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Cultural and historical sights

Grad Loze - Vipava

Castle Loze

Location Vipava
On a small rising above Lože at Vipava, Counts Arco are said to have built the supposedly 4...
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Trg Evrope

Europe square

Location Nova Gorica
The municipal administrations of the towns of Gorizia and Nova Gorica decided to honour the entry...
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Galerija, Kanal ob Soci 1

Riko Debenjak' Gallery

Location Kanal
The gallery is situated in one of three defence towers.
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Sv Trojica, Idrija

Holy Trinity Church

Location Idrija
Holy Trinity - Idrija's Oldest Church
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Grad - Idrija

Castle Gewerkenegg

Location Idrija
Castle Gewerkenegg - the best European museum of Industrial and Technical Heritage in 1997
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Marijino Celje-Lig

The Marijino Celje Temple

Location Kanal
In the past, the temple was mentioned for the first time in 1325 with the name “De S. Zenone de...
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Muzej na prostem Zaprikraj, Kobarid Foto Tamino Petelinsek

Zaprikraj, Outdoor museum of the First World War

Location Kobarid
In the area between the alps of Zaprikraj and Predolina an outdoor museum is arranged
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Fosili - Muzej

Museum Ajdovscina

Location Ajdovščina
The Museum at the Old Mill has two interesting collections to take a look at.
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The military watchtower

Location Šempeter - Vrtojba
A small memorial museum.
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Castrum Fortress

Location Ajdovščina
Ajdovščina was once a Roman settlement, which has almost entirely preserved the enclosing...
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Kluže Fortress

Location Bovec
The mighty fort by the picturesque Kluže gorge, Napoleon’s lodge.
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Sveta gora

Pilgrimage Basilica of Sveta Gora

Location Nova Gorica
Sveta Gora (Holly Mountain) is a place of pilgrimage since the middle of the 16. century.
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Kromberk Castle

Location Nova Gorica
On a hill with a view on the edge of Nova Gorica stands a renovated Renaissance fortress.
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Arheoloski park Ad Pirum, Ajdovscina

Roman Stronghold Ad Pirum (Hrušica)

Location Ajdovščina
The Roman Stronghold Ad Pirum is situated at the highest point of the Roman Road that led from...
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Samostan Kostanjevica - Rafut

Kostanjevica Monastery

Location Nova Gorica
The pilgrimage place is rich in history and treasures of the past.
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Sarkofaga - Vipava

The old egyptian sarcophagi

Location Vipava
Anton Lavrin (1789 - 1869) was Consul General, researcher and Egyptologist. He sent two...
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Zemono

Manor house Zemono

Location Vipava
In the northwest of Vipava, the village Zemono is located. Above it, on a 139 metre high rising,...
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Marijino vnebovzetje, Cerkev v Kanalu

The Church of the Assumption

Location Kanal
The parish Church of the Assumption stands in the place of its simple Romanesque predecessor. The...
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Cerkev Sv. Andreja

Church of Saint Andrew

Location Brda
The Church of Saint Andrew in Vrhovlje prides itself on the oldest frescoes in the Brda region
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Arhiv LTO Bovec - Dom Trenta

Trenta Lodge

Location Bovec
Triglav National Park Information Centre and the Trenta Museum
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Arhiv LTO Bovec, Romeo Cernuta - Kugy

Monument to Dr. Julius Kugy

Location Bovec
monument to the person who discovered Julian Alps
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The stone railed bridge in Solkan

Location Nova Gorica
The stone railroad bridge in Solkan was erected by leading Austrian engineers in 1906.
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Sabotin Peace Park

Location Nova Gorica
Sabotin is an exceptional mountain, rich in natural, historical, and cultural heritage sites.
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Edvard Rusjan Monument

Location Nova Gorica
On September 11th 1960 in Nova Gorica the Monument to Edvard Rusjan, pioneer aviator and the first...
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Bartolomei Mansion (Vila Bartolomei)

Location Nova Gorica
The museum collection is housed in Villa Bartolomei in the middle of an architectural complex and...
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Neptunov vodnjak

Neptune's well

Location Kanal
Neptune´s well was built in 1815 with the help of count Coronini.
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Muzejska zbirka kolodvor

The Museum collection: Border-line in the Goriška region 1945 - 2004

Location Nova Gorica
The end of the Second World War, in May 1945, aroused discussions between the Yugoslav Federal...
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Aleksandrinke - the Alexandrian Women

Location Nova Gorica
In the mid-19th century women and girls from Goriška region started to work for European families...
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Square of the first Slovene government

Location Ajdovščina
On 5 May 1945, right after the Second World War the first Slovene government was established in...
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Javorca, Tolmin Foto Janko Humar

Javorca, memorial Church of the Holy Spirit

Location Tolmin
High above the stream of the Tolminka rises a wooden shrine – the Memorial Church in Javorca.
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Grad Dobrovo, Brda

Dobrovo Castle

Location Brda
The beginnings of the Dobrovo Renaissance castle can be traced back to around 1600.
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Spomenik gonjace

Tower in Gonjače

Location Brda
When the weather is fine, the best way to start exploring Brda is from here. From the view tower,...
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Muzej na prostem Kolovrat, Tolmin  Foto Tamino Petelinsek

Kolovrat, Outdoor museum of the First World War

Location Tolmin
The outdoor museum is located on the Kolovrat ridge with exceptionally favourable position for good...
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Tolminski muzej, Tolmin Foto Arhiv Tolminski muzej

Tolmin Museum

Location Tolmin
Tolmin Museum presents the rich cultural heritage of the Soča region.
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Muzej na prostem Mengore,Tolmin Foto Tamino Petelinsek

Mengore hill, Outdoor museum of the First Warld War

Location Tolmin
The tour along the outdoor museum runs across the quiet and unspoiled forest areas of the hill...
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Muzej na prostem Mrzli vrh, Tolmin Foto Zeljko Cimpric

Mrzli vrh, Outdoor museum of the First Warld War

Location Tolmin
Te top of the mountain offers a beautiful view over the former battlefield of the Isonzo Front
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Kobariski muzej, Kobarid Foto Arhiv Kobariski muzej

Kobarid Museum

Location Kobarid
Kobarid Museum displays exhibits on the events that occurred during World War I on the Soška...
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Breginjski muzej, Breginj Foto Arhiv LTO Sotocje

Breginj Museum

Location Kobarid
Breginj Museum, a complex of two-story stone houses intertwined with corridors, is an architectural...
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Napoleonov most na Soci, Kobarid Foto Arhiv LTO Sotocje

Napoleon Bridge near Kobarid

Location Kobarid
The left and right banks of the Soča River near Kobarid, where the gorge is narrowest, were joined...
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Notranjost rojstne hise Cirila Kosmaca, Most na Soci

Homestead of Ciril Kosmač

Location Tolmin
The home of Ciril Kosmač, one of the best Slovene writers, is an ethnological monument from the...
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Italijanska kostnica, Kobarid Foto Zeljko Cimpric

Italian charnel house

Location Kobarid
The Charnel House was built on Gradič Hill around the Church of St. Anton.
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Rojstna hisa Simona Gregorcica, Vrsno Foto Arhiv Tolminski muzej

The birth place of Simon Gregorčič

Location Kobarid
The house in which the poet Simon Gregorčič was born is a unique ethnological monument.
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Archeological museum Most na Soči

Location Tolmin
The houses whose remains are now enclosed in the museum formed part of a street that archeologists...
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Tonocov Grad Hill

Location Kobarid
It was settled in different periods from the Copper Age until the Middle Ages.
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German Ossuary

Location Tolmin
At the entrance to the foyer is a door forged from gun barrels.
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Sv. Pavel above Vrtovin

Location Ajdovščina
Sv. Pavel above Vrtovin
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Gotska hisa

The Gothic House

Location Kanal
The Gothic House is situated in the immediate vicinity of the gallery.
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Kanalski most

Kanal's bridge

Location Kanal
Kanal's Bridge, which was made of wood at first, was built in 1580.
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Zbirka Franc Jeroncic

Franc Jerončič’s museum collection

Location Kanal
You will find Franc Jerončič’s museum collection in the village of Melinki in Kanalski...
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Lukceva hisa na Kambreskem

The Lukčeva house - Etnological monument

Location Kanal
In Kambreško you can visit the ethnographic museum.
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Napoleonov most v Ajbi

Napoleon's bridge

Location Kanal
One of the Napoleon's bridges is in Ajba.
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Sv. Ahac

Saint Ahac's Church

Location Kanal
Saint Ahac’s Church in Prilesje is the real gem of the municipality’s cultural heritage.
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Anton nanut

Anton Nanut

Location Kanal
Anton Nanut studied at the Ljubljana Music Academy.
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Valentin Stanic

Valentin Stanič

Location Kanal
Valentin Stanič (1774 - 1847), born in Bodrež near Kanal.
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Prgonov mlin

Prgon's mill

Location Kanal
The mill was built in the 18th century, and worked up until the Second World War.
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Liski pust

Dressing-up in Lig and the Liški pustje Ethnological Association

Location Kanal
The carnival custom of dressing-up in Lig in the area of Kanalski Kolovrat has a real ethnological...
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Zbirka Avsje

Jugova house in Avšje - historical collection

Location Kanal
The private collection in the village of Avšje is situated in the Jug family’s house.
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Riko Debenjak

Riko Debenjak

Location Kanal
Riko Debenjak (1908 - 1987), the Slovenian academic painter.
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Marij Kogoj

Marij Kogoj (1892 – 1956)

Location Kanal
Marij Kogoj (1892 – 1956), slovenian composer.
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Marijan Gabrijelcic

Marijan Gabrijelčič

Location Kanal
Marijan Gabrijelčič (1940 - 1998), composer and educator.
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Josip Kocijancic

Josip Kocjančič (1849 - 1878)

Location Kanal
Josip Kocjančič (1849 - 1878) - composer, writter.
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Baumkircher's turn

Location Vipava
In Vipava Herlih Kranseperger built a towery castle in the direct vicinity of a stone bridge over...
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Historical ethnological collection Od planine do Planike

Location Kobarid
The inheritance of mountains and pastures is presented with ethnological exhibits, a documentary...
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