Rižana
Place in Littoral, Slovenia
45°32′38.19″N 13°50′52.63″E / 45.5439417°N 13.8479528°E / 45.5439417; 13.8479528
Slovenia (2002)
Rižana (pronounced [ɾiˈʒaːna], Italian: Risano) is a settlement in the Istrian City Municipality of Koper in the Littoral region of Slovenia.[2] It includes the hamlets of Bižaji, Paluzi, Santini, and Tinčki and is located on the Rižana River.
Name
The name Rižana is originally a hydronym referring to the Rižana (Italian: Risano) River, which flows past the village.[3][4]
History
Rižana is usually considered to be the site of the important early medieval dispute known as the Plea of Rizana or Placitum of Riziano (Italian: Placito del Risano), which took place in 804.[5]
References
- ^ "Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia". Stat.si. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
- ^ "Koper municipal site". Koper.si. 2013-03-18. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 356.
- ^ Čop, Dušan (2002). "Gorska, terenska (ledinska) in vodna imena v Sloveniji". Jezikoslovni Zapiski. 8 (2): 103, 106. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
- ^ There is a large bibliography on the subject: see, for instance, Harald Krahwinkler, "The Churches of Aquileia, Friuli and Istria at the time of the Riziano Placitum," Acta Histriae 9 (2001), 65–72.
External links
Media related to Rižana at Wikimedia Commons- Rižana on Geopedia
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Administrative seat: Koper
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people
- Zvest Apollonio
- Gian Rinaldo Carli
- Vittore Carpaccio
- Boris Cavazza
- Giorgio Cobolli
- Lucija Čok
- Zlatko Dedić
- Lorella Flego
- Pier Antonio Quarantotti Gambini
- Lucrezio Gravisi
- Franco Juri
- Tinkara Kovač
- Igor Pribac
- Tomaž Šalamun
- Santorio Santorio
- Nazario Sauro
- Spartaco Schergat
- Francesco Trevisani
- Pier Paolo Vergerio
- Pier Paolo Vergerio the Elder
- Vittorio Italico Zupelli
