[1] The square was once an inner dock for smaller vessels, such as fishing boats, and was located outside of the first city walls.
However, because of the sewage which ended up there, the officials decided to bury the dock and set up a real square there in 1894.
Around the newly created platform various new buildings appeared, including the town hall.
On the 300th anniversary of Tartini's birth, a huge renovation of the square occurred when an ellipse platform was formed out of white stone, designed by architect Boris Podrecca.
There is also a line of free mini-buses which drive from Piran to various other coastal towns in the main season.