page_title: Sečovlje
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Sečovlje / History
caption_attribution_description: Slovenščina: Razglednica Sečovelj.
context_page_description: Sečovlje is a settlement in the Municipality of Piran in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
context_section_description: Archaeological finds and text sources point to a settlement in the area of Sečovlje that dates back to the Roman times, the nearby salt pans in the 12th century. Modernisation of the salt pans occurred in the 14th century, and salt production drastically increased in the times of Austria-Hungary, when the mines expanded to an area of 508 hectares and were from the 24 April (St George) to 24 August (St Bartholomew) the source of income for about 500 families.
caption: postcard of Sečovlje (1903)
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