Bezovica, Koper

Bezovica (pronounced [bəzɔˈʋiːtsa]; Italian: Besovizza) is a settlement in the City Municipality of Koper in the Littoral region of Slovenia, in the southwest of the country.

[1] The Placitum of Rižana (Slovene: rižanski zbor, Italian: placito del Risano) is believed to have taken place on Zvroček Hill in AD 804 in the western part of the settlement; the agreement settled relations between the newly arrived Slavs and the older population in the region.

During the Second World War, Bezovica was burned by German forces on October 2, 1943.

After the war, beavers were raised for some time on a farm in the village.

[2] Bezovica is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War.