In the
Renaissance period, the town loggia was located on the Placa square. Inside and
in front of the loggia, local people used to trade, hold meetings, and choose
their representatives in communal governing bodies in accordance with the
autonomous powers which the Municipality of Omišalj, as a community of free
commoners, had both under the rule of the Princes of Krk and the Republic of
Venice. The loggia was the place where important decisions were made, such as
the selection of those who had to serve on Venetian galleys, the backbone of
the power of the Republic of Venice. The loggia was rebuilt in the early 20th
century.