The inventory of fixed property in Piran and in Kaštel in the year 1626

Abstract

In the third decade of the 17^th century, Piran had 3500 inhabitants and Kaštel 187. In the Provincial Archive in Koper, unit Piran, a register of the Piran families and their fixed properties from 1626 is preserved while none of other villages and hamlets of Nova vas, Padna and Sv. Peter. The inventory captures all fixed property: houses, gardens, grasslands, vineyards, salt works etc. Unfortunately, only an evaluation of registered real properties is given and not their number and size. The collective value of all registered fixed properties was estimated 526.000 ducats. The real assets of the Piran region were estimated 406.533 ducats, and those in the region of Kaštel 120.267 ducats. Of course, the real assets in the region of Kaštel were mainly the property of the Piran citizens.