Efforts under way to rename coastal town
Piran, 24 May - A procedure has been launched for the coastal town Lucija (Lucy) in the Piran municipality to be given back its original name Sveta Lucija (Saint Lucy), which was changed in the 1950s as part of postwar efforts to remove religious elements from toponyms.
Lucija.
Naselje Lucija na slovenski obali. V ozadju Piranski zaliv in hrvaško naselje Crveni vrh.
Foto: Tamino Petelinšek/STA
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