In the second half of the 17th century, Kastav was ruled on behalf of its proprietor by Captain Franjo (Fran) Morelli. Although Kastav had a statute dating back to the year 1400 and customary laws, Captain Morelli enforced his own rules, ignoring justice and the old customs.
When the people of Kastav had had enough of his behaviour, they broke into his residence, the ‘Kaštel’. While they were dragging him down the stairs, he cried out: “Dear God, Mother of God and the Holy Trinity, please help!”, and the people replied: “We don’t need any help, we’ll sort you out ourselves!”
They took him out and drowned him in a basin on the square in front of the 'Kaštel’. Investigators came all the way from Trieste and Vienna to find out who had led the rebellion, but when asked about it, the people replied: “We all did it! My brother, the brother of my brother, Judge Kinkela and everybody else! Old Mary even stabbed him in the bottom with a distaff!” In this way, no one could be condemned.
In memory of the event, the quote “We all did it!” and the year of the rebellion, 1666, are engraved on the head of the well on Lokvina Square in the centre of Kastav.