Barbana
Barbana is a small island located at the northern end of the Grado Lagoon, near Trieste in north-east Italy. It is the site of the Santuario di Barbana, an ancient Marian shrine, whose origins date back to 582 when Elia, the Patriarch of Aquileia, built a church near the hut of a hermit from Treviso named Barbanus.Photo: Klenje, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Islet
- Description: island of Italy
- Also known as: “Barbana, Italy”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chiesa di San Crisogono and Chiesa del Sacro Cuore di Gesù.
Chiesa di San Crisogono
Church
Photo: Đuro Jiří, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chiesa di San Crisogono is a church, which is situated 3 km southwest of Barbana.
Chiesa del Sacro Cuore di Gesù
Church
Photo: Đuro Jiří, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chiesa del Sacro Cuore di Gesù is a church, which is situated 3 km north of Barbana.
Sant’Antonio Abate Church
Church
Photo: Gi87, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sant’Antonio Abate Church is situated 4 km northwest of Barbana.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aquileia and Fiumicello.
Aquileia
Photo: Asterisc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aquileia is a comune in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. Now a small town, it used to be one of the world's largest cities in the Late Antiquity. Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia form a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Fiumicello
Village
Photo: Marchetto da Trieste, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fiumicello is a frazione of Fiumicello Villa Vicentina in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 35 kilometres northwest of Trieste and about 35 kilometres southeast of Udine. Fiumicello is situated 10 km north of Barbana.
Barbana
- Categories: island, locality, and landform
- Location: Grado, Province of Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Northeast Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.70308° or 45° 42′ 11″ northLongitude
13.42303° or 13° 25′ 23″ eastOpen location code
8FQMPC3F+66OpenStreetMap ID
way 39424614OpenStreetMap feature
place=isletWikidata ID
Q807312
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Barbana” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باربانا”
- Arabic: “بربانا”
- Arabic: “بربانة”
- Dutch: “Barbana, Italy”
- French: “île de Barbana”
- French: “Île de Barbana”
- German: “Barbana”
- Italian: “Barbana”
- Italian: “Isola Barbana”
- Italian: “Isola di Barbana”
- Japanese: “バルバナ島”
- Slovenian: “Barbana, Italija”
- Slovenian: “Barbana”
- Turkish: “Barbana”
Places with the Same Name
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Santuário di Santa Maria di Barbana and La cappella nel bosco.
Nearby Places
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