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Pop.: 867
Area: 12,16 sq. km, 418 m a.s.l.
Neighbourhoods: Fernetti,
Rupingrande, Zolla
Town Hall: Frazione Zolla, 37 - 34016 Monrupino
Phone.: 040.327122 Fax: 040.327511
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Rich in woods
and karst
vegetation, the area
still retains examples
of traditional
architecture and agricultural
and craft activities: terrano
wine, tabor cheese, and marble
quarries. The village of
Zolla-Col is dominated by the
fortress of Monrupino
(a former protohistoric
castelliere) still surrounding
the houses with their
traditional roofs of limestone
slabs, and by the 16th-century
Church of Beata Vergine
Assunta, a Marian Sanctuary.
Here, every second year, in
August, the traditional karst
nuptials in costume,
following last century's
ceremony, takes place. The
scarcity of superficial water
forced the people who lived
here to
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create ponds and reservoirs that have become
natural oases, as the Dolina
of Percedol, one of the
largest, which is a
protected wildlife
reserve.
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A long and narrow strip of land between
Slovenia and the sea, projecting
eastwards to Istria, the province of Trieste
holds the curious record of being the
smallest in Italy. It is divided into six
municipalities, north-to-south:
Duino-Aurisina, Sgonico,
Monrupino, San Dorligo
della Valle and
Muggia. Trieste,
the regional capital city, is
isolated in the middle, facing
the sea. An important
crossroads for ...go
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