13th and 14th century, and today serve as a promenade. Within the core are several Romantic and Gothic houses. The three sections of the town are connected with a system of external and internal fortifications with walls, towers and city gates. Situated on the main square is the Gothic-Romantic bell tower with scalloped parapet at the top (18/19th cent.) and the Renaissance palace-castle with adaptations from the 16-19th centuries. Beneath the main square is the public water reservoir, and stone plaque with city crest dating back to the 14-15th centuries. The parish church, St. Stjepan (St. Steven), the construction of which began in the early 17th century carries late Renaissance markings. The painting of the Last Supper in the sanctuary is attributed to Stefano Celesti (17th cent.); the marble statues at the main altar are the work of Francesco Bonazza from 1725; the Baroque carved chair (17th cent.); ceiling painting were made by the neoclassicist Giuseppe Bernadino Bisson in the late 18th century; the organ is the work of Gaetana Callida (Venice, 18-19th cent.). Of the church inventory, the gilded movable altar with reliefs of the crucifixion and saints (14th cent.), the processional cross from the 14th century with ornamental handle from the 15th century, the chalice with enamel ornaments (15th cent.), the osculatorium (1606), the reliquary (17th cent.) and the candelabras (from 1714 and 1739) stand out in particular.