Pristava (; it, Prestava, fur, Rafût, german: Prestau), also known locally as ''Rafut'' (), is one of the four

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s of the town of

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in the

Gorizia Gorizia (; sl, Gorica , colloquially 'old Gorizia' to distinguish it from Nova Gorica; fur, label= Standard Friulian, Gurize, fur, label= Southeastern Friulian, Guriza; vec, label= Bisiacco, Gorisia; german: Görz ; obsolete English ''Gorit ...

region of western

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(the other three are

Solkan Solkan ( or ; it, Salcano, german: link=no, Sollingen or ''Salcano'') is a settlement in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in the Gorizia region of western Slovenia, at the border with Italy. Although it forms a single urban area with the city of N ...

Rožna Dolina Rožna Dolina (; it, Valdirose, german: link=no, Rosenthal) is one of the four suburbs of the town of Nova Gorica in western Slovenia (the others being Solkan, Kromberk, and Pristava). It is on the border with Italy. Before 1947, it used to be ...

, and

Kromberk Kromberk (; it, Moncorona, german: Cronberg bei Görz) is a settlement in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in western Slovenia. Together with its two satellite settlements of Ajševica and Loke, it forms one of the four major suburbs of Nova Gor ...

). Between the late 18th century and 1947, it used to be a suburb of the town of

(now in

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). When the city was partitioned in 1947, most of the city center remained in Italy, while its eastern suburbs were annexed to

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. Part of Pristava (Rafut) remained in Italy, and while part of it became part of

. In some cases, the border was drawn literally between individual houses. Until Slovenia's entry into the

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in 2007, a local border pass functioned in Pristava. The

Kostanjevica Monastery Kostanjevica Monastery ( it, Castagnevizza) is a Franciscan monastery in Pristava, Nova Gorica, Pristava near Nova Gorica, Slovenia. The locals frequently refer to it simply as Kapela (meaning ''The Chapel'' in Slovene language, Slovene). The mon ...

, in which

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is buried, is located on a hill above the settlement.

References

External links

Pristava on Geopedia
Populated places in the City Municipality of Nova Gorica Nova Gorica {{NovaGorica-geo-stub