The observatory is home of several long-running international summer programs for youth in astronomy, archeology, marine biology and other disciplines.

Like most settlements in Istrian interior Višnjan is experiencing depopulation in the last decades as people are migrating towards the coast.

[5] In the village of Strpačići, 1 km from Višnjan copper earrings and needles were found.

A few kilometers west from Višnjan there is a prehistoric and medieval settlement called Dilian with a monastery and church named Saint Mihovil dating from the 11th century.

The City was entered through a gate crowned with a Venetian lion and an open book.