St. Lucia d'Albona (, ) is a small church (on the basis of a big chapel) in the hamlet of Skitaca, Istria County Croatia. The chapel was named after the patron saint of

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. It became the branch parish in 1632 of the township of Cerovica in the Labinstina peninsula in Istria. This chapel was built in 1616 and became a parish in 1632. In 1924 it was extended on the opposite (west) side of the bell tower. A door was also placed in the west side overlooking the cemetery. The church has three altars; the main one, Santa Lucia, and St Anthony. The holiday of St Lucia is on December 13 and it was a big day for merchants and people who joined in the celebration of this saint.

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Chapels in Istria County 17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Croatia {{Croatia-church-stub