In the regional reserve Sečovlje Salt Pans-Salines park you may visit the Salt Works Museum. One of the oldest Piran sayings states: "Piran xe fato de sal!" i.e. Piran has arisen from salt. It is not possible to find out, when the salt pans were started in Piran, but it may be said that the people of Piran were diligent and hardworking salt workers, who carried the reputation of Piran as a town of salt all over the world. Beside fishing and crafts, the traditional salt pans were the one industry that enabled the town to flourish. As the salt was gained in the remote and far away pans, the townspeople had to move into the salt workers houses in the immediate vicinity of the salt pans. Thus they had two places of residence: the town in winter and in summer they sailed towards the salt pans in their little boats, where they stayed working until autumn. They organised their lives in the salt pans within the stone houses, where they had all the necessities for living and working on the pans. They stored the gained salt in the dark cellars, and indulged only in a short rest during the night. The housewives baked their bread in a special furnace at the back of the house. The Salt Works Museum exhibits a tiny portion of the salt workers way of life, where you can scrutinize a restored salt worker’s house and the old way of salt gaining.


Information:
Pomorski muzej »Sergej Mašera« Piran
Cankarjevo nabrežje 3
SI-6330 Piran

P: +386 (0) 5 671 00 40
F: +386 (0) 5 671 00 50
E: muzej@pommuz-pi.si