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20th cc. that by their grandeur are considerably diferent from the historic urban core. Troughout this time Piran once again prospered economically, becoming an auxiliary pier of the Trieste port, which enabled it good trafc connections by sea, later by train, and even hydroplanes.

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Ornithological reserve and salt pans in Sečovlje.

In the villages Nova Vas, Padna and Sv. Peter, situated in the hinterland of Piran on the slopes of the Koper hills, the wealthy noblemen of Koper such as Sabini, Vergeri, Gravisi and Vittori had their estates. Apart from churches from the 15th and 16th cc., there are traditional houses and an ethnographic collection depicting the tradition of olive production in Goreli.

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I CenTRI SToRICI delle CITTà