Truške
Truške
Kortina (until 1955) | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Koper | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.28 km2 (1.65 sq mi) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 47 |
| [1] | |
Truške (pronounced
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from Kortina (from Italian corte 'manor')[3] to Truške in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove Italian elements from toponyms.[4][5]
Church
The
Saint Paul, whereas the first left one contains a painting of Jesus blessing Saint Joseph and the second left one a painting of Saint Lucy and Saint Clare. The Stations of the Cross were created in 1835 by the painter Franc Wissiak. The church was renovated in the 1960s and in 2009.[6]
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Koper municipal site
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 202.
- ^ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
- ^ Urbanc, Mimi & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
- ^ "The Parish Church of St. Cantianus, Truške". Slovenia.info. SPIRIT Slovenija. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
External links
Media related to Truške at Wikimedia Commons- Truške on Geopedia
- Truške on Google Maps (map, photographs, street view)
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