Slovene Littoral

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Traditional regions of Slovenia.

The Slovene Littoral or simply Littoral (

Rapallo Border, which separated a quarter of Slovenes from the rest of the nation,[2] and was strongly influenced by Italian fascism.[3][4]

Geography

The region forms the westernmost part of Slovenia, bordering the inter-municipal union of Giuliana in the region of

Friuli Venezia Giulia of Italy. It stretches from the Adriatic Sea in the south up to the Julian Alps
in the north.

The Slovene Littoral comprises two traditional provinces: Goriška and Slovene Istria. The Goriška region takes its name from the town of Gorizia (Slovene: Gorica) now in Italy; the neighbouring conurbation of Nova Gorica and Šempeter-Vrtojba today is the urban centre of the Slovene Littoral. Slovene Istria comprises the northern part of the Istria peninsula and provides, on the Slovene Riviera coastline with the ports of Koper, Izola, and Piran, the country's only access to the sea.

After Ljubljana, the Slovene Littoral is the most developed and economically prosperous part of Slovenia. The western part of Slovene Istria is a bilingual region where both Slovene and Italian may be used in education, legal and administrative environments.

The northern part of the Slovene Littoral is part of the larger Gorizia Statistical Region, and the south belongs to the Coastal–Karst Statistical Region.

History

Fascist Italianization
. On the map of present-day Slovenia with its traditional regions' boundaries.

After they had acquired the

Illyria in 1816. With the Istrian march and the Imperial Free City of Trieste, it was re-arranged as the Austrian Littoral crown land
in 1849.

At the end of

Italian army. As stipulated in the 1915 London Pact, a quarter of predominantly Slovene ethnic territory and approximately 327,000[6] out of the total population of 1.3[5] million Slovenes were adjudicated to Italy by the 1919 Treaty of Saint-Germain and finally annexed according to the 1920 border Treaty of Rapallo
.

Incorporated into the

lasted until 1943. The Slovenes in Italy lacked any minority protection under international or domestic law.[8] Numerous Slovenes emigrated to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, others fought against Italian rule in the anti-fascist TIGR
organization.

After World War II, according to the 1947 Paris Peace Treaties, the bulk of the region with the upper Soča (Isonzo) Valley fell to Yugoslavia. Parts of the area were re-arranged as the Free Territory of Trieste, while Italy retained the urban centres of Gorizia and Gradisca. In 1954 Italy also recovered the main port of Trieste. As a result, the new urban centres on the Slovenian side of the border developed.

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ "Slovenski pravopis 2001: Primorska".
  2. ^ "Določitev slovenske zahodne meje v 20. stoletju" [The Determination of Slovenia's Western Border in the 20th Century] (in Slovenian). Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ Humar, Vesna (Winter 2017). "Nova Primorska ali kaj imajo skupnega pastirji in mornarji" [Tne New Littoral or what Shepherds and Sailors Have in Common]. Razpotja (in Slovenian) (29).
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  6. ^ a b Cresciani, Gianfranco (2004) Clash of civilisations, Italian Historical Society Journal, Vol.12, No.2, p.4
  7. ^ Miha Kosi, Spopad za prehode proti Jadranu in nastanek dežele Kras (Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, 2018)
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