San Dorligo della Valle

**San Dorligo della Valle** () is a *[[comune]]* (municipality) in the Province o Trieste in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, locatit aboot  sootheast o Trieste, on the border wi Slovenie. As o 31 Dizember 2004, it haed a population o 6,019 an a aurie o . Accordin tae the 1971 census, 70,5% o the population are ethnic Slovenes, while the rest are maistly Italians.

## Name
The Slovenie name o the toun, Dolina, means 'Valley'. This wis the offeecial name in Italian, as well, till it wis renamit tae San Dorligo Della Valle in 1923, as pairt o the policies o Fascist Italianization. In the local Italian Triestine dialect, the veelage haes aye been referred tae simply as *Dolina*. In 2003, the denomination Dolina wis adoptit as the offeecial name o the dounset in baith leids; housomeivver, the municipality is still cried San Dorligo della Valle in Italian.  "San Dorligo" (airchaically “Durlic”) is the Tergestine dialectal form o the name o the toun's patron saunt, Ulrich o Augsburg (Sant'Ulderico).

## Geographical position

Maist o the municipality o San Dorligo is locatit unner the Kras plateau, wi some settlements on the plateau itsel. It enjoys a relatively mild Mediterranean climate, awtho the hairsk an cauld Bora wind frequently blows in the hairst an winter months.

The comune borders the follaein municipalities: Koper/Capodistria (Slovenie), Hrpelje-Kozina (Slovenia), Muggia, Sežana (Slovenie), an Trieste.

It haes a border crossin wi Slovenie at **Pesek** (Kozina on the Slovenie side). Anither crossin is locatit in the veelage o **Crociata di Prebenico**, Caresana, wi the Slovenie veelage o Osp in Koper municipality.

## History

Frae mid 18t century tae 1918, the aurie wis unner the Habsburg Empire. Frae 1813 tae 1918, the aurie aroond San Dorligo wis pairt o the Coonty o Istrie in the Austrian Littoral. The great majority (amaist the totality) o the population wis Slovene-speakin. Efter Warld War I, the aurie wis annexed bi the Kinrick o Italy, an wis includit in the admeenistrative region kent as the Julian Mairch. In 1945, it wis shortly occupee'd bi the Yugoslav Fowkairmy an later bi the US an Breetish Airmies. Atween 1947 an 1954, it wis pairt o the Zone A o the Free Territory o Trieste. In 1954, it came again unner Italian jurisdiction.

## Cultur an tradeetions

Hame o a Ware festival kent as the *Majenca* (held in Mey) which culminates in the fawin o a cherry tree, teed tae the tap o a taw pole.

San Dorligo is hame tae the variety o olive tree cried *bianchera istriana* in Italian an *istrska belica* in Slovene (baith meanin "the Istrie white"), kent for its endurance tae hairsk climate an its gentle an heich quality olive ile.

Maist o the locals speak twa Slovenie dialects frae the Littoral dialect group: in the majority o the municipality, the Rižana subdialect o the Istrian dialect is spoken, while in some veelages in the northren pairt o the municipality, the Inner Carniolan dialect is spoken.

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## See an aw
*Slovene Lands

## References

## Freemit airtins

* www.comune.san-dorligo-della-valle.ts.it/