evidence: The Slovenian coast is located 47 kilometres long between Italy and Croatia. It has also been a place of territorial importance for more than twenty years with Croatia following the break-up of ex-Yugoslavia in 1991. The maritime border between the two countries is still not entirely clear, since Slovenia has claimed the entire Gulf of Piran since its independence and is planning a corridor through Croatian territorial waters to give it access to international waters (see maps below). [...] We parked the car in the garage of the Arze and started our visit to the city walls from where the postcard view is grandiose. Dating from the 15th century (period between 1470 and 1533, the first rampart of the town was built around the 7th century), the panorama over the peninsula which juts out into the deep blue reinforced by the reddish roofs of the houses is absolutely magnificent. Still surrounding the city with a protective embrace, Piran is, in its almost totality, a real protected cultural monument.