Municipality of Sežana

Municipality of Sežana Občina Sežana
Municipality
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Website	www.sezana.si

The Municipality of Sežana (pronounced [sɛˈʒaːna] ^ⓘ; Slovene: Občina Sežana) is a municipality in the Littoral region of Slovenia, near the Italian border.^[2] The seat of the municipality is the town of Sežana. The municipality was established on 6 November 1994, when the former Municipality of Sežana was split into four smaller municipalities (Divača, Komen, Hrpelje-Kozina, and Sežana).

Settlements

In addition to the municipal seat of Sežana, the municipality also includes the following settlements:

History

• The Lipica Stud Farm is located in the municipality, as are several picturesque villages.^[3]
• Karst Living Museum
• Cave Vilenica
• Botanical garden in Sežana
• Pepa's Karst garden in Dutovlje
• Kosovel memorial room in Sežana and homestead in Tomaj
• Military museum in Lokev
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  Lipica Stud Farm
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  Botanical garden
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  Karst Living Museum
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  Pepa's Karst Garden
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  Kosovel Memorial Room
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  Kosovel Homestead
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  Military museum

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in the Municipality of Sežana include:

• Primož Brezec, basketball player
• Avgust Černigoj, painter
• Danilo Dolci, Italian social activist
• Branka Jurca, author of children literature
• Taras Kermauner, literary historian and philosopher
• Srečko Kosovel, poet
• Josip Križaj, military pilot
• Simon Kukec, entrepreneur, founder of the modern Laško Brewery
• Josip Osti, poet, essayist, and translator
• Majda Širca, journalist and politician
• Ciril Zlobec, poet

References

External links

• Media related to Municipality of Sežana at Wikimedia Commons
• Municipality of Sežana on Geopedia
• Municipality of Sežana website