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Italian: Petazzi
slovine: petač
was a noble family from trieste that owned a significant part of the Karst platou (curently devided betwin italy and slovinia) in the 17th and 18th centuries. Their seat was at the castle of Šwarzenek or Završnik (German: Schwarzeneg, in old documents also Sworznech), after which they were also called Šwarzenek or Švarcneški. The surname Petač appears in Trieste official documents as early as the 13th century in the forms Petazzi, Petaz, Petachys'. Frančišek Petač was the head of Trieste in 1617, and in 1630 his place was succeeded by Benvenut Petač.In 1711, the Petač family built a palace in Sežana. The building stood next to the Sežana parish church and has not been preserved today Another palace was later built in Sežana - it is still standing and the people of Sežana call it the Old Castle (on the main square opposite the post office)One of the most important members of the Petač family is Leopold Jožef Petač/Petazzi, who was the Bishop of Trieste from 1740 to 1760, and then the Bishop of Ljubljana from 1760 to 1772.The last male descendant of the Counts of Petač was Count Adelmo, an imperial chamberlain and lieutenant colonel, who died in 1812 and was buried in the parish church in Sežana.
slovine: petač
was a noble family from trieste that owned a significant part of the Karst platou (curently devided betwin italy and slovinia) in the 17th and 18th centuries. Their seat was at the castle of Šwarzenek or Završnik (German: Schwarzeneg, in old documents also Sworznech), after which they were also called Šwarzenek or Švarcneški. The surname Petač appears in Trieste official documents as early as the 13th century in the forms Petazzi, Petaz, Petachys'. Frančišek Petač was the head of Trieste in 1617, and in 1630 his place was succeeded by Benvenut Petač.In 1711, the Petač family built a palace in Sežana. The building stood next to the Sežana parish church and has not been preserved today Another palace was later built in Sežana - it is still standing and the people of Sežana call it the Old Castle (on the main square opposite the post office)One of the most important members of the Petač family is Leopold Jožef Petač/Petazzi, who was the Bishop of Trieste from 1740 to 1760, and then the Bishop of Ljubljana from 1760 to 1772.The last male descendant of the Counts of Petač was Count Adelmo, an imperial chamberlain and lieutenant colonel, who died in 1812 and was buried in the parish church in Sežana.