Piran on the Slovenian Riviera

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© Federico Orsini/cc-by-sa-3.0

© Federico Orsini/cc-by-sa-3.0

Piran is a town in the Municipality of Piran in southwestern Slovenia on the Gulf of Piran on the Adriatic Sea. It is one of the three major towns of Slovenian Istria. The town has much medieval architecture, with narrow streets and compact houses. Piran is the administrative centre of the local area and one of Slovenia’s major tourist attractions. Until the mid-twentieth-century Italian was the dominant language, but was replaced by Slovene as populations moved.

Piran is situated at the tip of the Piran peninsula. It borders Croatia to the south, and the municipalities of Izola and Koper to the east and faces Italy across the Gulf of Trieste and the Adriatic Sea. The highest point, Baretovec pri Padni, is 289 metres high. To the east of the town, along the northern coastline (in the direction to Strunjan) there is a small tourist settlement named Fiesa. Piran and Fiesa are connected by a promenade along the beach.

Piran Marina © Julian Nitzsche/cc-by-sa-3.0 Tartini Square © Julian Nitzsche/cc-by-sa-3.0 Tartini Square with town hall © Earnest B/cc-by-sa-3.0 Piran © Richard Huber/cc-by-sa-3.0 Piran Marina © Mihael Grmek/cc-by-sa-3.0 © Federico Orsini/cc-by-sa-3.0
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Tartini Square with town hall © Earnest B/cc-by-sa-3.0
Piran was heavily influenced by the Venetian Republic and Austria-Hungary, therefore the monuments differ greatly from those in inner parts of Slovenia. The Piran town walls were constructed to protect the town from Ottoman incursions; many parts of the town walls from different eras remain, and are of interest to tourists.

In the middle of the town is the Tartini Square, with a monument in memory of Giuseppe Tartini. Nearby are located various important buildings, such as Tartini’s house, first mentioned in 1384 and one of the oldest in town, the Municipal Palace, Loggia and Benečanka, among others. On the hill above the town is the biggest and most important church, the Church of Saint George, with a Franciscan monastery nearby.

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