Regional Archives of Koper, Piran Unit
Župančičeva 4, SI-6330 Piran-Pirano
Phone386 (0) 5 673 2840
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Regional Archives Koper, Piran Branch
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History
Old City Archives - Archivio Civico Antico in Piran were founded in 1877 by the Piran municipality and hold the oldest archival material in Slovenia, dating from 1173 onwards. In 1891 the archives have ceased to operate as independent institution and were merged with the city library. Piran archive has repeatedly changed its premises. In 1895 they moved to the premises of today's judicial building. The archives stayed in Piran during the World War II due to a clever decision of librarian Domenico Petroniu to place the archives under stairways of the municipal palace, where they were walled up.
The city archives were moved together with the library to the City Museum (now Maritime Museum Piran) in 1954, to become an autonomous institution Municipal Archives Piran a year later. The archives joined the Regional Archives of Koper in 1974 and moved to the premises of Minorite Monastery in 1975. The place was not suitable for the archives and the overcrowding continued until October 2009, when the archives finally got new premises at the place of the former Gaspar gallery in the city center.
Collections
Among most precious documents, held in Piran Archives, a gift act from 1173, or a Pope's document of Urban III. from 1187 can be named, which are the oldest in Slovenia. There is also the oldest fully maintained Slovenian City Statute from 1307, which is famous for the legal accuracy, consistency and municipal social care for people. Besides, following documents are being held in the archives: 8300 wills, parchment documents, letters, Doge's dukale, Vicedom books and other valuable documents.
The new premises of the city archives provide also space for exhibitions and small reading room for the study of archives.
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