 Slovene writer Alojz Rebula was born in San Pelagio, while the Slovene poet Igo Gruden was born in Aurisina.The Slovenian economist Ivan Ples was born in Duino, where the composer Andrej Volarič also lived.The poet Rainer Maria Rilke began his "Duino Elegies" while staying at Duino castle in 1912.