This is the vaulted passageway leading in from the main entrance gateway of the castle in Pazin, Istria (in Croatia).
A castle has stood in Pazin, Istria (Croatia) since at least AD 983 (when it first appears in written records). Over the centuries control of the castle passed repeatedly between different owners, such as local lords, the Habsburg dynasty, the Venetians, Napoleonic France, and Italy.
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A castle has stood in Pazin, Istria (Croatia) since at least AD 983 (when it first appears in written records). Over the centuries control of the castle passed repeatedly between different owners, such as local lords, the Habsburg dynasty, the Venetians, Napoleonic France, and Italy.
Above the main castle gateway are coats of arms which belong to some of these former owners.
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This coat of arms is above the main entrance gateway to Pazin castle in Istria, Croatia.
A castle has stood in Pazin, Istria (Croatia) since at least AD 983 (when it first appears in written records). Over the centuries control of the castle passed repeatedly between different owners, such as local lords, the Habsburg dynasty, the Venetians, Napoleonic France, and Italy. Presumably this is the coat of arms of one of those.
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These coats of arms are above the main entrance gateway to Pazin castle in Istria, Croatia.
A castle has stood in Pazin, Istria (Croatia) since at least AD 983 (when it first appears in written records). Over the centuries control of the castle passed repeatedly between different owners, such as local lords, the Habsburg dynasty, the Venetians, Napoleonic France, and Italy. Presumably these are the coats of arms of two of those.
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A dilapidated but picturesque stone house in Sveti Lovreč, Istria, Croatia.
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