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| Piran Town Square |
Piran is a town of 3700 on a cape along the 28 miles of Adriatic coast that is Slovenia. Two days before our visit, they had a rare tornado that threw boulders up along the coastline. From 1073 until 1787, it was part of the Venetian Republic until Napoleon took it, after Napoleon was defeated, it was part of the Austrian Empire, after World War I, it became part of Italy, after World War II, it was part of the Free Territory of Trieste, annexed into Yugoslavia in 1954, and in 1991, Slovenia. Our guide’s mother lived in 5 countries, while never moving. This town has five Catholic churches, but only one priest. This is the birthplace of Giuseppe Tartini, a 17th century violinist and composer of over 200 pieces. The central square, built over the old inner court, is named for him. We walked the old town, seeing Venetian style houses, an olive press, a water reservoir in a square, and the bell tower of the Church of the Madonna for Health. Unfortunately, it started pouring rain and we cut our tour short. We had a cello concert in Tartini’s house and saw one of his violins.
Then we took the bus to have lunch and wine tasting at the Coronica winery in Croatia. Their 20 hectares
of grapes provide about 130,000 bottles each year. We tried their fresh and
aged Malvasia white, and sparkling wine and their red wine, a mix of Cabernet
and Merlot.
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| Wines from Coronica Winery |
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