Izola
Izola
Isola | |
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   .jpg)  .jpg) From top, left to right: Izola from a hill, St. Maurus's Church, Besenghi degli Ughi Palace, Town center houses, Republic Square, Pietro Coppo Park | |
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  Izola Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 45°32′4″N 13°40′3″E / 45.53444°N 13.66750°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Littoral |
| Statistical region | Coastal–Karst |
| Municipality | Izola |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.46 km2 (2.88 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2.0 m (6.6 ft) |
| Population (2019)[1] | |
| • Total | 11,556 |
| Vehicle registration | KP |
Izola (Slovene pronunciation: Istrian peninsula. It is the seat of the Municipality of Izola.
Name
Izola was attested in written sources as Insula in 972 and 977, and as Insulle in 1281. The name Izola is borrowed from Italian Isola, literally 'island', referring to the fact that the town center is a former island that was artificially connected with the mainland at the beginning of the 19th century.[2]
History
An
Italian capitulation in September 1943, whereupon control passed to Germany. Izola was liberated by a naval unit from Koper at the end of April 1945. After the end of World War II, Izola was part of Zone B of the provisionally independent Free Territory of Trieste; after the de facto dissolution of the Free Territory in 1954 it was incorporated into Slovenia, then a part of Yugoslavia.[5] The newly defined Italo-Yugoslav border saw the migration of many people from one side to the other. In Izola's case, many Italian speakers emigrated, and in their place Slovenian-speaking people from neighbouring villages settled in the town.[5]
In 1820, a thermal spring was discovered in Izola, leading to the town's earliest forms of tourism. Between 1902 and 1935 the Parenzana, a narrow-gauge railway line, connected the town to Trieste and Poreč (known as Parenzo until 1947).
Gallery
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Izola marina -
Haliaetum, excavations -
A satellite image of Izola (November 2022)
Notable people
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- Nino Benvenuti (born 1938), boxing champion
- Pietro Coppo (born 1469 or 1470; died 1555 or 1556), geographer and cartographer, worked in Izola
- Domenico Lovisato (1842–1916), geologist
- Darko Milanič (born 1967), football manager
- Vasilij Žbogar (born 1975), Olympic sailing champion
Sister cities
Tolentino, Italy
References
- ^ a b "Naselje Izola". Statistični urad Republike Slovenije. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 171.
- ^ "Izola-Isola municipal website". Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
- ^ Entry for Izola in the Lonely Planet Guide to Slovenia
- ^ a b "Izola Municipality site". Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
External links
Media related to Izola at Wikimedia Commons- Izola on Geopedia
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