Aurisina
Aurisina
Nabrežina | |
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Town | |
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 Sections of Trieste; Aurisina is located in section 1 | |
  Aurisina  Aurisina | |
| Coordinates: 45°45′1.35″N 13°40′28.51″E / 45.7503750°N 13.6745861°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
| Municipality | Trieste |
| Population (2003) | |
| • Total | 2,406 |
Aurisina (until 1923 Nabresina, Slovene: Nabrežina) is a town in the karst part of the comune of Duino-Aurisina (Slovene: Devin-Nabrežina) near Trieste, Italy, in a region of Slovene minority. It lies 15 kilometres northwest of Trieste, and according to the 2003 census had a total of 2,406 inhabitants, 60% of them Slovenes.
Overview
The town of Aurisina was inhabited in the
concentration camps throughout Europe. After World War II, Aurisina, together with Trieste, became part of the Free Territory of Trieste
. When this entity was disbanded in 1954, it was annexed to Italy.
The settlement lies on top of the
Saint Roch
.
Aurisina is the birthplace of the Slovenian poet Igo Gruden and the marine biologist Miroslav Zei. The Galician linguist Florian Biesik spent the last decade of his life in the village.