Čepovan (; it, Chiapovano, german: Tschepobon)
[Snoj, Marko. 2009. ''Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen''. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 98.] is a settlement in the
Municipality of Nova Gorica
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in western
Slovenia
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. Apart from the main village of Čepovan, it extends to include a number of smaller hamlets in the valley known as Čepovanski Dol: Dol, Drage, Frata, Griva, Lazna, Močile, Podčepovna, Pod Goro ( sl, Pod goro), Puštale, Robe, Rut, Šulgi, Tesno, Vrata, and Vrše.
Name
Čepovan was attested in written sources in 1301 as ''Kampowan'' (and as ''Zampuano'' in 1377 and ''Tschepawan'' in 1507). The name may be borrowed from a
Romance
Romance (from Vulgar Latin , "in the Roman language", i.e., "Latin") may refer to:
Common meanings
* Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings
* Romance languages, ...
reflex of Latin ''*clampuānum'', which may be related to the Latin place name ''Clampētia''. On the other hand, it may be a borrowing from a word based on
Friulian ''ciamp'' 'field'.
History
The parish priest Blaž Grčar opened a lace-making school in Čepovan in 1890, helping promote this home industry. The settlement was affected by the First World War, reminders of which include an abandoned military cemetery. During the Second World War, a
Partisan field hospital was located in the hamlet of Vrše, and a command bunker to the north in nearby
Grudnica. In January 1944 a Partisan officers' school was set up in Čepovan; it was soon thereafter relocated to Cerkno. In May 1944, after the
Armistice of Cassibile, a district Partisan conference was held in the hamlet of Lazna, and a regional conference on 12 July. German aerial bombardments in April, July, and October 1944 destroyed much of the settlement.
Mass grave
Čepovan was the site of a
mass grave
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from the Second World War. The Čepovan Mass Grave ( sl, Grobišče Čepovan) was located north of the main settlement, 130 m south of the house at Čepovan no. 143. It contained the remains of five Italian soldiers that fell in battle on 18 December 1943. The remains were exhumed in 1999 and transferred to Italy.
Church
The former
parish church
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in the settlement is dedicated to
John the Baptist
John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Bapti ...
and belongs to the
Grgar Parish of the
Diocese of Koper
)
, cocathedral = Co-Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Nova Gorica()
, area_km2 = 4,386
, parishes = 100
, population = 266,403
, population_as_of = 2013
, catholics = 181,230
, catholics_percent= 68
, pope ...
. A small church further up the valley in the hamlet of Puštale is dedicated to the
Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus ( la, Cor Jesu Sacratissimum) is one of the most widely practised and well-known Catholic devotions, wherein the heart of Jesus is viewed as a symbol of "God's boundless and passionate love for mankind". This dev ...
.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Koper List of parishes March 2022
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Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Čepovan include:
* Franjo Kafol (1891–1965), orchard expert
References
External links
Čepovan on Geopedia
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Populated places in the City Municipality of Nova Gorica