Podnanos
Encyclopedia
Podnanos is a village
in the upper Vipava Valley
in the Vipava
Municipality
in the Littoral
region of Slovenia
. It lies under Mount Nanos
, from which it gets its name.
The Parish Church
in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Vitus and belongs to the Koper Diocese.
Until 1952, the village was called Št. Vid ('St. Vitus'), after its patron saint. It was renamed to its current name by the Communist authorities. Its current name means 'Under the Mount Nanos'.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the upper Vipava Valley
Vipava Valley
The Vipava Valley is a valley located in the Slovenian Littoral, between the towns of Nova Gorica and Vipava.-Geography:It is a narrow valley, serving as the main passage between Friulian lowland and central Slovenia, and thus also an important corridor connecting Northern Italy to Central Europe...
in the Vipava
Vipava, Slovenia
Vipava is a small town in western Slovenia with 1500 inhabitants. It is the center of a municipality with 5,185 people. Vipava is built near the numerous sources of the Vipava River, in the upper Vipava Valley, 102 m above sea level...
Municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the Littoral
Slovenian Littoral
The Slovenian Littoral is a historical region of Slovenia. Its name recalls the historical Habsburg crown land of the Austrian Littoral, of which the Slovenian Littoral was a part....
region of Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
. It lies under Mount Nanos
Nanos, Slovenia
Nanos is a karst limestone plateau in Slovenia that divides the continental part of Slovenia from the Littoral Region. It is about 6 km wide and 12 km long in the northern extension of the Dinaric Alps. The highest point of the plateau is Suhi vrh...
, from which it gets its name.
The Parish Church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Vitus and belongs to the Koper Diocese.
Until 1952, the village was called Št. Vid ('St. Vitus'), after its patron saint. It was renamed to its current name by the Communist authorities. Its current name means 'Under the Mount Nanos'.
Notable residents
- Stanko PremrlStanko PremrlStanko Premrl was a Slovenian Roman Catholic priest, composer and music teacher. He is most famous as the author of the music for the Slovenian national anthem, the Zdravljica.Premrl was born in the village of Št...
(1880–1965) - priest and composer of the national anthem of Slovenia - Janko Premrl Vojko (1920–1943) - Anti-fascist resistance fighter and organizer of the Slovenian partisan movement in the Slovenian LittoralSlovenian LittoralThe Slovenian Littoral is a historical region of Slovenia. Its name recalls the historical Habsburg crown land of the Austrian Littoral, of which the Slovenian Littoral was a part....