Ethnographic museum of Istria

Title: Ethnographic museum of Istria URL: http://www.emi.hr/ Category: Istria & Kvarner Area Museums & Galleries Clicks: 0 Listing added: Nov 7, 2008

Castle in Pazin, medieval fort, is located above abyss called Pazin pit. It was built in a shape of irregular parallelogram that borders spacey inside courtyard. The first mention of the castle is in 983. in the document by which Otton II confirmed donation of land to Poreč bishop. In the middle of XII century castle was donated to Meihard. In the end of the XII century, through marriage, castle is in hands of counts of Gorica until 1373. when the Habsburg family took possession of the castle through inheritance.