Vipava Valley

Coordinates: 45°52′30″N 13°54′00″E / 45.875°N 13.9°E / 45.875; 13.9
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Vipava Valley
The Vipava Valley at Podnanos
Vipava Valley is located in Slovenia
Vipava Valley
Vipava Valley is located in Dinaric Alps
Vipava Valley
Geography
Coordinates45°52′30″N 13°54′00″E / 45.875°N 13.9°E / 45.875; 13.9 

The Vipava Valley (pronounced

Slovenian Littoral, roughly between the village of Podnanos to the east and the border with Italy to the west. The main towns are Ajdovščina and Vipava
.

Geography

The narrow valley of the

Renče-Vogrsko, and Miren-Kostanjevica. The municipality of Savogna d'Isonzo in the Province of Gorizia (Italy
) is also located in the valley.

The Vipava Valley comprises five microregions:[1]

  1. The Lower Vipava Valley with the Gorizia Plain (Slovene: Spodnja Vipavska dolina z Goriško ravnino)
  2. The Central Vipava Valley (Srednja Vipavska dolina)
  3. The Upper Vipava Valley (Zgornja Vipavska dolina)
  4. The Vipava Hills (Vipavska brda)
  5. The Branica Valley (Braniška dolina)
  • 1. The Lower Vipava Valley with the Gorizia Plain
    1. The Lower Vipava Valley with the Gorizia Plain
  • 2. The Central Vipava Valley near Ajdovščina
    2. The Central Vipava Valley near Ajdovščina
  • 3. The Upper Vipava Valley seen from the Nanos Plateau
    3. The Upper Vipava Valley seen from the Nanos Plateau
  • 4. The Vipava Hills with the village of Goče
    4. The Vipava Hills with the village of Goče
  • 5. The Branica Valley with the village of Branik
    5. The Branica Valley with the village of Branik

Climate

The region has a relatively mild, sub-Mediterranean climate. It is constantly influenced by the warm and humid southwestern wind and by the cold and gusty northeastern bora (burja) wind, especially in the cold half of the year.[2][3] Its gusts can reach speeds over 200 kilometers per hour (120 mph), hinder traffic, and damage trees and buildings.[3] In some areas, trees grow aslant with asymmetric crowns.[3]

Economy

Due to its mild climate, the region is suitable for the cultivation of different kinds of fruits (especially

indigenous varieties Zelen, Pinela, and Vitovska Garganja, while red varieties include Merlot, Barbera, and Cabernet Sauvignon
.

History

About 8000 BC the Vipava Valley was colonized by Illyrians, Iberians, and Ligures as well as later immigrated Celts and Etruscans (which thereafter became the Rhaetian people).[4]

In

Battle of Frigidus between the army of Eastern Emperor Theodosius I and the army of the Western Roman ruler Eugenius
took place in this region in 394.

In Medieval Times, the upper eastern part of the valley, including the town of Vipava and half of the town of Ajdovščina, used to belong to the

Slovenian Littoral, and the Carniolan
identity has almost completely disappeared.

After

Branik. In September 1947, the entire valley was transferred to Yugoslavia, with the sole exception of the village of Savogna d'Isonzo (Slovene: Sovodnje), which remained in Italy. During Slovenia's Ten-Day War
for independence, the valley was the theater of fighting between the Yugoslav People's Army and the Slovenian military, which involved local inhabitants who spontaneously aided the Slovenian forces by putting up improvised roadblocks preventing the advance of Yugoslav federal troops.

Prominent people who were born or lived in the region include the painters

Partisan hero Janko Premrl, the author Danilo Lokar, the literary historian Avgust Žigon, and the designer Oskar Kogoj
.

See also

References

  1. ^ Vipava Valley Regions Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine at MKGP.gov (in Slovene)
  2. ^ "Climate". Ajdovščina Tourist Information Centre. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  3. ^ a b c Štrancar, Monika (June 2003). "Burja". Vipavska dolina - obrambnogeografska analiza območja [Vipava Valley – Defence-Geographic Analysis] (PDF) (in Slovenian). Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana.
  4. ^ Friaul
  5. ^ F. Antonelli, L. Lazzarini: The first archaeometric characterization of Roman millstones found in the Aquileia archaeological site (Udine, Italy). In: Archaeometry, vol. 54, no. 1, 2012, p. 1–17, (PDF[dead link]).
  6. ^ Pliny the Elder: Historia Naturalis, 111-126 ff.
  7. ^ Pais 216 = InscrAqu-2, 2901 = AE 2007, +00264

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