Fojana

Fojana
Fojana
Village
	Fojana in 1953
	Fojana Location in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 45°59′52.81″N 13°30′24.42″E / 45.9980028°N 13.5067833°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Slovenian Littoral
Statistical region	Gorizia
Municipality	Brda
Area
• Total	1.91 km2 (0.74 sq mi)
Elevation	154.6 m (507.2 ft)
Population (2020)
• Total	143
• Density	75/km2 (190/sq mi)

Fojana (pronounced [fɔˈjaːna]) is a village west of Dobrovo in the Municipality of Brda in the Littoral region of Slovenia, next to the border with Italy.^[2]

Church

The parish church in the village is dedicated to Saint Florian and belongs to the Diocese of Koper. A second church, built just outside the village, is dedicated to the Holy Spirit and belongs to the same parish.^[3]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Fojana include:

Rado Simoniti (1914–1981), composer and conductor^[4]^[5]

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ Brda municipal site
^ Koper Diocese list of churches Archived March 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ Andrej Rijavec (1997). "Rado Simoniti". Enciklopedija Slovenije, vol. 11. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. p. 77.
^ "Rado Simoniti". Slovenska biografija. Retrieved January 20, 2019.

External links

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Fojana on Geopedia

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[1] Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia

[2] Brda municipal site

[3] Koper Diocese list of churches Archived March 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

[4] Andrej Rijavec (1997). "Rado Simoniti". Enciklopedija Slovenije, vol. 11. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. p. 77.

[5] "Rado Simoniti". Slovenska biografija. Retrieved January 20, 2019.

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