Opicina

Coordinates: 45°41′15″N 13°47′19″E / 45.68750°N 13.78861°E / 45.68750; 13.78861
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Villa Opicina
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Opicina
Opčine
Dialing code
(+39) 040
Patron saintBartholomew the Apostle

Opicina (

railway station
.

Geography

It is located on the Karst Plateau, 3 miles north of Trieste, a seaport on the Adriatic Sea.

Name

The name Opicina is of

Fascist regime, the name was first Italianized
into Villa Opicina, and subsequently renamed to Poggioreale del Carso. In 1966 it was renamed again as Villa Opicina. However, it has been frequently referred to as Opicina, including on road signs.

History and culture

Population

Obelisk erected in honor of Francis I

It is inhabited by a Slovene minority in Italy. According to the last Austrian census of 1911, over 89% of the population was of Slovene ethnicity.[2] In the following decades, this number fell significantly: according to the census of 1971, just above half of the population of the settlement belonged to the Slovene speaking community, while the rest were mostly Italian speakers.[3]

In the last three decades, immigration from the city of Trieste and other predominantly Italian-speaking areas have most probably reduced the Slovene speakers to a minority. However,

bilingual
, Italian and Slovene.

The local Slovenes speak a distinctive version of the Inner Carniolan dialect, which shows strong influences of the neighboring Karst dialect.

Transport

The railway station Villa Opicina serves trains entering Italy from Slovenia, but does not provide a direct service to Trieste. At railway station is bus station also. From there the local buses connect village center and Trieste.

The

tramway and funicular railway
, links Villa Opicina village with Piazza Oberdan in Trieste city centre.

Notable people from Opicina

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ (in Italian) Infos on italia.indettaglio.it
  2. ^ Spezialortsrepertorium der Oesterreichischen Laender. VII. Oesterreichisch-Illyrisches Kuestenland. Wien, 1918, Verlag der K.K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei
  3. ^ P. Stranj, La comunità sommersa (Trieste: Editoriale Stampa Triestina, 1992).

External links

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