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'''Izola''' ([[Italian language|Italian]] ''Isola d'Istria'') is a [[town]] and a [[municipality]] with the same name in Southwestern [[Slovenia]] along the coast of [[Adriatic Sea]].

Originally an island on the North Adriatic (hence, the name, which means island),it was first settled by the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]], who built a port at Haliaetum, on Simons Bay, to the south west of the current city.

During the Middle Ages, it was controlled by Venetian Republic.