On 11 and 12 December 2025, the State Archives in Rijeka hosted the international scientific-professional conference Development of medieval and modern communes of Istria and Kvarner.
The meeting was co-organised by the State Archives in Rijeka, the State Archives in Pazin – DAPA, the Koper / Archivio Regionale di Capodistria Provincial Archives and the Faculty of Law in Rijeka.
The communes of Istria and Kvarner represent one of the most important forms of local self-government in history and have played a key role in shaping the urban, legal and cultural identity of the entire region.
At the conference, 22 scientists and experts, through 19 presentations, presented the topics of communal issues in the Middle Ages and New Ages, processed from various aspects, including notary, state and local administration, brotherhoods, church history and economy.
Director of the State Archives in Pazin Mirela Mrak Kliman in co-authorship with dr. sc. Elvis Orbanić (Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts – Institute of Historical and Social Sciences, Regional Unit in Pula) gave a presentation on the subject of the Files of Istrian Notaries.
The meeting was realized with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia.
Materials:
- Invitation (.png, 303 kB)
- Compendium of abstracts (.pdf, 360 kB)
