page_title: Pietrapelosa
hierarchical_section_title: Pietrapelosa
caption_attribution_description: English: Ruins of Pietrapelosa Castle in Istria, Croatia, on 23 February 2014, by Dinko Gubic
context_page_description: Pietrapelosa is a castle in the Croatian part of Istria, now ruined. In the medieval period a family took their name from the castle.
  "Pietrapelosa" comes from the Italian words meaning "hairy stone" after the moss that has always grown on the walls of the castle.
  It is one of the best-preserved of the Istrian castles.
context_section_description: Pietrapelosa (Croatian: Kostel, Kaštel, Kosmati grad, Kosmati Kostel, Kosmati Kaštel) is a castle in the Croatian part of Istria, now ruined.  In the medieval period a family took their name from the castle.
  "Pietrapelosa" comes from the Italian words meaning "hairy stone" after the moss that has always grown on the walls of the castle.
  It is one of the best-preserved of the Istrian castles.
caption: Ruins of Pietrapelosa Castle in 2014
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