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Piran, SloveniaSister City of Indianapolis since 2001

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Preliminary Issue


1. About Indianapolis Sister Cities International…………………………

2. Education Resource Packet……………………………………….………….…

3. Piran, Slovenia Resource Packeta. About Piran…….…………………...…………….…………………………b. Piran Attractions ..…………………..……………………………………c. Piran-Indianapolis Comparisons ..………………………………….d. Sports ……………………………………………………………………………e. Racetrack Comparisons………………………………………………….f. Climate……………………………………………………………….……..….g. Language……………………………………………………………………….h. Notable people in Piran history………….…………………………i. Cuisine…………………………………………………………………………..j. Festivals…………………………………………………………………………

4. Appendix (Lesson Activities)a. Color the Coat of Arms of Piran….…………………………..……b. Word Search …………………………………………………………………c. Find Piran on the ma..…………………………………………………..d. Color Olives for Olive Oil……………………………………………….e. Color Tartini’s Violin…. .……………………………………………….f. Build the Hrastovlje ……….…………………………………………….g. Slovenia Webquest..….………………………………………………….h. Make a Paper Boat………………………………………………………..i. Create your own Violin………………………………………………….j. History & Geography Activity………………………………….……

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Indianapolis Sister Cities International ISCI) is a program of

Mayor Ballard’s Office of International & Cultural Affairs. Each Sister City relationship is managed by

a volunteer committee that identifies and leads various cultural

and educational initiatives.

The Sister City program helps promote Indianapolis as a global city,

advancing cultural understanding, developing global connections,

strengthening international partnerships and supporting

economic development.

To learn more, contact us at [email protected] or visit

www.indy.gov/globalindy.

Taipei, Taiwan1978

Cologne, Germany1988

Piran, Slovenia1994

Piran, Slovenia2001

Hangzhou, China2008

Campinas, Brazil2009

Northamptonshire County, UK2009

Hyderabad, India2010

About Indianapolis Sister Cities International

Greetings,

In today’s world economy, it is more critical than ever for Indianapolis to be a city that is globally recognized as a great place to live, work, and raise afamily. Moreover, we must be a city that is welcoming and inclusive to all who make Indianapolis their home.

I’m proud to report that Indianapolis is very connected to the world. Today, we have numerous global connections through our international businesses, foreign students that study in our universities, and our thriving sports and arts communities that bring many visitors from around the globe to our city.

Since I became Mayor, we have doubled the number of Sister Cities. I believe our Sister City partnerships represent one key initiative in our international growth strategy, as they provide natural international connections via cultural, educational and economic ties.

This resource packet has been designed by professional volunteers in our Indianapolis Sister Cities International program. We hope you find them useful across grade levels and subject areas, including extracurricular activities.

We hope you have fun learning more about our Sister Cities!

Sincerely,

Gregory A. BallardMayor, City of Indianapolis


Contributors to the Indianapolis – Piran Education Resource Packet

Mayor Ballard’s Office of International and Cultural Affairs

Director: Jane Gehlhausen [email protected]: Danielle Law, Trevor Oakerson,

IPSCC CommitteeJosef Laposa, Piran Sister City Committee President

ISCI Education CommitteeSusan Tomlinson, President [email protected]

Indianapolis Sister Cities International Education Resource Packet

This packet is designed to introduce teachers to our Sister City of Piran, Slovenia.

It is set up as a PowerPoint format for easy editing and adaptation for use in the classroom at all grade levels and in various subject areas. It is hoped that his packet will provide teachers with sufficient background information about the Sister City along with ideas for activities for classroom and extracurricular use. The information presented here is collected and/or adapted from reputable online sources, which are cited. The Appendix includes ideas and activities for classroom use.

We hope you find the contents of this packet helpful. If you have comments, ideas, or activities to add, or would like to become involved in one of the Sister City Committees, please contact [email protected] or find contact information at our website www.indy.gov/globalindy.

Indianapolis Sister Cities International Education Committee


About Piran

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Piran is a town in southwestern Slovenia on the Gulf of Piran on the Adriatic Sea. It is one of the three major towns of Slovenia Istria. The town resembles a large open-air museum, with medieval architecture and a rich cultural heritage. Narrow streets and compact houses give the town its special charm. Piran is the administrative center of the local area and one of Slovenia’s major tourist attractions.

Piran is situated at the tip of the Piran peninsula on the Gulf of Piran. It borders Croatia to the south, and the municipalities of Izola and Koper to the east and faces Italy across the Gulf of Trieste and the Adriatic Sea. The highest point, Baretovec pri Padni, is 289 meters high. To the east of the town, along the northern coastline (in the direction to Strunjan) there is a small tourist settlement named Fiesa. Piran and Fiesa are connected by a promenade along the beach.


Piran Attractions

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On an elevation above the village of Hrastovlje stands an encampment wall. Above the wall rises the top of the bell tower with a pyramidal crown. Behind the wall is a medieval stone branch church with an exposed apse. The church building was constructed in the late Romanesque tradition before the 15th century, or at the latest by 1480 as is apparent by the three-nave area with two drawn side apses and an outstanding main apse.

Hrastovlje, Church of the Holy Trinity

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Piran Attractions

The Tartini Square is the largest and main square in the town of Piran. It was named after a famous violinist and composer Giuseppe Tartini, of whom a monument was made in 1896. The square was once an inner dock for smaller vessels such as fishing boats, and was located outside of the first city walls. In the Middle Ages the dock became surrounded by important buildings and palaces.

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Saint George's Church is a Roman Catholic church located on the hill above Piran. It is dedicated to Saint George. The first church on top of the hill was already built in 12th century. In 1595 a construction of a new church began on the same location, replacing the old one. The construction of the new one was finished in 1637.

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Piran Attractions

The first collections of the Maritime Museum of Piran were exhibited in the Civic Museum of Piran, which was established in 1954. The study of the Slovene naval history and maritime tradition was one of the first activities of newly founded museum. In 1967 the Civic Museum was renamed the Sergej Masera Maritime Museum of Piran.

The Sergej Masera Maritime Museum of Piran

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One of Piran's most eye-catching structures is the red 15th-century Gothic Venetian House, with its tracery windows and balcony in the northeast of the square. There is a story attached to the stone relief between the two windows of a lion with a banner in its mouth and the Latin inscription Lassa pur dir above it.A wealthy merchant from Venice fell in love with a beautiful local girl, but she soon became the butt of local gossips. To shut them up (and keep his lover happy), the merchant built her this little palace complete with a reminder for his loose-lipped neighbors.

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State Primorska Indiana

Country Republic of Slovenia United States of America

Founded 6th century by the Slavs 1820

Population 4,700 820,000 +; ranked 12th largest city in USA

Waterways Adriatic Sea White River

City Center Tartini Square Monument Circle

University Euro-Mediterranean University Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Nickname The Jewel of the North Adriatic The Circle City

Major industry

Tourism Insurance, pharmaceutical, transportation

Festivals & Traditions

Municipality Festival, Tartini Festival, Dance Festival

500 Festival; Independence Day; Christmas Tree lighting at Monument

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Piran-Indy Comparison


School in Piran

Children first enter primary schooling at about the age of 6 and finish at about the age of 14. Each group of children born in the same year forms one grade or class in primary school which lasts until the end of primary school. Each grade or year is divided into two terms. Once or twice per term, children have holidays: Autumn, Christmas, winter and May first holidays; each holiday is approximately one week long. At summer time, school ends in June, followed by a holiday of more than two months.

From the first to the fourth grade, children stay in one classroom and have one class from one teacher who teaches all subjects. Children are taught their native language, mathematics, natural and sociological sciences, music, physical education and art. In the fourth grade they begin to learn their first foreign language, which is usually English.

The Slovenian school system heavily promotes the teaching of foreign languages from primary school onwards. Children study two foreign languages. A typical school often teaches an optional third foreign language: Spanish, Italian, or French. While the youngsters speak English quite fluently, older people are more skilled in Serbo-Croatian, German and Russian, and can read Cyrillic. The Cyrillic alphabet is named after St. Cyril, a missionary from Byzantium. It was invented sometime during the 10th century AD, possibly by St. Kliment of Ohrid, to write the Old Church Slavonic language. The Cyrillic alphabet achieved its current form in 1708 during the reign of Peter the Great.

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Piran History

In the pre-Roman era, the hills in the Piran area were inhabited by tribes who were farmers, hunters and fishermen. There were also pirates who disrupted Roman trade in the north Adriatic Sea. The Piran peninsula was incorporated into the Roman Empire in 178 and 177 BC and settled in the following years.

The decline of the Empire, from the 5th century AD onwards, and incursions by the Avars and Slavs at the end of the 6th century, prompted the Roman population to withdraw. This started local urbanization and by the 7th century, under Byzantine rule, Piran had become heavily fortified. Despite the defenses, the Franks conquered Istria in 788 and Slavs settled in the region.

By 952, Piran had become a part of the Holy Roman Empire. The name of the town most probably originates from the Greek "pyrranos", which means "red", because of the reddish stones commonly found in the town. On 22 February 1812, the Battle of Pirano was fought between a British and a French ship of the line in the vicinity of Piran. This was a minor battle of the Adriatic campaign of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Climate

Piran has a humid subtropical climate with warm summers and cool rainy winters. Snow is rare (usually 3 days per year, almost always in traces). There are 22 days a year with maximum of 30 ｰ C (86 ｰ F) or higher, while one day a year temperature does not exceed 0 ｰ C (32 ｰ F). Fog appears in about 4 days per year, mainly in winter. The climate is also characterized by frequent rainfall.

Celsius is used to measure temperature in Slovenia. The following chart is in Celsius. To convert Celsius to Fahrenheit, multiply by 9, divide by 5, and then add 32.

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MaxTemp. 6 8 11 15 20 23 25 26 23 17 11 8

Min Temp. 3 3 6 9 12 17 20 20 16 12 6 5

Sun Hours 3 4 5 7 7 8 10 8 7 5 3 4

Rain Days 11 9 13 13 14 12 7 9 8 12 12 11


Language

English Slovene Pronunciation

Hello Zdravo ZDRAH-voh

Goodbye Nasvidenje nahs-VEE-deh-nyeh

House Hisna HEESH-nah

What is your name? Kako ti je ime? kah-KOH tee yeh ee-MEH?

Nice to meet you Lepo, da sva se spoznala leh-POH, dah svah seh spohz-NAH-lah

Excuse me Samo Malo, prosim sah-MOH MAH-loh, PROH-sihm

Thank you Hvala HVAA-lah

Today Danes DAH-nehs

Tomorrow Jutri YOO-tree

How are you? Kako ste? kah-KOH steh?

Slovenian or Slovene is a South Slavic language spoken by about 2.5 million people mainly in Slovenia, and parts of Italy, Austria, Hungary, and Croatia. Slovenian is closely related to Croatian and Serbian.


Notable Piran People

Guiseppe Tartini

Giuseppe Tartini (8 April 1692--26 February 1770) was an Italian baroque composer and violinist. Tartini was born in Piran, then a part of the Republic of Venice. After his father's death in 1710, he married Elisabetta Premazone. Unfortunately, Elisabetta was a favorite of a powerful cardinal who promptly charged Tartini with abduction. Tartini fled Padua to go to the monastery of St. Francis in Assisi, where he could escape prosecution. While there he took up playing the violin. He fled to Ancona and locked himself away in a room to practice.

In 1726 Tartini started a violin school which attracted students from all over Europe. His home town, Piran, now has a statue of Tartini in the square. His birthday is celebrated by a concert in the main town cathedral.

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Lucio Mujesan

Born January 11, 1943 in Piran, Lucio Mujesan is a retired Italian professional football player and coach. He played for 4 seasons (73 games, 21 goals) for Bologna F.C. 1909, Hellas Verona F.C. and A.S. Roma. He was the top scorer for Coppa Italia in the 1967/68 season. He scored 6 goals.

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Piran Cuisine

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Manestra: Delicious soup made with beans, potatoes, and season vegetables

Prsut (Photo on right) : Air-dried ham thinly sliced and served with sheep cheese

Rizot: Risottos are a specialty of Istria

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Piran grew up on salt and olive oil, and it has been a culinary and therapeutic destination for centuries. Olive oil began to be produced in Istria while the Romans were around and has never stopped. Olive groves cling to the hillsides all over the peninsula. Some of the oils are simply magnificent.

Typical Istrian dishes include the fresh pasta and sheep cheese.

Rafioli: RavioliFuzi: Shaped fresh pastaNjoki: GnocchiPljukanci: Rolled-up fresh pasta


Piran Recipe

Ingredients:

200 g white or yellow beans2 large onions (chopped)3 garlic cloves (chopped)1 hunk or bacon or ham1 large potato (cut into small squares)2 carrots (cut into small chunks)2 bay leaves2 tbsp olive oilSalt & pepper

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1. Soak the beans overnight and then bring to the boil in the same water.2. Boil the beans for a couple of minutes and then drain3. Place the beans in a fresh pan with all the other ingredients and pour the olive oil on top4. Add water until everything is well covered and bring to the boil.5. Cover and simmer for 1-2 hours6. Serve with crusty home-made bread

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Piran Festivals

The municipality's festival is on October 15, which celebrates the foundation of the first Slovenian partisan naval detachment named Koper, in 1944. This was the first ever Slovenian naval military unit.

Municipality Festival

Dance FestivalDuring the Piran Dance Festival, you can see diverse performances of groups dancing hip hop, jazz, classic, modern, oriental and show dance.

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Piran Festivals

The Tartini Festival

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The Tartini Festival is an international music festival dedicated to the Piran-born maestro Giuseppe Tartini. Program directors and founders of the festival, Jasna Nadles and Milan Vrsajkov, have in the past eight years strived to bring eminent, world renowned performers to Piran and the Slovene Istria. The festival takes place in the Primorska region, with the majority of events taking place in Piran, which does not host all that many classical music events, let alone baroque music performances.

The festival has already contributed significantly to the cultural profile of the region and the country, and has from the very beginning received the support and praise of discerning critics and musicians as to the choice and presentation of accomplished performers.


Appendix

Indianapolis is a global city. In the quest to become globally aware, connected, and ready to compete on the world market, schools are seeking to internationalize their curriculum. The Indianapolis Sister Cities International program seeks to promote these goals.

The information presented in this Resource Packet can be utilized to meet the Core Curriculum Standards at many grade levels with a view toward teaching our students about our own city and its connections to our Sister Cities. The following pages provide teacher developed sample activities for classroom use.

Sample Activities

1. Color the Coat of Arms of Piran2. Word Search3. Find Piran on the Map4. Color Olives for Olive Oil5. Color Tartini’s Violin6. Build the Hrastovjle7. Create your own Violin8. Make a Paper Boat9. Slovenia Webquest10. History & Geography Activity

Additional Activities

1.Sister Cities in a School Year. Choose one Sister City to highlight each month of the school year. This could be done in the classroom or school wide.2.Cultural Elements. Compare and contrast cultural elements of Indianapolis and Piran. Create a multi-media presentation.3.Make a scrapbook. Compile a scrapbook of Indianapolis’ history, architecture, geography and cultural events. Photos of this scrapbook could be posted online or sent to a school in Piran.4.Events/festivals. Organize an in school or after school event highlighting a celebration or festival as practiced in Piran. 5.Geography. Compare and contrast the surrounding geography and city plan for Piran as compared to Indianapolis. Discuss the ways in which the river setting has affected the cities.6. Poster project. Choose one of the mentioned festivals and create a poster about it.


Color the Coat of Arms of Piran


Word Search

Piran Gnocchi Manestra

Tartini Maritime Museum Olive Oil

Rizot Slovenia Adriatic Sea

Tourism Church St. George

Venetian House Jewel Romans

Dance Festival Peninsula University


Find Piran

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Find Piran on this map of Slovenia!

Bonus: Find the capital of Slovenia and the other major cities. Each dot represents a major city!

Find: Kranj Maribor Ptuj Ljubljana

Novo Mesto Nova Gorica Velenje Celje Trbovlje


Color Olive Oil

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Color Tartini’s Violin

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Build the Hrastovlje

Build the Hrastovlje, Church of the Holy Trinity! You can use marshmallows, rocks, popsicle sticks, or any other craft materials!

Make sure to craft the famous bell tower!

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Create your own Violin

Instructions:

1Choose a piece of cardboard that measures at least 2 feet long by 1 foot wide and draw the outline of a violin onto this piece. Include the neck and body of the violin; you may want to look at photos online of violins or trace a real violin for the shape and then scale down the size for a child.

2Cut out the violin outline with a utility knife. Work slowly with a sharp utility knife to produce the best cuts without jagged edges.

3Paint the front and back of the cardboard violin with acrylic paint. You can stick with one solid color or make the body and neck two different colors, or even decorate the body and neck of the violin. You could also let your children decorate their violin themselves before you add the strings to the cardboard violin.

4Cut four rubber bands in half to produce four elastic pieces. Staple one end of each of the four pieces onto the end of the pretend violin neck, then stretch the rubber bands down to the middle of the violin body and secure the other ends of each rubber band with a staple. Go back and add a couple more staples to both ends of each rubber band to prevent it from ripping loose as easily.◦

5Cut out a strip of cardboard measuring 1/2 inch wide and 1 foot long to serve as the bow for the violin. You may paint this part of the violin too, if you want.

6Show the children how to play with the cardboard violin by showing them how a real violin is played. Teach them how to hold the cardboard violin against their necks while holding the violin neck in their hand. Teach them how violinists pull the bow across the strings of the violin in order to produce sound.Read more: How to Make Violins Out of Cardboard | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_6109924_make-violins-out-cardboard.html#ixzz20A9DIf23

Make your own violin for the Tartini Festival!

Things You'll Need:

CardboardPencilUtility knifeAcrylic paintStaplesRubber bands


Make a Paper Boat

Create this origami boat to float on the Adriatic Sea!

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ANSWER KEY:Piran is a very special, precious city. It is the best preserved cultural monument of Slovenian Istria and the closest neighbor of Portoroz, the luxurious city of flowers. Each time one looks at Piran from a distance or from the air, one is overcome by feeling of surprise. Loved by the eyes of the people and by the eye of the camera, its image is known all over the world. When you visit Piran, you should take a closer look at its architecture, influenced by the Venetian Republic, which left its mark on most Istrian towns. Throughout time, Piran maintained the clustered medieval structure narrow winding streets, houses huddled close together, rising in cascades, the contact with the sea, numerous squares and churches. Tartini Square is the gem found in the very centre of Piran. It was named after the famous violinist and composer Giuseppe Tartini, who made the town world-famous. His statue is located in the centre of the square. The city is surrounded by a circular wall. Piran is a member of the European Walled Cities Association. The city of Piran is a national historical monument. People earn their living mainly by tourism. Numerous events take place all year round in the open and in magnificent buildings named after famous people from Piran. The Church of. St. George, the patron saint of Piran, rises above the town. From its lookout tower you have a wonderful view of Piran and its surroundings and all the way across the sea to the Croatian and Italian Coast.


Slovenia Webquest

Search the internet to answer these questions about Slovenia!

1. Which of the following countries is not a neighbor of Slovenia? A. Italy B. Austria C. Bosnia D. Hungary E. Croatia

2. Which of the following is not a Slovenian politician?A. Janez Drnovsek B. Janez Jansa C. Zlatko Zahovic

3. One Slovenian Tolar has 100 ...A. Groszy B. Filler C. Stotin D. Stotinki

4. What is the German name of the Slovenian capital? A. Lorbach B. Laibach C. Limbach D. Limburg

5. Which of the following is not a Slovenian author?A. Antun Gustav Matos B. France Preseren C. Ivan Cankar D. Oton Supancic

6. What is the name of the river flowing through Ljubljana? A. Save B. Ljubljanica C. Krka D. Drava (Drau)

7. When did Slovenia declare itself independent from Yugoslavia? A. 1990 B. 1991 C. 1989

8. What is the name of the only Slovenian lake? A. Lake Boden B. Lake Neusiedl C. Lake Bled

9. Which of the folowing musicians is not from Slovenia? A. Johan Zupan B. Iacopo Peri C. Jakob Petelin Gallus D. Giuseppe Tartini

10. What does "jama" mean in Slovenian? A. Cave B. sea C. mountain D. city

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History & Geography Activity

Piran is a very special, precious city. It is the best preserved cultural monument of Slovenian

Istria and the closest neighbour of _____________, the luxurious city of flowers. Each time one

looks at Piran from a distance or from the air, one is overcome by feeling of surprise. Loved by

the eyes of the people and by the eye of the camera, its image is known all over the world.

When you visit Piran, you should take a closer look at its architecture, influenced by the

___________ Republic, which left its mark on most Istrian towns. Throughout time, Piran

maintained the clustered medieval structure narrow winding streets, houses huddled close

together, rising in cascades, the contact with the sea, numerous squares and churches.

_______________ is the gem found in the very centre of Piran. It was named after the famous

violinist and composer __________________, who made the town world-famous. His

_________ is located in the centre of the square. The city is surrounded by a circular wall. Piran

is a member of the European Walled Cities Association. The city of Piran is a national historical

monument. People earn their living mainly by __________. Numerous events take place all year

round in the open and in magnificent buildings named after famous people from Piran. The

Church of. ______________, the patron saint of Piran, rises above the town. From its lookout

tower you have a wonderful view of Piran and its surroundings and all the way across the sea to

the ____________ and ___________ Coasts.

Fill in the blanks to learn more about Piran!


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