vaulted entrance to Pazin castle

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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