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	Piran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Piran (Italian Pirano) is a town and municipality in southwestern Slovenia on the Adriatic coast along the Piran Bay.
		Piran is an old Mediterranean town situated at the tip of the Piran peninsula along the Piran Bay.
		Piran is the birthplace of composer and violinist Giuseppe Tartini (born April 8, 1692), who played an important role in shaping its cultural heritage.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Piran (333 words)

	Saint Piran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The town of Perranporth ('Piran's Port' in Cornish) hosts the annual inter-Celtic festival of 'Lowender Peran', which is also named in honour of him.
		Piran's Day is very popular in Cornwall and the term 'Piranstide' (or alternate spellings) has been coined to describe the week prior to this day.
		The largest St. Piran's Day event is the March across the dunes to St. Piran's cross which thousands of people attend, generally dressed in fl, white and gold, and carrying the Cornish Flag.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Piran (464 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Piran
		Cornish legend says Piran was captured in his old age by pagan Irish, jealous of his miraculous powers, especially his ability to heal.
		Piran founded churches at Perran-Uthno and Perran-Arworthal, a chapel at Tintagel, and a holy-well called the "Venton-Barren" at Probus.
		Piran was fond of the odd tipple, and resulting in the Cornish phrase "As drunk as a Perraner".
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintp43.htm (407 words)

	Piran
		Piran was a Roman city, and today it is not very far from the Italian border.
		A statue of Piran born composer and violinist Guiseppe Tartini holds court in the main square which was named for him.
		The era of Venetian control of Piran is evident in the architecture of the square--in the balconies and windows especially.
	texasgypsy.com /SloCro/Piran (377 words)

	Britannia EBK Biographies: St. Piran
		Piran is the most popular of the Patron Saints of Cornwall (the others being St. Michael and St. Petroc).
		Piran's rise to be Cornwall's Patron stems from his popularity with the Cornish tin-miners.
		Piran was fond of the odd tipple and he is still remembered today in the Cornish phrase "As drunk as a Perraner".
	www.britannia.com /bios/ebk/pirandm.html (636 words)

	amendedPirancase (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Piran is a historic walled town on the Istrian coast of Slovenia.
		Piran town had meanwhile declined massively in population terms (from an overcrowded 15000 in 1911 to less than 5000 today).
		As Slovenia including Piran prepares for full membership of the European Union in 2004, a broad view of marketing that acknowledges both the needs of the tourists and the constraints imposed by conditions at this destination is needed.
	www.tourism-research.org /amendedPirancase.htm (3315 words)

	Piran - renowned as the most touristically developed municipality in Slovenia
		The Municipality of Piran is renowned as the most touristically developed municipality in Slovenia.
		The town of Piran, the administrative center of the municipality, developed at the tip of the peninsula that is the westernmost part of Slovenia.
		History is reflected in the shining marble of Tartini Square in Piran in all its richness of colour and exciting expectation.
	www.randburg.com /si/piran.html (948 words)

	St Piran
		Saint Piran is the patron saint of tin-miners.
		One thing is certain, the suggestion that St Piran is St Kieran of Clonmacnoise does not stand as this saint it is recorded to have died at the age of 32 and is buried at his monastery.
		Legend: St. Piran lit a fire on his fl hearthstone, which was evidently a slab of tin-bearing ore. The heat caused smelting to take place and tin rose to the top in the form of a white cross (thus the image on the flag).
	www.st-piran.com /st-piran.htm (517 words)

	Istria on the Internet - Towns - Piran / Pirano
		Piran (Pirano) is a coastal town and municipal centre at the far north-western tip of Istria.
		The natural framework inside which the town has grown up, the fertile hinterland which supplied the town with agricultural produce, the rich and extensive saltpans, and the good fishing provided by the waters of the Adriatic are all indirectly expressed in the fabric of the town and in its past.
		The square was named after a famous native of Piran, the violinist, composer and music theoretician Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1777), who was responsible for carrying the name of his birthplace far and wide across Europe.
	www.istrianet.org /istria/towns/piran/pirano1.htm (2182 words)

	St Piran's Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Piran is the patron saint of Cornwall, the southern most corner of Great Britain.
		The flag of St Piran is the Cornish flag - white cross on a fl background symbolising the discovery of tin by the saint as the white metal flowed from the fl rock.
		Piran built himself a small chapel in Penhale sands and his first disciples were said to be a badger, a fox and a bear.
	www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk /customs/questions/piran.htm (319 words)

	Piran - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Piran
		Piran is the administrative centre of the locality.
		Piran's city statutes were set in 1274 and it initially developed as an important salt-producing location.
		The city was fortified in the 7th century and the walls were strengthened in the 16th century to protect against raids from Turkey.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Piran (167 words)

	HeraldNet: Venetian flair in Slovenia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Piran, a delightful Slovenian fishing village, is the catch of the day for tourists.
		Piran (Pirano in Italian) is home to a long-standing Italian community (about 1,500 today), so it's legally bilingual, with signs in two languages.
		Piran is proud of its many churches, numbering more than 20, a sizable amount for a small town.
	www.heraldnet.com /stories/06/03/19/100tra_tl3steves001.cfm (731 words)

	St. Piran, Patron Saint of Cornwall
		Saint Piran traveled through Wales, Cornwall and Brittany, spreading the Christian faith and starting churches.It is thought that he arrived in Cornwall at Perranporth (Perran's Port), where he founded his first church and monastery in the sand hills at Perranzabuloe (Perran in the Sands)
		Saint Piran's bones, bishop's crosier (staff) and copper bell were preserved there.
		Piran became the patron saint of tinners and miners, and his feast day on 5th March was celebrated in Cornwall by receiving a day off from work and a bonus of money.
	www.request.org.uk /main/dowhat/saints/cornwall05.htm (137 words)

	Istrian on the Internet - News - Europe - Piran
		Besides the bell tower, Piran possesses ornate façades, passageways and houses that seem to be suspended between neighbouring buildings.
		But don't expect canals – the water that laps around Piran is either in the harbour or splashing onto the long expanses of pebbly beach.
		Piran has a couple of good hotels and some nice waterfront fish restaurants, but, so far at least, mass tourism has passed it by.
	www.istrianet.org /istria/news/europe/misc/01_0917piran.htm (754 words)

	Niva Piran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Piran, N. From the embodiment of struggle to changing discourses and social transformation.
		Piran, N. A gendered perspective on eating disorders and disordered eating.
		Piran, N. Eating disorders: A trial of prevention in a high risk school setting.
	www.oise.utoronto.ca /depts/aecdcp/faculty/piran.html (340 words)

	Mt. St. Piran
		St. Piran is a small peak in the Lake Louise area which is hardly noticed due to the prominent peaks in the area such as Mt. Victoria, Mt. Fairview and Niblock/Whyte.
		Piran was a good objective since it'd give me an opportunity to show her Lake Louise, Lake Agnes and Moraine Lake at the same time.
		Piran is full of cairns of all shapes and sizes.
	www.takabe.ca /vertical/scrambling/stpiran.htm (526 words)

	BBC - Cornwall Uncovered - Story Hundreds celebrate St Piran
		+ St Piran was born in Ireland and studied in Rome.
		St Piran was born in Ireland and studied the scriptures in Rome.
		However the Kings were not impressed and wishing to show their power, St Piran was flung into the sea in Ireland.
	www.bbc.co.uk /cornwall/uncovered/stories/piran_perranporth.shtml (646 words)

	IRVAJ English -
		The Mother of Payman Piran, Iranian student currently serving a 10 year sentence, today vowed that she will never bow to the Mullahs and plead for the freedom of her son and husband from the lslamic dungeons.
		Payman Piran, is currently on hunger strike along with other Iranian political prisoners in Evin prison to mark the fifth anniversary of the July student uprising.
		Piran finished by saying "I have no fear of them, I said it to them when they were beating my husband, if this is your Islam, I hate it, I don't want to be a Muslim."
	www.iranvajahan.net /cgi-bin/news.pl?l=en&y=2004&m=07&d=06&a=13 (331 words)

	TrekEarth \| Piran Photo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		It is elieved that the first walls were built in the 7th century, extended in the 12th century, and achieved their present appearance in the 16th century as protection against Turkish raiders.
		In Piran it was lived one of the greatest Middle-Ages violinist and great composer Giuseppe Tartini.
		From the fortress, on the other side of the bay in clear atmosphere, it could be seen even the Venice, that from Piran on the road its 200 km far away.
	www.trekearth.com /gallery/Europe/Slovenia/photo26130.htm (991 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Cornwall \| Money sought for church dig plans
		The St Piran Project wants to uncover the ancient church, which is buried beneath the sands.
		The secretary of the St Piran Project, Eileen Carter, said the church was a vital part of Cornish heritage.
		Perran Beach is where St Piran is said to have come ashore in the sixth Century, having made the journey from Ireland in a currach.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/cornwall/3540353.stm (294 words)

	Virtualna Slovenija - Slovenska Istra - Piran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Piran is old Mediterranean town which is situated at the cape of the Piran peninsula on the northern side of Istria.
		Narrow streets and tight houses are a special charm of the town.
		Piran is an administrative centre of the local area and also important Slovenian tourist centre.
	www.burger.si /Piran/Piran_3.htm (63 words)

	Parish of St George - Piran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Romanesque basilica was renovated in the Gothic period and according to an inscription on a stone plaque preserved next to the main entrance to the church, re-consecrated in 1334 (Rota 1882, 21).
		This document is of extreme importance for the history and architectural development of the Piran church, since when compared to the present-day knowledge and analysis of the existing condition of the Baroque structure, it reveals the major changes brought about by the Baroque renovation.
		The wooden model of the Piran church of St George is of exceptional documentary and historical value, and can be appraised only in the context of the preserved Baroque architecture, because it represents a Baroque complex complete with the campanile and baptistery of one of the most important ecclesiastic Baroque monuments in Slovenia.
	zupnije.rkc.si /piran/w_model.html (1331 words)

	Istria on the Internet - Prominent Istrians - Giuseppe Tartini
		The historians of the Minorite Cloister in Piran (Trani, Granich, Frasson and others) claim that Giuseppe's parents rented a room for him at that cloister for two years after 1700 AD and that he got the basics of his musical education there.
		Tartini's heritage is kept in a Piran museum and in the regional archives in Koper (Capodistria) and Izola (Isola).
		The town of Piran raised a monument to the memory of Giuseppe Tartini in 1896 (the 200th anniversary of his birth) on the main square which is also named after him.
	istrianet.org /istria/illustri/tartini (1761 words)

	TheTravelzine.com Slovenia Fall 1996 (3) Ptuj and Piran
		The stop before Piran was Portoroz, which is the major tourist town on this seacoast strip, and we drove by the impressive Portoroz marina.
		We headed to the Hotel Piran and were given a room right over the water - but it was not up to the standards we prefer.
		Our plan was to be in Piran for two nights, but we discovered upon arrival that there is no Sunday bus to Trieste this time of year.
	www.thetravelzine.com /slovenia3.htm (1766 words)

	Celtic Saints - Saint David & Saint Piran
		Piran, the patron saint of Cornish tinners, according to folklore, sailed to Cornwall from Ireland on a millstone.
		Piran taught the Cornish to extract from the ore. The Cornish subsequently became the great underground miners of the 19th Century.
		The national flag of Cornwall is known as St. Piran’s flag - a fl background with a white cross, standing for the white tin from the fl ore, the light of God out of the darkness and is said to represent the triumph of good over evil.
	www.celticwomen.org /article7.html (620 words)

	Piran (Municipality, Slovenia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Pirano is the name of Piran in Italian, the second official language of the municipality.
		The flag and coat of arms of Piran are prescribed in the municipal statutes, available on the municipal website.
		The flag is rectangular in ratio 1:2, horizontally divided red over blue bicolour with the coat of arms set near the hoist in the middle of the red stripe.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/si-090.html (325 words)

	Piran Print - News
		Piran Print Ltd (The new parent company of Tom’s Tickets) offers not only solutions for your ticket requirements, but for any print you may need.
		Piran Print Ltd is thrilled that their first commercial website launch is underway.
		Piran Print Ltd provides top quality print management for all print projects and is recognised as one of the leading print management companies in the UK.
	www.piranprint.com /news.html (622 words)

	Piran White (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Piran White was appointed as a Lecturer in the Environment Department in 1995 and promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2000.
		Piran White is an ecologist with wide-ranging research interests in wildlife pests and diseases, wildlife economics and biodiversity conservation.
		A collaborative project between the Universities of York (Piran White and Dave Raffaelli), Aberdeen (Graham Pierce) and St. Andrews (David Paterson), led by the University of York (£171,394).
	www.york.ac.uk /depts/eeem/resource/piran/piran.htm (6191 words)

	Piran Print - Security Tickets and more!
		Piran Print is a leading supplier of high-security items for brand and asset protection.
		At Piran we feel that the Reliability and quality of our products and services is not just important...
		Piran has gained an enviable reputation for quality and attention to detail both in its products and in the way they deliver them.
	www.piranprint.com (416 words)

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