Stone siblings

"The research process that Gaparovi has applied here is a good combination of the methods of technical and historical sciences. The comparison itself of the stone decorative sculpture of the castle and the church in Savienta with the fragments of the reliefs from Dvigrad is an excellent example of the use of Morellian analysis, that common tool of art historians. This dedication to the phenomenon of Savienta in the Early Modern Age, reveals and reinterprets a series of data that help us in the broader view of the cultural landscape of Istria and the Northern Adriatic in the Early Modern Age." - Marijan Bradanovi

"Alongside with, in art historian circles, the very famous picturesque and harmonious Renaissance square, Savienta also owns another, unjustly neglected gem. This is the clock in the square tower of the castle, which in these years is very likely celebrating a monumental 500 years of existence. It and its unique value as the only clock of its kind in Istria were "discovered" and recognised as one of the few in the former Serenissima by the architect who worked on the restoration of Savienta castle, Vjekoslav Gaparovi. With a rarely seen exploratory passion, a talent for detecting details and connecting historical facts, he approached the discovery of the history of this silent witness to the half-millennial events in Savienta and uncovered a really interesting story. In searching for data about the clock, he discovered that a clock with the same characteristics and from the same time existed in neighbouring Dvigrad." - Danijela Doblanovi uran