Vipolže () is a scattered village in the lower
Municipality of Brda
The Municipality of Brda (; sl, Občina Brda, it, Comune di Collio) is a municipality in western Slovenia. It is located in the Slovenian Littoral region, extending from the Italian border to the Soča River. It is bounded by Sabotin Hill () ...
in the
Littoral
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region of
Slovenia
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on the border with
Italy
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.
The
parish church
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in the settlement is dedicated to
Saint Giles
Saint Giles (, la, Aegidius, french: Gilles), also known as Giles the Hermit, was a hermit or monk active in the lower Rhône most likely in the 6th century. Revered as a saint, his cult became widely diffused but his hagiography is mostly lege ...
and belongs to the
Koper
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Diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...
.
Vipolže Castle
The 11th-century castle was converted into a Venetian-style villa in the 17th century. It was damaged in a fire on 10 November 1948 allegedly set by members of a counter-revolutionary group known as the
Slovenian Army of the Royal Yugoslav Armed Forces ( sl,
Slovenska armija Kraljeve Jugoslovanske vojske) or the Matjaž Army ( sl, Matjaževa vojska), dedicated to destroying state-owned property. The fire destroyed the roof of the castle and 40,000 kg of hay stored inside it. The alleged ringleader
Darko Toroš and his accomplices were arrested along with eight uninvolved persons; Toroš was shot and buried in an unknown location, and the others were sentenced to lengthy prison terms with hard labor.
[Vidmar, Jernej. 2007. "Posamezniki v primežu totalitarizma. Solkan v letih 1947–1952." ''Kronika'': 55(2): 385–402.]
References
External links
Vipolže on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Brda
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