Šibenik's small Renaissance loggia was built in the 16th century,
probably on the site of an older building. It is located on the
eastern side of the old main town square (today Trg Republike
Hrvatske), between Šibenik's town hall and the cathedral of St.
Jacob.
The small loggia served as a place where public
auctions were held and from where court summonses were issued.
Today, only a beautiful stone portal and three pillars with three
arcades remain of this building, of which the middle pillar served
as a pillar of shame (the so-called berlina). Offenders against the
law were tied to it, which can be concluded from the remains of iron
where the shackles used to be. In 1746, the first Sibenik coffee
house was opened on the ground floor of the small loggia, where
mostly the upper classes of society had fun.