Izola (
Italian: Isola or Isola d'Istria) is a
town, and a
municipality of the same name, situated in southwestern
Slovenia on the coast of the
Adriatic Sea.Originally an island in the northern Adriatic (hence the name, which comes from the Italian for "island"), it was first settled by the
Romans, who built a port at Haliaetum, on Simons Bay, to the southwest of the present city.During the Middle Ages, it was controlled by the
Venetian Republic.
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