Fiesa (sometimes ''Fjesa'' or ''Fjeso''; ) is a street in

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, a settlement in the

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. It mainly lies in a small plain next to Fiesa Bay west of

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and southeast of

Piran Piran (; ) is a town in southwestern Slovenia on the Gulf of Piran on the Adriatic Sea. It is one of the three major towns of Slovenian Istria. A bilingual city, with population speaking both Slovene and Italian, Piran is known for its medieva ...

. The beachfront west and east of the central part has high cliffs. It is connected with

by a road through the hills and a beach promenade along the northern beachfront. There are two hotels, a few guesthouses, and a camping site in Fiesa.

Name

Fiesa was attested in written sources in 1763–87 as ''Fontana di Fiesso''. The Slovene name is borrowed from Italian, based on the old Italian adjective ''fiesso'' 'twisted, bent' (< Latin ''flexus''), presumably referring to the bend in the coastline at Fiesa Bay. The Slovenian feminine name ''Fiesa'' is a

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from the accusative ''Fieso'', reinterpreted as a feminine noun.

Lakes

There are two lakes near Fiesa Bay. They are remnants of a clay pit next to a brick factory from the first half of the 20th century. The larger one is about from the coast and has a depth of up to . The smaller lake lies to the southwest and is around deep. The coastal lake is the only

brackish lake Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing seawater (salt water) and fresh water together, as in estuari ...

in Slovenia. The two lakes have become a shelter to various rare species, and so they were protected as a

natural monument A natural monument is a natural or cultural feature of outstanding or unique value because of its inherent rarity, representative of aesthetic qualities, or cultural significance. They can be natural geological and geographical features such as w ...

in 1989.Slovenija, turistični vodnik, Mladinska knjiga, Ljubljana, 2002 The natural monument covers .

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fiesa, Portoroz Portorož Slovenian Riviera