Padna () is a village in the
Municipality of Piran
The Municipality of Piran (; , ) is a municipality in the traditional region of the Littoral in southwestern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Piran. Piran became a municipality in 1994.
Geography
The Municipality of Piran bo ...
in the
Littoral
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region of
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
. It was first mentioned in sources dating to 1186.
Name
Padna was attested in written sources in 1384 as ''uresus Padhenam Muglarii'' as well as ''Padena'' and ''Padina''. These transcriptions indicate that the original name of the settlement was ''Padina'', derived from the common noun ''*padina'' 'steep slope', reflecting the local geography.
Churches
The local church is dedicated to
Saint Blaise
Blaise of Sebaste (, ''Hágios Blásios''; martyred 316 AD) was a physician and bishop of Sivas, Sebastea in historical Lesser Armenia (modern Sivas, Turkey) who is venerated as a Christian saint and martyr. He is counted as one of the Fourteen ...
. Another small church above the settlement is dedicated to
Saint Sabbas.
Art gallery
There is an
art gallery
An art gallery is a room or a building in which visual art is displayed. In Western cultures from the mid-15th century, a gallery was any long, narrow covered passage along a wall, first used in the sense of a place for art in the 1590s. The long ...
in the village with a permanent exhibition of works by the Slovene artist
Božidar Jakac
Božidar Jakac (July 16, 1899 – November 20, 1989) was a Slovene Yugoslavian e xpressionist, realist and symbolist painter, printmaker, art teacher, photographer and filmmaker. He produced one of the most extensive oeuvres of pastels and ...
, who lived in the village for a while.
References
External links
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Padna on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Piran
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