Monrupino

Monrupino ( German outdated: Reippen, Slovenian: Repentabor ) is an Italian municipality with 868 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2012) in the province of Trieste.

Monrupino is the smallest municipality in the province of Trieste. Monrupino consists of the three villages Fernetti ( Slow Fernetiči ), Col (Italian Zolla ), Repen (Italian Rupingrande ) and adjacent to the community Sežana (Slovenia). The population is predominantly at the Slovene-speaking minority.

Until the accession of Slovenia to the EU Fernetti border crossing was one of the most important way points for Italian goods that were exported to the Balkans. The direct access to the international road transport has a positive effect on the economy of the town.

Monrupino is nevertheless still very traditional. Of these, many well-preserved houses testify in the typical architectural style of the Karst (Italian casa carsica, slow. Kraška hiša ), where tourists get insight into the customs of the area and agricultural equipment and furniture can get to know from the last century. A special attraction is the karst Wedding (Italian nozze Carsiche, slow. Kraška ohcet ) in the summer, be trusted with the newlyweds in the traditional karst tradition.

On a hill to the church, the small fortified Sanctuary Monrupino is from the 16th century. The complex offers a panoramic view of the surrounding area in Italy and Slovenia.

The belonging to the imperial Austria to 1918 municipality was established in 1906, developed by the Karst -Bahn, the extension of the Bohinj railway, with a direct rail link from Trieste to Villach and Salzburg was created. You will no longer sail in the range of Monrupino passenger for decades, rarely in cross-border freight.