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==History== | ==History== | ||
The place was first mentioned in 1086. In this year, the patriarch Udalric I of Aquileia founded a church and a monastery. | The place was first mentioned in 1086. In this year, the patriarch Udalric I of Aquileia founded a church and a monastery. | ||
In 1713, the | In 1713, the Duke of Petači moved to Sežana, which became the administrative centre. | ||
After the first world war, Sežana became Italian, between 1945 and 1947 it was under | After the first world war, Sežana became Italian, then between 1945 and 1947 it was under British rule, until becoming part of Yugoslavia. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 18:39, 31 January 2008
Sežana is the capital of the Slovenian small region called Kras (Karst) in Slovenia. It is the cultural, economic and administrative center of Kras and Brkini, situated in western Slovenia, near the Italian border. The city is divided into several quarters: Center, Novo naselje, Gradišče, Na postaji, Lenivec, Vidmašče (Vas), Terminal, Ograde and Orlek.
Sežana is the seat of the administrative unit of Kras-Brkini.
History
The place was first mentioned in 1086. In this year, the patriarch Udalric I of Aquileia founded a church and a monastery. In 1713, the Duke of Petači moved to Sežana, which became the administrative centre. After the first world war, Sežana became Italian, then between 1945 and 1947 it was under British rule, until becoming part of Yugoslavia.
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