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Piran - Slovenia - Old Venetian Town

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Music by local acordian player & Giuseppe Tartini (born in Piran in 1692)

Piran History:
Before 178 BC - Pre-Roman era - farmers, fishermen & pirates
177 BC - 6th century - Part of Roman Republic/Empire
7th century - Byzantine rule
788 - conquered by The Franks
952 - part of Holy Roman Empire
1283 - 1797: part of Republic of Venice
1558 - Plague. 2/3rds of population died
1797 - part of Austrian Empire
1806 - 1814 - Napoleonic Empire
1812 - Battle of Pirano between British and French navy
19th - 20th century - Austro-Hungarian Empire
After WWI - part of Italia
After WWII - part of Yugoslavia
Since 1991 - part of independent Slovenia
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