The exhibition ‘In nomine Sancte… Castrum Pisinum’, created by the State Archives in Pazin and the Museum of the Town of Pazin, opened on the plateau of the Pazin Castle. The exhibition is informative and presents a kind of introduction to Kaštel for all future visitors, and provides relevant and interesting information about the history, architecture and significance of Kaštel to all guests of the town of Pazin. The exhibition, as well as the exhibition catalogue (the promotion of which is planned for autumn 2023), chronologically analyzes and displays the history of Kaštela from the first mention of 983 to the middle of the 20th century, when it became home to museum institutions, which is still today. In addition to the chronological presentation of historical facts, changes, construction and upgrades in the context of the architecture of Kaštela and the importance and significance in the context of primarily the Pazin principality, but also other historical moments, the exhibition and catalogue also bring some less known data and interesting facts, and abound in photographs and reproductions of archival and museum material. In addition to the materials of the Museum of the City of Pazin and the archives of the State Archives in Pazin, for the purposes of exhibitions and catalogues, research has been carried out in archival institutions and in this sense a new contribution has been made to the history of the Pazin Castle, which is also based on archival sources. For research and exhibition purposes, materials from: the Apostolic Archives at the Vatican, the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia, the Diocesan Archives in Poreč, the Croatian State Archives, the State Archives in Rijeka, the National Library in Vienna and the Maritime Museum ‘Sergej Mašera’ from Piran. The cultural and artistic part of the opening of the exhibition was very interesting and of high quality. The actor Valter Roša read in his own distinctive way the ‘Proclamation of the First Mention of Pazin (Oton II)’, Wolfgang Renner performed the ‘Fortune my foe’ by John Dowland and the ‘Fantasia’ by V. Francesco da Milano. Students of the Juraj Dobrila Academy of Music in Pula, Sandra Böhm, accompanied by Dorijan Jarnjak, first performed George Frederick Handel’s composition ‘Vagodendo’ and then ‘Dominoes Deus’ by Antonio Vivaldi, performed by Gabrijela Mijatović, and accompanied by Dorijan Jarnjak. The exhibition for all visitors remains open for a year, on the plateau in front of the Pazin Castle.
(taken from: Anđelo DAGOSTIN, Glas Istre, https://www.glasistre.hr/kultura/2023/06/08/u-vodu-1040-year-first-memorial-pazin-castle-open-exhibition-in-nomine-sancte-castrum-pi-867504 (8.6.2023))
