A walled port on the point between the bay of Trieste and the bay of Pirano, with salt pans at Sicciole (Sečovlje) on the Dragonja.
Its commune is first recorded in 1192, and it makes its own treaties at sea: its peace with Split in 1192 is called the earliest such treaty of an Istrian town. Its ties to Venice on 1 January 1200 are not pinned; it submits fully to Venice only later in the thirteenth century.
Who holds it
- Title
- The commune (consuls not pinned)
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
The commune, nominally in the march.
How things stand that morning
Self-governing on 1 January 1200.
Charter
Peace with Split, 1192.
Council
Consuls (not pinned for 1200).
Trade and crafts
Salt, fishing, coasting trade.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The 1192 treaty from a nineteenth-century Istrian periodical; nothing else for 1200.
Sources and studies
- L'Istria, 1852 (Kandler's periodical), on the Pirano-Spalato peace of 1192
- Istria (Enciclopedia Italiana, Treccani)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.