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The Urban Municipality of Koper (pronounced [ˈkoːpəɾ]; Slovene: Mestna občina Koper, Italian: Comune città di Capodistria) is one of twelve urban municipalities of Slovenia. It is located at the coastline of the Adriatic Sea in southwestern Slovenia and was established in 1994. The seat of the municipality is the town of Koper.
Finally, on 29 January 2003, the Slovene Parliament passed the University of Primorska Charter. Two months later, on 17 March 2003, the University of Primorska was entered into the register of legal entities kept by the District Court of Koper. The newly established university comprised three faculties, two colleges, and two research institutes ...
One of Koper's bishops was the Lutheran reformer Pier Paolo Vergerio. In 1828, it was merged into the Diocese of Trieste. Trade between Koper and Venice has been recorded since 932. In the war between Venice and the Holy Roman Empire, Koper was on the latter side, and as a result was awarded with town rights, granted in 1035 by Emperor Conrad II.
The Praetorian Palace (Slovene: Pretorska palača, Italian: palazzo Pretorio) is a 15th-century Venetian Gothic palace in the city of Koper, in southwest Slovenia. Located on the southern side of the city's central Tito Square (at Titov trg/piazza Tito 3), it houses the Koper city government and a wedding hall. It is considered one of the city ...
The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Tomaž (literally, 'Saint Thomas') to Škocjan in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms.
English: Port of Koper, Slovenia. Aerial view of Port of Koper, Slovenia, seen from Northwest. Date: 29 October 2009: ... 17:06, 15 March 2021: 1,280 × 853 (744 KB)
Smokvica (pronounced [ˈsmoːkʋitsa]; Italian: Figarola) is a village in the City Municipality of Koper in the Littoral region of Slovenia. [2] The local church is dedicated to Mary Magdalene and belongs to the Parish of Movraž. [3]
15:25, 24 April 2020: 2,346 × 2,340 (1.95 MB) Tammbeck: File:Koper, Slovenia (35247533225) (2).jpg cropped 44 % horizontally using CropTool with lossless mode.