San Dorligo della Valle

Coordinates: 45°37′N 13°51′E / 45.617°N 13.850°E / 45.617; 13.850
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San Dorligo della Valle
Dolina (Slovene)
Comune
Comune di San Dorligo della Valle
Občina Dolina
Dolina
Dolina
Location of San Dorligo della Valle
Map
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
34018
Dialing code040
Patron saintUlderico
Saint dayJuly 4
WebsiteOfficial website

San Dorligo della Valle (Slovene: Dolina; Triestine: Dolina or San Dorligo) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Trieste in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) southeast of Trieste, on the border with Slovenia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,019 and an area of 24.5 square kilometres (9.5 sq mi).[3]

Name

Panorama of San Dorligo della Valle

The Slovene name of the

Triestine dialect, the village has always been referred to simply as Dolina. In 2003, the denomination Dolina was adopted as the official name of the settlement in both languages;[4] however, the municipality is still called San Dorligo della Valle in Italian. "San Dorligo" (archaically “Durlic”) is the Tergestine dialectal form of the name of the town's patron saint, Ulrich of Augsburg (Sant'Ulderico).[5]

Geographical position

The municipality of San Dorligo is located on the peninsula of

bora wind
frequently blows in the autumn and winter months.

The municipality borders the following municipalities:

Koper (Slovenia), Hrpelje-Kozina (Slovenia), Muggia, Sežana (Slovenia), and Trieste
.

It has a border crossing with Slovenia at Pesek (

Municipality of Koper
.

History

From ancient times, the town was part of the Republic of Venice. From mid 18th century to 1918, the area was under the

Kingdom of Italy, and was included in the administrative region known as the Julian March. In 1945, it was shortly occupied by the Yugoslav People's Army and later by the US and British Armies. Between 1947 and 1954, it was part of the Zone A of the Free Territory of Trieste
. In 1954, it came again under Italian jurisdiction.

Culture and traditions

Home of a spring festival known as the Majenca (held in May) which culminates in the falling of a cherry tree, tied to the top of a tall pole.[6][7]

San Dorligo is home to the variety of

olive tree called bianchera istriana in Italian and istrska belica in Slovene (both meaning "the Istrian white"), known for its endurance to harsh climate and its gentle and high quality olive oil
.

Most of the locals speak two

Slovenian dialects from the Littoral dialect group: in the majority of the municipality, the Rižana subdialect of the Istrian dialect is spoken, while in some villages in the northern part of the municipality, the Inner Carniolan dialect
is spoken.

Pictures

Panorama Trieste's suburbs and industrial area seen from Dolina.
Trieste's suburbs and industrial area..

Demographic evolution

See also

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. Istat
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  4. ^ "San Dorligo della Valle - Provincia di Trieste". Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
  5. ^ Jacopo Cavalli, Reliquie ladine, raccolte in Muggia d'Istria, con appendice sul dialetto tergestino, Trieste 1893, p. 38
  6. ^ "Majenca". Discover Trieste. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  7. ^ "Majenca, la festa della fertilità – San Dorligo della Valle". Giro FVG (in Italian). 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2019-10-10.

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