Rižana (, it, Risano) is a settlement in the Istrian
City Municipality of Koper
The City Municipality of Koper (; sl, Mestna občina Koper, it, Comune città di Capodistria) is one of twelve city municipalities of Slovenia. It lies at the coastline of the Adriatic Sea in southwestern Slovenia and was established in 1994. ...
in the
Littoral
The littoral zone or nearshore is the part of a sea, lake, or river that is close to the shore. In coastal ecology, the littoral zone includes the intertidal zone extending from the high water mark (which is rarely inundated), to coastal a ...
region of
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
. It includes the hamlets of Bižaji, Paluzi, Santini, and Tinčki and is located on the
Rižana River.
Name
The name ''Rižana'' is originally a hydronym referring to the Rižana ( it, Risano) River, which flows past the village.
History
Rižana is usually considered to be the site of the important early medieval dispute known as the Plea of Rizana or
Placitum of Riziano
The Placitum of Riziano ( it, Placito del Risano; sl, Rižanski zbor) was a dispute that took place c. 804 around the river Riziano, probably at Rižana in modern Slovenia. The document is important for the history of Capodistria ( Koper) and Tr ...
( it, Placito del Risano), which took place in 804.
[There is a large bibliography on the subject: see, for instance, Harald Krahwinkler, "The Churches of Aquileia, Friuli and Istria at the time of the Riziano Placitum," ''Acta Histriae'' 9 (2001), 65–72.]
References
External links
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Rižana on Geopedia
Populated places in the City Municipality of Koper
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